Independent Palestine
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Palestinian National Initiative
المبادرة الوطنية الفلسطينية |
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| Leader | Dr. Mustafa Barghouti |
| Founded | 17 June 2002 |
| Headquarters | Ramallah, Palestinian Territories |
| Ideology |
Palestinian nationalism Social democracy Democratic socialism Pacifism Secularism Anti-Corruption |
| Political position | Left-wing to Centre-left |
| National affiliation | Democratic Alliance List |
| International affiliation |
Progressive Alliance, Socialist International (observer) |
| Legislative Council |
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Palestinian National Initiative (Arabic: المبادرة الوطنية الفلسطينية) is a Palestinian political party led by Mustafa Barghouti.
Its formation was formally announced on 17 June 2002 in Ramallah on the West Bank, part of the Palestinian Territories, by Haidar Abdel-Shafi, Dr Mustafa Barghouthi and e PNI views itself as a "democratic third force" in Palestinian politics and opposes the dichotomy between Fatah (which it views as corrupt and undemocratic) and Hamas (which it views as extremist and fundamentalist).
The platform of the PNI states:
"Only through the establishment of a sovereign, independent, viable and democratic Palestinian state on all of the territories occupied by Israel in 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital, can a just peace be achieved.
The Initiative calls for the implementation of relevant United Nations resolutions requiring the withdrawal of the Israeli army from the West Bank and Gaza and safeguarding the internationally recognized right of Palestinian refugees to return to their homeland."
The PNI defines this as collective Palestinian goals but sees as its own role to democratize and unite the Palestinian movement, with the focus on the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). It has campaigned extensively for democratic reform within the PNA and advocates a national emergency government encompassing all factions (including the islamist Hamas) as a means of stopping autocracy and lawlessness in Palestinian politics. This is in part motivated by the desire for democracy and in part by the inefficiency and self-destructive tendencies of the Palestinian factional system.
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