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'Fatah officials warn of third Palestinian intifada'
By Jack Khoury, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Israel news 

Fatah had made a strategic decision to declare a third intifada against Israel, movement officials told Nazereth-based newspaper Hadith Anas, citing the failed peace talks as the reason for their resolution.

The newspaper report quoted Fatah Central Committee members as saying that the movement wished to implement a decision made during its sixth convention, which assembled last August in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.

One of the movement's top officials interviewed by Hadith Anas said the third intifada will have a widespread popular base, adding, however, that unlike the previous popular struggle against Israel, which was sparked in September 2000, the movement will not endorse an armed struggle or the use of firearms.
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"We want thousands of Palestinians to demonstrate daily near the settlements of the occupation, carrying out a human siege, and calling for the end of the occupation," one senior official said.

"We want thousands of Palestinians to demonstrate daily near the settlements of the occupation, carrying out a human siege, and calling for the end of the occupation," one senior official said.

According to the report, Fatah chief and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas agreed to the resolution in principle, stipulating only that the struggle mustn't become a violent one.

Sources estimate that Abbas could prepare the conditions which would allow for such a move by stepping down as PA President as well as by declaring the dissolution of the PA by the end of the year.

Fatah officials had commented recently on the need to duplicate the weekly anti-separation fence rallies in the villages of Na'alin and Bil'in in locations across the West Bank, as well as turning some of those demonstrations against nearby settlements.

A senior member of an Arab-Israeli Knesset party, who maintains close ties with top Fatah and PA officials, said that anti-separation fence rallies could spark renewed popular resistance, if they continued to escalate as they did week ago near the Kalandia checkpoint.

The official said that PA sources have come to understand that unarmed popular resistance, centering on symbols of the West Bank occupation, could garner sympathy for the Palestinian cause in international circles as well as embarrassing the Israeli government.

"The first intifada gained significant diplomatic ground as far as the Palestinians are concerned since its symbol, a boy throwing rocks at a tank, made it impossible for Israel to claim it was defending itself against terror as it did in the second intifada, followings the city-center bombings," the official said
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  1.   Finally common sense surfaces. 11:32  |  H 20/11/09
  2.   excellent 11:41  |  Jochai Rubinstein 20/11/09
  3.   The Civil Rights Struggle Begins... 11:45  |  David 20/11/09
  4.   Palestinians, promiss PEACE! 11:48  |  Daniela 20/11/09
  5.   Positive 11:56  |  Florencia 20/11/09
  6.   Finally 12:04  |  Historian 20/11/09
  7.   Israel`s response to past civil disobedience 12:08  |  Roo 20/11/09
  8.   If Abbas quits does that leave only Hamas as the pals rep? 12:13  |  Petra 20/11/09
  9.   Third Intifada 12:15  |  Max 20/11/09
  10.   Threatening 12:21  |  Gershon 20/11/09
  11.   If these will be non-violent demonstrations for the rights... 12:22  |  Shlomo from Tel-Aviv 20/11/09
  12.   Sounds a lot like Intifada I to me..... 12:25  |  Swiss (Dino) 20/11/09
  13.   @Daniela 12:30  |  Herzlich 20/11/09
  14.   Very good move 12:33  |  Ezra 20/11/09
  15.   Can they have peaceful Irgun, Stern & Haganah 12:45  |  Amir 20/11/09
  16.   Israel, promise withdrawl 12:48  |  r cummings 20/11/09
  17.   Daniela - Irgun et al were so cuddly 13:04  |  CJ 20/11/09
  18.   IF they can do this, then they will WIN 13:05  |  michelle 20/11/09
  19.   DINO AND STONES 18:04  |  Brant 20/11/09
  20.   *yawn* how about promoting peace for a change, PA???? 18:53  |  David 20/11/09
  21.   Single State Solution 19:11  |  Steven 20/11/09
  22.   Warring for Peace- Not Sane 19:17  |  Ross 20/11/09
  23.   Clueless cummings 19:24  |  SDHD 20/11/09
  24.   Finally! Oslo is clearly not the guideline anymore. 19:24  |  Darlene Wallach 20/11/09
  25.   CJ`s "violence" 19:25  |  SDHD 20/11/09
  26.   Unarmed? 20:05  |  Gee 20/11/09
  27.   Famous last words... 21:33  |  S 20/11/09
  28.   Sporadic Non-violence? 22:28  |  Ben 20/11/09
  29.   With Peace out of the question 22:30  |  Mark Lincoln 20/11/09
  30.   Anticipating 22:36  |  utagawa 20/11/09
  31.   To 16 cummings 12:47  |  Jozef 21/11/09
  32.   To 31 Jozef 13:56  |  r cummings 21/11/09
  33.   Intifada III = Bad Idea 16:49  |  Jeff Northridge 21/11/09
  34.   #25 SDHD and going back to the 20`s 20:47  |  Solovey Razboynik 21/11/09
  35.   #17 CJ - Since you mentioned Irgun, et al 21:28  |  Malach HaMavet 21/11/09
  36.   LINCOLN."Fatah had made a strategic decision to declare a 3rd- 21:55  |  PETER SM 21/11/09
  37.   CUMMINS Re What is Israel going to offer? 21:58  |  PETER SM 21/11/09
  38.   Jeff Northridge 00:28  |  PETER SM 22/11/09
  39.   If the Palestinians can promote a peaceful intifada? 02:26  |  David G 22/11/09
  40.   And when will the 4th one be? 07:37  |  Fortuna Benmayor 22/11/09
  41.   LAST intifada Fatah decried violence as suicide bombing increased 07:59  |  PETER SM 22/11/09
  42.   #17 CJ - Irgun, etc., weren`t cuddly 17:37  |  *BEN JABO 23/11/09
  43.   Am I missing something? 19:19  |  David LG 26/11/09
  44.   A very good move! 12:02  |  Samuel 29/11/09
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