Abbas demands Israeli stop the occupation and ghettoization of Palestine

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Without strong international demand for Israel to withdraw from the occupied lands, the Palestinian people will eventually be driven into fragmented ghettos, President Mahmoud Abbas told the UN General Assembly.

The Palestinian President said he would seek a UN Security Council resolution to demand a “firm timetable” to stop Israeli occupation. Speaking in New York on Friday, Abbas also accused the Israelis of committing war crimes during the recent 50-day Gaza war, which ended in a ceasefire on 26 August.

“We will not forget and we will not forgive, and we will not allow war criminals to escape punishment,” Abbas declared, adding that “the scale of this genocidal crime is larger, and that the list of martyrs, especially children, is longer, as well as lists of the wounded and disabled, and that dozens of families have been completely decimated.”

However, the resolution proposed by the Palestinians and the Arab group contradicts one being prepared by the US in cooperation with Israel, Jordan and Qatar. The American draft reportedly foresees the strengthening of the Gaza ceasefire under condition that Palestine provides Israel security guarantees while Tel-Aviv loosens its economic strangle.

If taken up for a vote, the Palestinian draft is expected to get enough support from the Security Council members to pass, with just a few abstentions, so Washington is likely to use its veto power to block the resolution… see morer

source: RT

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