Erekat to an American delegation: There is no solution without the establishment of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital

Erekat to an American delegation: There is no solution without the establishment of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital

confirmed d. Saeb Erekat, Secretary-General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee, met with a delegation of American lawmakers from California that the viable solution is to end the Israeli occupation of the territories of the state of Palestine recognized by the United Nations, and that the policy of Israeli dictations and American decisions will not work with the people. Palestinian national leadership, armed with national will based on historical right and international law.

Erekat explained to the American delegation that the successive decisions of US President Donald Trump, and the recent statements of Secretary of State Pompeo trying to legitimize settlement, disregarded international law, such as the previous resolutions on Jerusalem and refugees, and an attempt to change the truth and international consensus, and those who legitimize theft and piracy and taking the rights of others by force of arms, which The Palestinian leadership and the international community reject it altogether, and will never force us to surrender, no matter how great the pressures, and the State of Palestine is definitely coming.

The solution, he said, is for an Israeli party to believe in peace based on international law, not dictations and the implementation of the apartheid regime, which will fall no matter how long.