Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says the Palestinian Authority ought to govern Gaza as soon as Israel’s struggle ends.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the USA for its continued assist for Israel’s struggle in Gaza and urged the worldwide group to cease supplying weapons to Israel.
“This insanity can’t proceed. “Your entire world is liable for what is occurring to our individuals,” he informed the 193-member Normal Meeting on Thursday, in his first deal with to the chamber since Israel launched the assault final October in response to an assault by the group Palestinian Hamas.
Abbas singled out Washington, saying it continues to supply diplomatic cowl and weapons to Israel regardless of the rising loss of life toll in Gaza, the place Israeli strikes have killed a minimum of 41,534 individuals since October, based on the Gaza Well being Ministry.
A minimum of 1,139 individuals had been killed within the Hamas assault on southern Israel on October 7, based on an Al Jazeera tally primarily based on Israeli statistics, and round 250 extra had been taken captive.
Abbas accused the USA of permitting Israel’s assault to proceed by repeatedly vetoing U.N. Safety Council resolutions calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
“We remorse that the USA, the world’s largest democracy, has 3 times obstructed draft Safety Council resolutions demanding Israel respect a ceasefire,” Abbas mentioned. “Solely the USA stood up and mentioned, ‘No, the combating will proceed,’” he mentioned.
Washington is a key ally of Israel, offering it with billions of {dollars} in army assist yearly.
The USA, together with Qatar and Egypt, have additionally been working unsuccessfully on efforts to barter a ceasefire to finish the struggle and safe the discharge of dozens of hostages held by Palestinian teams in Gaza.
Gaza proposal
Abbas additionally offered a 12-point proposal for Gaza after the struggle ends. He referred to as for an entire Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, with out the institution of buffer zones or the seizure of any a part of Gaza. He mentioned the Palestinian Authority, which governs elements of the occupied West Financial institution, ought to govern postwar Gaza as a part of a Palestinian state, a imaginative and prescient Israel rejects.
“We don’t ask for extra, however we won’t settle for much less,” Abbas mentioned.
Abbas referred to as for a world peace convention beneath UN auspices inside a yr and reiterated requires a two-state resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian battle.
“He made some sturdy factors, he straight criticized the USA, he actually attacked Israel straight, he offered a imaginative and prescient for the long run,” mentioned Al Jazeera senior political analyst Marwan Bishara.
Nonetheless, Bishara mentioned Abbas had been “lacking in motion” for the previous yr. He mentioned Israeli leaders “weren’t going to discover a extra average chief than Abbas, who would settle for all their situations. If they can not make peace with him, they won’t be able to make peace with any of his successors.”
Danny Danon, Israel’s ambassador to the UN, responded to Abbas’ speech a couple of minutes later with a essential evaluation. “Abbas spoke for 26 minutes and didn’t utter the phrase ‘Hamas’ even as soon as,” he mentioned.
“Solely when he’s on the UN platform does he discuss a peaceable resolution,” Danon mentioned.
