http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=subjects&Area=jihad&ID=SP266409
Special Dispatch - No. 2664
November 20, 2009 No. 2664
“Palestinian Officials Threaten to Renew Armed Struggle, Launch Third Intifada”
SNIPPET: “After Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas gained the considerable achievements of convening the Sixth Fatah General Congress, winning the movement’s confidence, and strengthening his position within it, he has now taken three significant blows: Hamas’ smear campaign against him following his delay of the U.N. vote on the Goldstone Report; Hamas’ refusal to sign the intra-Palestinian reconciliation agreement in Cairo; and the U.S.’s refusal to back him in his demand for a settlement freeze as a precondition for renewing negotiations with Israel. These blows are perhaps what prompted him to announce that he will not run in the next Palestinian elections, slated for January 2010. His announcement may have also been an attempt to pressure the U.S. and Israel into changing their positions.
Following these developments, senior Fatah and PA officials began to escalate their statements and emphasize the alternatives to the negotiations with Israel, including the option of renewing the armed struggle and launching a third intifada should the option of negotiations fail.
Following are excerpts from several statements in this vein by Palestinian officials and from the Palestinian press:
All Forms of Struggle Are Possible”