Abbas:
I’ll Cut Ties With Israel If UN Move Fails
PA president says if statehood bid does not
pass Security Council, Palestinians ‘will no
longer deal’ with Jerusalem
By AFP
December 23, 2014 "ICH"
- "AFP"
- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud
Abbas warned on Tuesday that his
administration would “no longer deal” with
Israel if a United Nations Security Council
resolution calling for a final peace deal
fails.
“If the Arab-Palestinian initiative
submitted to the Security Council to put an
end to (Israeli) occupation doesn’t pass, we
will be forced to take the necessary
political and legal decisions,” Abbas was
quoted as saying by the Algerian APS news
agency.
“If it fails, we will no longer deal with
the Israeli government, which will then be
forced to assume its responsibilities as an
occupier,” he added.
The Palestinian draft resolution sets a
12-month deadline for wrapping up
negotiations on a final peace settlement and
the end of 2017 as the timeframe for
completing an Israeli withdrawal from
Palestinian territories.
A final peace deal would pave the way to the
creation of a Palestinian state with
Jerusalem as a shared capital, according to
the text.
Speculation has been mounting since the
death in December of a Palestinian official
who was struck by an Israeli soldier that
the Palestinian Authority could suspend
security coordination with Israel in the
West Bank if the resolution fails to pass.
“We are determined to regain the rights of
our people, including the right of return
(for refugees) and the freedom of all
Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli
jails,” Abbas said.
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