Berri meets with Al-Ahmad, Palestinian Coalition Forces

A unified Palestinian denouncing and refusing stance against the American-Zionist "Deal of the Century" was voiced on Saturday from the headquarters of the third Lebanese Presidency in Ain El-Tineh by all forces within the Palestinian Liberation Organization and the Palestinian National Alliance, declaring their boycotting of the Manama Conference.

This came during House Speaker Nabih Berri's meeting with a member of the PLO Executive Committee and another of Fateh Movement's Central Committee and the official in charge of Palestinian affairs in Lebanon Azzam Al-Ahmad, accompanied by Palestinian Ambassador Ashraf Dabbour, followed by another meeting with a delegation of trustees of the Palestinian Coalition Forces.

On emerging, Al-Ahmad said they were glad to meet with the House Speaker and deliberate with him over current developments, especially in light of the most critical stage facing the Arab nation due to the so-called "Deal of the Century."

Al-Ahmad commended Speaker Berri's affirmation of the Lebanese authority and people's constant stand, saying,"The Lebanese stance is one."

He referred herein to "the position that was announced during my presence and before my arrival repeatedly that Lebanon will not participate in the Bahrain conference, which is not an economic conference but rather addresses the most critical side of the deal of the century."

He added: "They wish to extort billions of dollars from Arabs to liquidate the Palestinian cause through the liquidating the refugee issue...They think they can bribe Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan to settle the Palestinians and close the refugee issue, and this will not be!"

"They began by failing to contribute to UNRWA's budget, but we all joined efforts together and managed to close UNRWA's financial gap for 2019. We will, God willing, be able to ensure its persistence in assuming its political responsibilities and defining who the refugee is," Al-Ahmad went on, adding, "The refugee is one who was expelled from Palestine along with his children and grandchildren, until they will all return to their homeland Palestine, in accordance with UN Resolution #194."

"We are all against the deal of the century, and we shoulder the responsibility of how to fail the Manama workshop branching from the century deal and preventing its occurrence...or emptying it of its content before it is held," Al-Ahmad underscored.