The Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah) confirmed on its founding anniversary today, Thursday, that it will "confront" the new Israeli government approved by the Knesset led by Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Palestinian government has also promised that it will "repel any Israeli aggression."
The Fatah movement, led by President Mahmoud Abbas, commemorated the 58th anniversary of its launch with a central festival in the city of Ramallah in the central West Bank, where thousands of the movement's members and supporters gathered in Al-Manara Square, along with a number of Fatah leaders and families of martyrs and liberated prisoners.
Mahmoud Al-Aloul, Vice President of Fatah, and Latifa Abu Hamid, the mother of the prisoner Nasser Abu Hamid, who died recently in Israeli prisons and whose body is still being held by the occupation, lit the 58th flame.
Al-Aloul said in a speech, "We are ready to continue and continue the struggle to achieve the aspirations of our people until victory and the establishment of the Palestinian state."
Alon described the new Israeli government as "the most right-wing, religious Zionist government," and that it "poses a threat to Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa, and to our families, our families, and our people within the 48 lands."
"But we assure them that we are ready to confront them by consolidating Palestinian national unity and strengthening popular resistance," Al-Aloul added.
The deputy head of the movement stressed that it cannot accept the continuation of the status quo of the occupation's practices and crimes, and the continuation of the violated agreements, he said.
For his part, Palestinian Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh said that his government will "repel any Israeli aggression", and that the threats of the "extreme right" Israeli government do not frighten the Palestinians.
Shtayyeh considered that "the political vacuum on the table is filled with struggle on the ground, and the struggle on the ground is plucked by achievement on the table."
"We are not looking for improving economic conditions under occupation, we are fighting for freedom, dignity, an end to the occupation, and (for) the state, Jerusalem and return," the Palestinian prime minister added.
He also promised to work to strengthen the home front towards ending the division, and to continue the struggle internally and internationally in parliaments and international courts.
Earlier today, Thursday, the Fatah movement issued a press statement confirming that it is "continuing on the path of revolution, struggle, liberation, and martyrs, until victory, the defeat of the occupation, and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital."
It also expressed its rejection of the plans of the government of the "Zionist-fascist right" towards Jerusalem, which will only be the eternal capital of the State of Palestine, as described.
Earlier today, the Israeli Knesset granted Netanyahu's government a majority of 63 members, against the opposition of 54 others, and the government was immediately sworn in before the Knesset.
The new government is described as the most right-wing and most extreme in the history of Israeli governments, and it includes deputies convicted of criminal charges.
In conjunction with the government ratification session, hundreds of Israelis demonstrated in front of the Knesset building to protest against the formation of the government.