Itongadol.- Abbas is expected to appeal to the world body to draw up a specific timetable for an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank.
dent Mahmoud Abbas on Friday angrily denounced Israel for "committing genocide in Gaza" and “missing no opportunity to undermine the chance for peace” while “seeking the continuation and entrenchment of the occupation.”
In his speech before the UN General Assembly in New York, the Palestinian leader condemned the Israeli government for “escalating violations” in Jerusalem and the West Bank, a reference to the continued settlement activity.
Abbas said that Israel’s actions show that “there is no credibility or seriousness” in Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s claim that Jerusalem seeks a two-state solution.
“During the nine months of negotiations with the Israeli government, settlement construction and the campaign of killings and arrests continued unabated,” the Palestinian president said.
“There is no value in negotiations that are not linked to a firm timetable for the implementation” of an Israeli withdrawal, Abbas said.
The Palestinian leader said that Israeli settlers, whom he termed “racist and armed gangs,” have “persisted with their crimes against the Palestinian people.”
Abbas added that the Israeli government’s vision of a future Palestinian state encompasses “isolated ghettoes at best, apartheid at worst.”