Wednesday, April 18, 2007

PALESTINIAN CHARTER RELINQUISHES GAZA AND WEST BANK: At least the original charter in 1964 did:
We, the Palestinian Arab people, based on our right of self-defense and the complete restoration of our lost homeland- a right that has been recognized by international covenants and common practices including the Charter of the United Nations-and in implementation of the principles of human rights, and comprehending the international political relations, with its various ramifications and dimensions, and considering the past experiences in all that pertains to the causes of the catastrophe, and the means to face it...

...Article 24: This Organization does not exercise any territorial sovereignty over the West Bank in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, on the Gaza Strip or in the Himmah Area. Its activities will be on the national popular level in the liberational, organizational, political and financial fields.
Back in 1964, "the complete restoration of our lost homeland" explicitly did not include Gaza and the West Bank.

Palestinian sovereignty is such a fluid thing.

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