UN Security Council resolution helps uphold #Palestinian rights — Fatah Movement – World

CAIRO, November 18. /TASS/. The UN Security Council resolution in favor of US President Donald Trump’s plan for the Gaza Strip helps establish the rights of the Palestinian people and supports international efforts for stability in the enclave, said Munther al-Hayek, spokesman for Fatah, one of the two largest Palestinian movements alongside Hamas.

He welcomed the approved document and described it as “a step towards new political horizons for the Palestinian people after several months of Israeli aggression.” “The resolution provides an opportunity to follow the path to a better future for the Palestinian people, strengthen their legitimate national rights and support global efforts to end the Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip and establish a just peace,” al-Hayek was quoted as saying by the Maan news agency. The Fatah spokesperson believes that “the resolution is based on fundamental principles on which the future of Gaza can be built: the strengthening of the ceasefire, the provision of humanitarian aid to the inhabitants of the enclave, the guarantee of the right to self-determination and the creation of a Palestinian state, and the strengthening of the role of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA)”, based in the city of Ramallah in the West Bank.

Earlier, the UN Security Council adopted a US draft resolution supporting the US peace plan for the Gaza Strip. Thirteen of the fifteen members of the UN Security Council voted in favor of the document, while Russia and China abstained.

The Wafa agency reported that the ANP expressed its support for the document and pledged to “take full responsibility” for its implementation.

As for Hamas, the radical movement that practically controlled the Gaza Strip until recently, it rejected the resolution. “This resolution does not respond to the demands and political and humanitarian rights of our Palestinian people, especially in the Gaza Strip,” Hamas said. The movement also opposed the proposed international trusteeship mechanism and the deployment of international stabilization forces in the enclave. “Any international force, if established, must be stationed only at the borders to separate the parties, monitor the ceasefire and remain fully under UN supervision,” Hamas added in a statement.