Urgent.. The Palestinian President: There must be a political solution that brings together the West Bank and Gaza in an independent state
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said today, Sunday, that there must be a political solution that brings together the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including Jerusalem, in an independent Palestinian state through an international conference.
The Palestinian President reiterated – in an intervention he presented before the special meeting To the World Economic Forum in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, demanding an end to the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip, and the immediate entry of food and basic supplies to citizens throughout the Strip. The Palestinian leadership will not allow the tragedies of 1948 and 1967 to be repeated, and he once again warned of an imminent Israeli attack on the city of Rafah, where there are currently 2.2 million Palestinians, which means a new catastrophe that will befall the Palestinian people.
The Palestinian president called for pressure Israel must stop the invasion of the city of Rafah, especially by the United States because it is the only country capable of preventing it from committing this crime.
He said: “The situation in Gaza is very unfortunate. More than 200 days have passed, during which Israel took advantage of the opportunity to attack.” against our people in Gaza under the pretext of taking revenge on Hamas, but in reality it is taking revenge on the entire Palestinian people.”
Abbas added: “Israel killed more than 34 thousand citizens, most of them children, women and the elderly, and wounded 75 thousand, 75% of the buildings, institutions, roads, mosques and universities in the Gaza Strip were destroyed.”
He pointed out that what is happening in Gaza applies in one way or another to the West Bank, expressing his fear that after the end of its aggression against Gaza, Israel will move to deport the Palestinians. From the West Bank, stressing that Jordan and Egypt categorically refused to deport Palestinians from their countries to their lands.
Abbas called on the countries of the world that did not recognize the State of Palestine to do so immediately, similar to their recognition of Israel, and after that negotiations will take place with Israel. On the borders and so on.
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