Published : 23-04-2017
Palestinian and Syrian activists and journalists leveled heavy criticism at Fatah Movement after it congratulated the Syrian regime on the Evacuation Day.
Palestinian activists dubbed the move a stab in the back of the Palestinians of Syria and an act of nonchalance vis-à-vis thousands of Palestinian refugees killed by the government forces and their war accessories.
A letter sent on April 19 by Fatah Central Committee and the Commissioner of Relations with Arab Countries and China, Abbas Zaki, referred to the Syrian president as “a brother” and expressed hope that the incumbent Syrian leadership remains in office.
“The silence maintained by Fatah and the Palestinian embassy over the death of 3,483 Palestinians, the detention of 1,187 others along with the fatal torture of 461 refugees, is driven by politicized rather than humanitarian motives,” an activist speaking on condition of anonymity told AGPS.
In statements posted on social media networks, activists lashed out at Fatah and Zaki for their apathy as regards the massacres perpetrated against the Palestinian refugees in Syria, along with the blockade and incessant shelling rocking Palestinian refugee camps.
The Palestinians of Syria have often appealed to the Palestinian Authority, chaired by Mahmoud Abbas, and its embassy in Damascus to urge the Syrian government to release the Palestinian detainees, lift the blockade on Yarmouk, and halt the deadly offensives targeting Palestinian camps. The appeals have frequently gone unheeded.
Palestinian and Syrian activists and journalists leveled heavy criticism at Fatah Movement after it congratulated the Syrian regime on the Evacuation Day.
Palestinian activists dubbed the move a stab in the back of the Palestinians of Syria and an act of nonchalance vis-à-vis thousands of Palestinian refugees killed by the government forces and their war accessories.
A letter sent on April 19 by Fatah Central Committee and the Commissioner of Relations with Arab Countries and China, Abbas Zaki, referred to the Syrian president as “a brother” and expressed hope that the incumbent Syrian leadership remains in office.
“The silence maintained by Fatah and the Palestinian embassy over the death of 3,483 Palestinians, the detention of 1,187 others along with the fatal torture of 461 refugees, is driven by politicized rather than humanitarian motives,” an activist speaking on condition of anonymity told AGPS.
In statements posted on social media networks, activists lashed out at Fatah and Zaki for their apathy as regards the massacres perpetrated against the Palestinian refugees in Syria, along with the blockade and incessant shelling rocking Palestinian refugee camps.
The Palestinians of Syria have often appealed to the Palestinian Authority, chaired by Mahmoud Abbas, and its embassy in Damascus to urge the Syrian government to release the Palestinian detainees, lift the blockade on Yarmouk, and halt the deadly offensives targeting Palestinian camps. The appeals have frequently gone unheeded.
