Itongadol.- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas came out in support of the joint Arab electoral list for the upcoming Knesset elections, saying that “we welcome the Joint List and wish them much success. This is not interference [in domestic Israeli politics]… it is our right as members of the same nation to [endorse] them.”
Abbas made the remarks at the opening of the Palestinian Central Council, one of the institutions of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
“We identify with every political force in Israel that recognizes the establishment of a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders and opposes racism, discrimination and apartheid,” the Palestinian president said.
In other remarks, Abbas said he supports “popular resistance not only in the Palestinian Authority but all of the world in the name of justice for Palestinians,” adding that “the existing resistance is not enough and needs to be strengthened.”