Fatah leader in Israel jails calls for scrapping Oslo Accords

Senior Fatah leader inside Israeli prisons Marwan Barghouti has called for the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Fatah leadership to scrap the Oslo Peace Accords, Al-Resalah newspaper reported Tuesday.

He said that the Oslo Accords has harmed the Palestinians and “destroyed” the Palestinian cause.

In a message sent from jail, Barghouti, who was elected a Palestinian parliamentarian in 2006, said that holding the meeting of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) Central Council should not have been held in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah.

Holding the Central Council’s meeting in Ramallah undermined its ability to take national decisions, as well as meaning that the final statement was prepared ahead of its convening.

Barghouti said that scrapping the Oslo Accords would enable the Palestinian leadership to take strong measures in favour of the Palestinians and the Palestinian cause.

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The Fatah leader, who has been in jail since 2002, called for the PLO, PA and Fatah President Mahmoud Abbas to end the punitive measures imposed on Gaza as a “move to materialise the real Palestinian unity”.

Concluding his message, Barghouti called for the PA to take decisions that end the suffering of the Palestinian prisoners and reinforce the Palestinian persistence.