by MEMRI
"negotiations to bring about reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah have been going on for ten years, while the U.S. and Iran reached understandings within less than a decade despite their differences"
In a
recent TV interview, Marwan Kanafani, former advisor to Yasser Arafat,
blamed the Palestinian leaderships and political parties for the
"regression" in the Palestinian cause, saying that the negotiations to
bring about reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah have been going on
for ten years, while the U.S. and Iran reached understandings within
less than a decade despite their differences. He was speaking on ON TV
on May 27.
Marwan Kanafani:
"The Palestine cause is not the most serious issue in the Arab world
today. There are more Syrian refugees today than Palestinian ones. More
people were killed in Libya than in Palestine or other countries where
we lived.
[…]
"The
Palestinian leaders and political parties bear responsibility for our
current situation. This is what was going through my mind as I was
writing my book. I may be mistaken or too dogmatic about this, but I
believe the time has come to talk about our mistakes.
[…]
"Over the
past decade, we Palestinians have not made any progress whatsoever in
our cause, and, as much as I don’t like to say it, we have regressed. Of
course, we cannot blame the Palestinian people for this. The
Palestinian people is not responsible for the split between Gaza and
Jericho. The political parties and the factions are responsible for that
split. The negotiations to bring about reconciliation [between Hamas
and Fatah] have been going on for 10 years, whereas the negotiations for
reconciliation and understandings between the U.S. and Iran took less
than ten years, even though they have differences in religion, language,
and race, whereas we all belong to the same race and the same heritage.
[…]
"Not a single
revolution in the world ever ended in a knockout. They have all led to
negotiations. Negotiations are permitted by Islamic law – the Prophet
Muhammad negotiated with the infidels in the Hudaybiyya [Treaty], and
the Caliphs [held negotiations], and so on. Negotiations are part of
international constitutions, and at the end of the day, negotiations
determine the balance of power."
MEMRI
Source: https://www.memri.org/tv/arafat-advisor-kanafani-palestinian-cause-not-most-serious
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