PFLP Supports Egypt Coup
Palestine's main leftist party has broken with the official Palestinian stance of neutrality and endorsed the removal of Mohammed Morsi from power.
Hamas and other Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip have tried to adopt a neutral stance toward recent developments in Egypt.
Palestine’s main leftist group, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), however, was unequivocal in voicing its support for what it termed “the demands and the aspirations of the Egyptian masses,” in clear reference to the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood from office.
In an interview with Al-Monitor, a member of the central committee of the PFLP in Gaza, Jameel Mezher, described recent events in Egypt as a “victory” for the Egyptian people and their demands. The leftist group, he said, supports the Egyptian people’s choice and their chief demands for freedom and social justice.
Mezher refused to call Morsi’s removal from office by the Egyptian military a “coup.”
