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From: "Stasi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Peoples War] Xinhua: Palestinians Marks 37th Anniversary of
Palestinian Revolution
Tuesday, January 01, 2002 3:26 PM
Palestinians Marks 37th Anniversary of Palestinian Revolution
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Xinhuanet 2002-01-01 22:42:53
GAZA, January 1 (Xinhuanet) -- The Palestinians in the West Bank
and Gaza celebrated Tuesday the 37th anniversary of the Palestinian
revolution, which coincided with the first day of the New Year,
amid hopes upon implementing the ceasefire deal with Israel and
establishing the independent Palestinians state.
Palestinian National Authority (PNA) Chairman Yasser Arafat lit
the flame in the center of the West Bank town of Ramallah to mark
the anniversary before thousands of his supporters, who chanted
slogans to show their full support to him.
Meanwhile, PNA officials sounded more optimistic over the return
of the U.S. Mideast peace envoy Anthony Zinni to the area within
the coming days to help implement the ceasefire agreements between
Israel and the Palestinians.
"We were told by U.S. State Department officials that the U.S.
understands the Palestinian efforts to reinforce the ceasefire
deal," said Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat.
However, Ahmed Abdel Rahman, PNA cabinet secretary general, said
that the Israeli government would intensify its "escalated military
actions" on the Palestinian territories to make Zinni's mission a
failure.
"The main obstacle for Zinni to succeed in his mission is the
repeated Israeli violations of any ceasefire deal," said Abdel
Rahman, adding that the Palestinians from their side had halted all
armed and suicide attacks against Israel
In his televised speech to the Palestinian people and the world
to mark the New Year and the revolution anniversary on Monday,
Arafat called upon the Israeli and the Jewish people to reach peace
with the Palestinians.
"I call for a bright future for your (Israelis) children and our
children to live in peace, forgiveness and coexistence on the holy
land and in all the Middle East," said Arafat in the speech
addressed from his office in Ramallah.
Arafat said: "We raise our hands to make the peace of the braves
and end the reality of occupation, settlements, aggressive crimes
and siege."
Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has turned down a
plan for Israeli President Moshe Katzav to appear before the
Palestinian legislature and propose a one-year "Hudna" or truce, a
Muslim concept of a ceasefire.
Erekat told Xinhua that Sharon's policy is becoming clear that
he does not want peace and does not want to implement the ceasefire
deals, but wants violence to continue.
"This indicates that Sharon does not have a plan for peace, the
only plan he has in his hands is a plan of war to destroy the
Palestinian (National) Authority," said Erekat. Enditem
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