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00:00:00In the presence of Palestinian camps for the Palestinian people in
00:00:03the camps, especially in countries in
00:00:06Syria and Lebanon. Syria began
00:00:08the
00:00:11preparations for that and many electoral groups were formed,
00:00:14and also in some other
00:00:17countries, the electoral assembly elected Ba'sh. Yes, this
00:00:21matter, after the visit of President Abu Mazen to the Arab
00:00:24Republic of Egypt and the talk about
00:00:27a comprehensive national dialogue at a meeting of the Executive Committee, which took place
00:00:31two weeks ago. A decision was made
00:00:34to freeze the work of the electoral assemblies or
00:00:37the work of the preparatory committee to follow up on the elections of the Palestinian National Council
00:00:41to give an opportunity for the Palestinian national dialogue to succeed
00:00:44and not to believe that this
00:00:47matter can hinder the continued success
00:00:51of the comprehensive national dialogue. And you know,
00:00:54and many of the Palestinian people followed that there are statements,
00:00:58announcements, and declarations that there are exclusions of factions and there is no participation
00:01:02and so on. So, for us,
00:01:05the field is open for all factions of national
00:01:07action to participate in this work and to
00:01:11be within the framework of the Palestinian National Council and also
00:01:15within the framework of all Palestinian institutions stemming from the Palestine
00:01:18Liberation Organization. So a decision was made to freeze that to give
00:01:22this opportunity. And as I told you in the meeting the day before yesterday, this
00:01:25decision was confirmed to make the Palestinian national dialogue succeed and what the
00:01:29dialogue can result in. Okay, so regarding the date of holding the elections of the National
00:01:32Council, what is the status of this date now?
00:01:36So far, it has not been determined. That means I believe
00:01:39that this matter can be agreed upon as happened in
00:01:43the determination of the date of the Legislative Council.
00:01:47It is no secret that many factions suggested this
00:01:51date to give an opportunity and enough time
00:01:54for ongoing preparations and also preparations taking place during this
00:01:58period before holding the legislative
00:02:01elections on 9/11/27. And
00:02:04based on that, I believe that there will also be an agreement on the issue
00:02:08of the Palestinian National Council, either by agreement as
00:02:11is customary in successive national councils or
00:02:14by electoral assemblies as was prepared during the past period.
00:02:18Okay, for many years of our people's struggle, the goal was for the Palestinian
00:02:22decision to be an independent decision, which is what is prevailing
00:02:25and what is confirmed. However, there are
00:02:28many friends and brothers, whether Arabs or non-Arabs,
00:02:31who had advice regarding the dates of holding
00:02:35elections. Have you observed any opposition? Have you observed
00:02:39any positions on this issue in the Executive Committee? Also,
00:02:42the main issue that was discussed
00:02:46when the date of the legislative elections was set for November
00:02:5028th was whether there is a possibility of pressuring the occupation
00:02:54to give
00:02:56hope to the Palestinian people that there will be serious pressure on the occupation to stop its aggression.
00:03:01And I'm telling you, it's no secret, the head of the Central Elections
00:03:04Commission, Dr. Rami Hamdallah, a long
00:03:07time ago, met with the Executive Committee
00:03:10of the Palestine Liberation Organization and spoke about
00:03:13major obstacles that must be removed for the success
00:03:17of the elections. First, regarding the Gaza Strip and the escalating
00:03:20aggression of the occupation and its bombing, killing,
00:03:24and siege against our Palestinian people. This is the first matter. The second
00:03:27matter is that there is, as is known, an authority in the Gaza Strip that must
00:03:31be understood regarding who protects the elections, the ballot
00:03:34boxes, from many issues related to the elections. And
00:03:38this is the matter that must have understandings about. The third
00:03:41matter is Jerusalem, where
00:03:45the elections that were scheduled to be held in
00:03:472012 were postponed based on the prevention
00:03:51of our Palestinian people from running or voting in occupied East Jerusalem. And
00:03:54this matter was a serious issue, the exclusion of Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Palestine.
00:03:58Based on that,