Palestinian rights are the compass of peace in the world,» said Palestine’s Ambassador to Tunisia Hayel Al-Fahoum, reiterating that «there will be no peace in the world without recognizing the rights of the Palestinian people.» The Palestinian ambassador’s remarks came in an interview with the TAP agency against the backdrop of the “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation carried out by the Palestinian resistance against the Zionist entity on 7 October and the recent escalation in the Gaza Strip. «The crimes and atrocities of the Israeli enemy have not stopped since the middle of the last century,» the same source said, adding that they have been committed in Gaza then in the West Bank and the Holy city of Al Occupied Quds where Zionist occupying forces target children, women, ambulances, medical teams and media professionals on a daily basis. The ambassador condemned the collective punishment of Palestinians in Gaza depriving them of food, water and electricity. He denounced «the silence» of the Western powers, who usually promote human rights, freedom and democracy, but fail to condemn the countless Israeli atrocities against the Palestinian people. «They invent lies and spread rumors to distort facts and make criminals seen as victims and victims as criminals,» he underlined. As a matter of fact, they prevented the Palestinian flag to be raised in their country and accused the Palestinian resistance of terrorism, he indicated. Ambassador Fahoum reminded of underlying strategy of the colonial and Zionist powers. According to him, this strategy is based on five main pillars: distortion of facts, division, isolation, domination, impoverishment and the creation of phantom and fictitious enemies in order to launch a campaign of distortion. This Western strategy was immediately defeated under the blows of the legendary resistance of the Palestinian people who mistreated the Israeli enemy, he pointed out, emphasizing that the mobilization of 300,000 Israeli reserve soldiers is a striking proof to the great disarray experienced by the Zionist entity. The enemy’s confidence has been seriously shaken under the heavy blows of the Palestinian resistance, leaving many questions about the future of the Zionist entity in the region, Ambassador Fahoum said. Speaking about the role of the Palestinian Authority at this crucial stage, Fahoum made it clear that the Palestinian Authority is in a state of constant mobilization, stressing that the priority at the moment is “unity and closing ranks” to defend Palestinian rights. «Our action is all-round. We support the struggle of the Palestinian people inside and outside the country,» he told TAP, adding that the Palestinian Authority’s strategy is based on «acts» rather than «volatile words». Our ultimate goal is to refute the lies and falsehoods of the Western media, which have become simple propaganda tools in the hands of the institutions of the ‘deep state’. Regarding Tunisia’s position on the war in Gaza, Ambassador Fahoum welcomed Tunisia’s official and popular reaction, which he described as “an honorable position” as it gives a faithful picture of the unfolding of events according to a global humanitarian approach that could serve as a new starting point to keep in touch with the whole world and present the just Palestinian cause at its best. He called for accountability from regimes that call for the division of Palestine and the plundering of its wealth and that loudly defend “Israel’s right to self-defense”, and strongly condemned threats to suspend humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people, referring to French President Emmanuel Macron. He stressed that the Palestinian cause is beyond “the mentality of the welfare recipient” or the “logic of charity”. This is “vile and petty” blackmail, he underlined, stressing that the Palestinian people no longer need humanitarian aid accompanied by conditions or diktats that force them to submit to the Zionist entity. On the future of the two-state solution, the Palestinian ambassador reiterated the Palestinian Authority’s favorable position on this peace alternative and denounced the “duplicity” of Israeli policy and its strategic ally, the United States, which are in fact trying to sabotage this peace solution. Fahoum criticized the position of US President John Biden, who rushed an hour after the start of the Palestinian resistance operation to express his support for the Zionist entity and to mobilize financial resources and warships in the region. The Palestinian ambassador reiterated that the Palestinian Authority is acting according to a “clear and cumulative strategy” that is part of a long-term struggle against the Zionist entity. Our mobilization is based on “objective” considerations and evidence and not on mere reactions. In particular, it is based on the Palestinian people’s right to resistance and its adherence to UN resolutions and international legality, recalling that the Palestinian Authority, despite the veto of the great powers, has used the International Criminal Court on several occasions to document the crimes and atrocities committed by the Israeli enemy.
Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse