Before him, the president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, compelled to speak by video after being denied a visa by the United States, stated that Israeli policies were no longer merely compromising the two-state solution but now threatened "the very life and existence" of his people. (translated)
"The extremely high price paid in the Gaza Strip and in the West Bank." (translated)
Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told the UN General Assembly that legislative elections will be held in the Palestinian territories on November 28. (translated)
"What is happening in Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem is not isolated incidents, but rather a malevolent colonial project aimed at making life more difficult for Palestinians in their homeland and forcing them to leave." Israeli policies are no longer merely compromising the two-state solution; they now threaten "the very life and existence" of Palestinians, denounced the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, on Thursday, September 24, in a video broadcast to the UN General Assembly. (translated)
"How long will you remain silent in the face of Israel?" (translated)
"How long will you remain silent in the face of Israel?" (translated)
"The threat is no longer limited to the aim of undermining the two-state solution and preventing the establishment of a Palestinian state. Now the threat is to the very existence of the Palestinian people and their life in their homeland," said M. Abbas in a pre-recorded address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Thursday. (translated)
"How much longer will the international community wait to protect the Palestinian population in Gaza and the West Bank?" Abbas spoke of "illegal punitive measures" that are contrary to America's international obligations as the host country of the UN. (translated)
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas had accused Israel of committing a "genocidal war" in the Gaza Strip in his speech shown via video at the United Nations. (translated)
Before Benjamin Netanyahu, the president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, speaking via video after being deprived of a visa by the United States, had stated that Israeli policy now threatened "the life and existence" of the Palestinian people. (translated)
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas today urged U.S. President Donald Trump to fulfill promises made to Arab countries in order to prevent the displacement of Palestinians and the annexation of Palestinian land. (translated)
"The danger is no longer limited to undermining the two-state solution and preventing the establishment of a Palestinian state. It has now reached the point of threatening the very life and existence of the Palestinian people in their homeland." Israeli policies are no longer content to undermine the two-state solution, but now threaten “the very life and existence” of the Palestinians, said Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday in a message to the UN General Assembly, according to AFP, as reported by Agerpres. (translated)
"Do not allow a new Nakba [expulsion of Palestinians in 1948] to occur," asked the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, to the international community in a pre-recorded video message broadcast this afternoon at the UN General Assembly. (translated)