Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas known as on the United Nations to cease Israel’s crimes and droop the nation’s membership within the world physique.
“I name for suspending Israel’s membership within the General Assembly till it fulfills its obligations and the circumstances for accepting its membership and implements all of the resolutions of the U.N. and its our bodies,” he mentioned in his handle to the U.N. General Assembly in New York.
“We will not leave, we will not leave, we will not leave. Palestine is our homeland. It is the land of our fathers, our grandfathers. It will remain ours, and if anyone were to leave, it would be the occupiers,” Abbas mentioned in his handle on the meeting.
Speaking to the worldwide neighborhood, he continued: “Stop this crime. Stop it now. Stop killing children and women. Stop the genocide. Stop sending weapons to Israel. This madness cannot continue.”
Israel has lengthy violated quite a few U.N. resolutions in regards to the Palestinian concern, together with its occupation of the West Bank, settlement growth, and disregarding calls to halt navy operations in Gaza, the place it has killed greater than 41,000 individuals since final October.
Abbas mentioned Palestine would formally submit a request to the president of the General Assembly on this matter.
He mentioned Israel, “which refuses to implement U.N. resolutions and has known as for the removing of the U.N. constructing, isn’t worthy of membership on this worldwide group.”
Abbas asserted that “Palestine should assume its tasks within the Gaza Strip to train its full jurisdiction over it, together with the border crossings, as a part of a complete plan.”
He additionally expressed remorse over the U.S. administration “vetoing three Security Council resolutions calling on Israel to comply with a cease-fire, and on prime of that, it has offered it with lethal weapons.”
Condemning Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s name to construct a synagogue contained in the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Abbas mentioned such statements are supposed to “ignite a non secular warfare that may burn the whole lot.”
“This reckless minister and his ilk have to be condemned and stopped,” he mentioned.
The Palestinian chief mentioned, “Al-Aqsa Mosque and its environment are the unique property of Muslims, and this was accredited by the League of Nations in 1930, and we is not going to settle for anything, irrespective of the circumstances.”
Regarding Israel’s navy marketing campaign within the Gaza Strip, Abbas mentioned “Israel has reoccupied the whole Gaza Strip and virtually utterly destroyed it, making it an uninhabitable place.
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