Europa & Palestine News « Kawther Salam
PA President Mahmoud Abbas and his Ambassador to Brussels, Leila Shahid, conspired against the interests of all Palestinians, at home and in diaspora, by engaging in activism against the 11th Conference of Palestinians in Europe, the biggest Palestinian gathering in the diaspora which is held yearly in EU cities and which is organized by the General Secretariat of the Conference of Palestinians in Europe and the Palestinian Return Centre (PRC). The 11th such conference which took place this year was held last Saturday 18th May 2013 in Brussels, Belgium.
Over 10 thousand Palestinian refugees living in the EU and elsewhere gathered to confirm their strong bond to Palestine as their first homeland, to confirm their right of return and to demand that the international community end the Israeli occupation, which has lasted over 65 years since the Nakba or Catastrophe in 1948. The conference raised issues related to the release of Palestinian prisoners from the Israeli jails, the Palestinian people and their quest of liberation, borders, statehood as well as other related issues.
Palestinian Ambassador Demands EU Boycott Nakba Activities
سفيرة فلسطين في بروكسل تحث أعضاء في البرلمان الأوروبي على مقاطعة فعاليات النكبة
مؤتمر فلسطينيي أوروبا ينهي أعماله بنجاح رغم الجهود المبذولة من أجل إفشاله
غابت سفيرة فلسطين… وحضرت أجيال العودة
مؤتمر فلسطينيي أوروبا ينهي أعماله بنجاح رغم الجهود المبذولة من أجل إفشاله
غابت سفيرة فلسطين… وحضرت أجيال العودة
PA President Mahmoud Abbas and his Ambassador to Brussels, Leila Shahid, conspired against the interests of all Palestinians, at home and in diaspora, by engaging in activism against the 11th Conference of Palestinians in Europe, the biggest Palestinian gathering in the diaspora which is held yearly in EU cities and which is organized by the General Secretariat of the Conference of Palestinians in Europe and the Palestinian Return Centre (PRC). The 11th such conference which took place this year was held last Saturday 18th May 2013 in Brussels, Belgium.Over 10 thousand Palestinian refugees living in the EU and elsewhere gathered to confirm their strong bond to Palestine as their first homeland, to confirm their right of return and to demand that the international community end the Israeli occupation, which has lasted over 65 years since the Nakba or Catastrophe in 1948. The conference raised issues related to the release of Palestinian prisoners from the Israeli jails, the Palestinian people and their quest of liberation, borders, statehood as well as other related issues.
Leila Shahid, Abbas and other PA officials tried in all ways possible to block the way of the organizers of the conference. They conspired, incited and contacted European bodies and did everything possible and impossible for this purpose.
During the conference, Professor Salman Abu Sitta, who spoke on behalf of Palestinian refugees and made reference to the right of return of Palestinians, accused President Abbas and his minions of hindering the conference and creating obstacles for the gathering of the refugees.
Professor Abu Sitta said that Abbas and his minions were involved in attempts to thwart an earlier meeting related to the 65 anniversary of the Nakba in several European Parliaments last Wednesday 15 May 2013. That meeting had been organized for the first time in history since 65 years of Palestinian Nakba or Catastrophe by an activist foundation called “European-Palestinian Council for Relations”. Dozens of European parliamentarians participated in support of that event, which Ambassador Shahid and Mahmoud Abbas tried to block on behalf of their great friends and allies, the Israeli occupation.
Laila Shahid during her visit to Hebron in 1997According to what had transpired, Ambassador Shahid contacted all European MPs and incited them to cancel their participation in the memorial activities on the 65th anniversary of the Nakba to take place at the EU Parliament.Mr. Majed Al Zeer, director of the Palestinian Return Centre, said “We are suffering more from the Palestinian embassies in Europe than from the zionists”, stressing that “what is happening in the Palestinian embassies is a disgrace to every Palestinian”. Mr. Al-Zeer sent a message to President Abbas, imploring him to “protect us from your bodies in the EU”.
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