The General Union of NGOs appreciates the President’s decision to head to the Gaza Strip

The General Union of Palestinian NGOs welcomed President Mahmoud Abbas's speech before the Turkish Parliament, considering it a speech that expresses all components of the Palestinian people, and is characterized by comprehensiveness and high unity. The General Union affirmed in a statement its support for what was included in the speech in terms of affirming the Palestinian constants, including the absolute rejection of all attempts by the occupation to consecrate the separation of the Gaza Strip from the responsibility of the Palestine Liberation Organization, the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, and to separate it from the State of Palestine, the West Bank and Jerusalem. The State of Palestine has jurisdiction over the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, with East Jerusalem as its eternal capital. The Palestinian people, with all their components, parties and factions, have not and will not accept the presence of the Israeli occupation in a single inch of the Gaza Strip, the West Bank or Jerusalem. The priority today is to stop the Israeli aggression and withdraw completely and immediately from the entire Gaza Strip, to expedite the provision of humanitarian aid, to prevent forced displacement, to return the displaced to their homes, and to stop settlements and the crimes of the occupation forces and their settlers in the West Bank and Jerusalem. The General Union appreciated the decision of the President of the State of Palestine to head with all members of the Palestinian leadership to the Gaza Strip and his invitation to world leaders and the Secretary-General of the United Nations to participate in this decision and secure the arrival of the Palestinian leadership to the Strip. Considering it a courageous decision that strengthens the steadfastness of our Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and pushes towards stopping the war of extermination practiced by the occupation army and confirms the unity of the Palestinian territories and the unity of the Palestinian people and strengthens the unity of the Palestinian national action factions. The General Union called on all Palestinian political and national components to support this decision and participate in it in a way that serves the unity of our people, stressing the support of Palestinian civil society institutions for this decision and their full readiness to participate in it. The General Union also praised the Turkish people and the Turkish National Assembly, Turkey's role in defending the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people to freedom and independence, the positions of all Turkish parties supporting the Palestinian right, and Turkish civil society institutions rejecting and denouncing the war crimes committed by the occupation against our people, our land and our holy sites. Source: Maan News Agency