Ramallah meeting produces new Palestinian unity committee
The various Palestinian factions that took part in the unity meeting in Ramallah agreed to establish yet another body in the name of unified national leadership.
The unity meeting of Palestinian factions held at the Ramallah presidential headquarters on Sept. 3 produced yet another coordinating committee. Announced in a statement reminiscent of the leaflets of the first intifada, the new body has called for a day of rage on Sept. 13, black flags to be raised on Sept. 16 and insisted that the only the Palestinian flag is to be raised at all protest events.
The numbered leaflet followed the format and style of the communique of the Unified National Leadership of the Uprising, which was a secretive underground leadership that advocated support for the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and called regularly for different nonviolent acts of resistance.
