PLO National Council emphasizes its support for the “popular insurgency” to defend Al-Aqsa Mosque
Headline: "The National Council: ‘ It is necessary to support the popular uprising’ "
"The [Palestinian] National Council (i.e., the legislative body of the PLO) emphasized, on the 11th anniversary of leader and symbol Yasser Arafat’ s death as a Martyr (Shahid), the need to support our people’s struggle and popular insurgency which continues and escalates in the face of the occupation’ s aggression, terror and brutality...The PLO saluted our heroic people for its legendary resolve on its land, as it defends its holy places, its Al-Aqsa Mosque, and its right to free itself from the yoke of occupation.”
"The [Palestinian] National Council (i.e., the legislative body of the PLO) emphasized, on the 11th anniversary of leader and symbol Yasser Arafat’ s death as a Martyr (Shahid), the need to support our people’s struggle and popular insurgency which continues and escalates in the face of the occupation’ s aggression, terror and brutality...The PLO saluted our heroic people for its legendary resolve on its land, as it defends its holy places, its Al-Aqsa Mosque, and its right to free itself from the yoke of occupation.”