The leader of the Palestinian National Liberation Movement "Fatah," Marwan Barghouti, called on the cadres of the Fatah movement, the Palestinian people, and the security forces of the Authority to rise up against the occupation, confront its aggression, rally around the option of comprehensive resistance, and activate it throughout all Palestinian territories.

Barghouti said in a press statement received by "Quds Press" today, Friday: "O our great Palestinian people, O our people in the West Bank, the winds of liberation are rising in the skies of Palestine, and the blood of our people in the Gaza Strip has been flowing for more than two months alongside the blood shed daily in the West Bank at the hands of the criminal occupation. Do not just be witnesses, but active soldiers in this decisive battle."

He added: "O cadres of our giant movement, O the warriors of our youth, Palestine, which has witnessed a long history of steadfastness and resistance, is today subjected to unprecedented massacres at the hands of the occupation and its settlers, with unlimited American and Western support. In the face of this grave event; we are required, O our people in the West Bank, to stand as one front to defend and attack with all the strength, capabilities, and available tools we have to deter the occupation and break its will. The current war spares no one, so our movement as a single man’s uprising will make a difference in this fateful battle for the history of our people."

The Fatah leader continued: "Let the anniversary of the first Intifada on December 8 be a turning point and the beginning of a growing bonding with the Israeli enemy, everywhere it expects and does not expect, and with whatever simple or large tools and capabilities are available. We call for a complete rally around the option of comprehensive resistance and its activation in all occupied Palestinian territories to repel the brutal aggressions against our people, our land, our rights, and in defense of our women exposed to occupation."

Barghouti also called on the security forces of the Palestinian Authority to be at "the forefront of confronting the Israeli aggression that sheds Palestinian blood in every city and village, with whatever weapons and training you possess, each in his position. There is no excuse for anyone not to participate in a chapter of the liberation battle. Therefore, we awaken your patriotism, O honorable ones, to perform your duty and defend your land, honor, and people."

He stressed that "the time of waiting has passed, and it is time for steadfastness, confrontation, and liberation. Let us make every Palestinian home a fortress of the revolution, and every individual a soldier on the battlefield. Let us unite, and prove to the whole world that we are a force that cannot be broken in this prolonged battle and heroic epic being made by the resistance, inaugurating a new phase in the history of our people and in the record of our nation."

Prisoner Barghouti concluded his statement by saying: "The blood of our children, women, elders, and our resistant heroes will pave the way to freedom, return, and independence. Peoples do not get liberated except through sacrifices, and independence is not attained except through struggle, resistance, and sacrifice."