Palestinian Legislative Council member from Fatah in Gaza, Ashraf Juma'a, noted that the Fatah movement had explicitly declared at its sixth conference that it was clinging to the armed struggle in order to liberate Palestine.

At the same time, he clarified that the movement supported the plan of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud 'Abbas, which combines the peace process and the popular resistance.

Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Palestinian Authority, February 3, 2010