Abbas: We Will No Longer Deal with Israel if UN Bid Fails
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- Created on Thursday, 25 December 2014 09:21
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Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas warned on Tuesday that his
administration would "no longer deal" with Israel if a United Nations
Security Council resolution demanding an Israeli withdrawal from Judea
and Samaria 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 PA 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.
A final deal would pave the way to the creation of a Palestinian
Arab state with Jerusalem as a shared capital, according to the text.
Speculation has been mounting since the death in December of a
Palestinian official during a confrontation with Israeli security forces
that the Palestinian Authority could suspend security coordination with
Israel in the West Bank if the resolution fails to pass.
Ziad Abu-Ein died of a heart attack moments after he was seen shouting at Israeli soldiers.
"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.
Abbas met Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Monday during a three-day official visit.
AFP contributed to this report.
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