UNITED NATIONS: Palestinian chief Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday (Sep 25) rejected any future position for Hamas and condemned antisemitism, as he appealed for full international assist for a state within the face of Israeli annexation threats.
Days after France led a particular summit and several other Western powers recognised a state of Palestine, the veteran 89-year-old chief was pressured to handle the UN Common Meeting by video after america took the weird step of denying him a visa to come back to New York.
Abbas took a average tone in his speech as he instantly took up key considerations of Israel and america – notably on Hamas, which relies in Gaza and is the rival to his Fatah motion.
“Hamas won’t have a job to play in governance. Hamas and different factions should hand over their weapons to the Palestinian Nationwide Authority,” Abbas stated in a speech that obtained loud applause by delegates watching the video.
He distanced himself from the Oct 7, 2023 assault by Hamas – the deadliest ever on Israel – in addition to frequent accusations by Israel’s supporters that the Palestinians are denying the rights of Jews.
“Regardless of all that our folks have suffered, we reject what Hamas carried out on Oct 7 – actions that focused Israeli civilians and took them hostage – as a result of these actions don’t symbolize the Palestinian folks, nor do they symbolize their simply wrestle for freedom and independence,” Abbas stated.
“We reject complicated the solidarity with the Palestinian trigger and the difficulty of antisemitism, which is one thing that we reject based mostly on our values and ideas,” he stated.
Abbas additionally known as the almost two-year Israeli assault in Gaza “one of the crucial horrific chapters of humanitarian tragedy of the twentieth and twenty first century” – by implication placing it alongside the Holocaust.
Abbas known as for an interim committee led by the Palestinian Authority to be put in cost briefly of Gaza, of which Hamas took management in 2007.
