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Palestinian president announced a cut in 'all relations' with the US and Israel over peace deal
During an address to the Arab League, President Abbas rejected a Middle East peace plan recently brokered by President Trump and endorsed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
During an address to the Arab League, President Abbas rejected a Middle East peace plan recently brokered by President Trump and endorsed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Statement by Arab League foreign ministers following emergency session totally rejects Trump's peace plan and calls on US administration to abide by internationally-acknowledged terms of reference for peace negotiations. Thread:pic.twitter.com/Joi1Du1lDA
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The statement affirmed East
#Jerusalem as a capital of the State of#Palestine, the right of the State of Palestine to exercise sovereignty on all its territories occupied in 1967, and on its air space, territorial waters, natural resources and bordersShow this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
The Arab FMs rejected the "Deal of the Century". It doesn't meet the minimum requirements of the Palestinians and violates all previous agreed terms of reference upon which negotiations were held as well as int'l law. They called on Trump's administration to abide by these terms.
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The statement said that the member-states will not deal with this "unjust" plan and "will not cooperate with the US administration to enforce it in any shape or form"
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The Arab foreign ministers further added that Israel shouldn't not try to earn normalisation with Arab countries as long as it does not abide by the Arab Peace Initiative (2002), one of the foundations of any resolution of the conflict with
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The statement noted that peace was a "strategic choice" and called for "serious negotiations" with
#Israel, based on an international multilateral frameworkShow this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
The emergency session vowed to work with "peace-loving nations" as well as at the UN Security Council and General Assembly to take "appropriate measures" against any effort to undermine the rights of the Palestinian people
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The statement warned
#Israel, the occupying power, against enforcing any terms of Trump's plan by force, and said Israel will be held responsible for consequences of such actionsShow this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
Finally, the Arab foreign ministers affirmed support for
#Palestine and President Mahmoud Abbas in confronting this deal, particularly any attempts to "impose realities on the ground" in contravention of international law and UN resolutions. (end)Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
#UPDATE Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas announced a cut of all ties with Israel and the US, including security cooperation, as the Arab League rejected US President Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan, which had enraged Palestinians http://u.afp.com/3ohhShow this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
Palestinian Pres. Abbas threatens to cut security ties with Israel and US in a speech at Arab League meeting in which he denounced new US plan for ending Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “I will not have it recorded in my history that I have sold Jerusalem."https://nbcnews.to/2RRmupf
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‘This is not a deal. This is a plan to consolidate Israel’s colonial takings.’ — This human rights attorney says Trump’s ‘peace plan’ for Israel and Palestine is legal apartheidpic.twitter.com/2BVdaYTzCI
Human Rights Attorney Noura Erakat Explains Trump’s ‘Peace Plan’‘This is not a deal. This is a plan to consolidate Israel’s colonial takings.’ — This human rights attorney says Trump’s ‘peace plan’ for Israel and Palestine is legal apartheidThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
What the Palestinians are being ‘offered’ now is not rights or a state, but a permanent state of Apartheid.” The executive director of Israeli human rights group
@btselem is among the voices critical of Trump’s new peace initiative in the Middle East.https://twitter.com/i/events/1222195145568710656 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
