Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas on Wednesday urged the resistance group Hamas to shortly agree a deal to keep away from “dire consequences,” in accordance with the official Palestinian news company WAFA.
“We call on the Hamas movement to quickly complete a prisoner deal, to spare our Palestinian people from the calamity of another catastrophic event with dire consequences, no less dangerous than the Nakba of 1948,” Abbas stated.
The president was referring to the battle accompanying the creation of Israel, which noticed 760,000 Palestinians flee or compelled from their houses.
Abbas’s internationally acknowledged Palestinian Authority has not been concerned on this week’s talks hosted by Egypt, geared toward securing a cease-fire between Hamas and Israel after greater than 4 months of battle.
Seated in Ramallah within the occupied West Bank, the PA is broadly derided by Palestinians who’ve did not see their aspirations for statehood realized since 1948.
The United States – Israel’s high navy backer and a PA funder – has stated it helps the creation of a Palestinian state however desires an overhaul of the management.
Washington’s high diplomat, Antony Blinken, stated final month Abbas was “committed” to reforming the PA “so that it can effectively take responsibility for Gaza, so that Gaza and the West Bank can be reunited under a Palestinian leadership.”
Gaza has had its personal separate administration run by Hamas since 2007 when Abbas loyalists have been ousted from the territory.
Source: www.dailysabah.com