The Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Dr. Saeb Erekat, said today, Sunday, that the UAE, with its agreement, becomes the first Arab country to sign a comprehensive peace treaty and full normalization with Israel, and the agreement will not create a right or create Commitment.
Erekat added during a press conference held via the virtual "ZOOM" technology: "We refuse to say that the Emirati-Israeli agreement sponsored by the United States for the benefit of the Palestinian people, annexation was suspended more than 3 weeks before this announcement, and shortly after the announcement of the agreement, Netanyahu announced its postponement, and we are the owners of a national decision." Independent, and Palestine and Jerusalem are not kinship in the Temples of La´am. "
Erekat affirmed: "We adhere to international legitimacy, and we see the Emirati move as a reward for Israel for its practices of annexing, killing and demolishing homes, and an attempt to convert the conflict into a religious one."
Erekat indicated that the UAE was a country that adhered to Arab solidarity, Arab League decisions, and Arab consensus, and this raises a question about whether it deviated from the Arab consensus? Where is the Emirati and Arab interest in this declaration?
He explained that the statement recognizes Jerusalem under Israeli sovereignty, and this violates international law, and the UAE has severed its relationship with Palestine since 2014, and this was a step to justify its announcement, and with this agreement, the third country to agree to the "deal of the century", which appeared in Al-Otaibi and Gargash´s interview in the Israeli media in preparation. To cover the agreement, which we refuse to say is in the interest of the Palestinians.
He pointed out that "there are no Arab forces fighting with us, and there are no Arab soldiers on the borders, and the Emirati-Israeli agreement was a direct stab to the Palestinian cause, and the mouths of those who pay them will not change anything for our people."
The Secretary of the Executive Committee stressed that the agreement gives Kushner the opportunity to pressure us to pass the "deal of the century" that includes the extension of sovereignty or annexation, which is an affirmation of submission and submission to Kushner and Trump and a reward for the forces of extremism in an attempt to pressure the Palestinians, and what is mentioned in the designation of the agreement as the "Abrahamic Agreement." It is an attempt to show that the conflict is religious, stressing that "our struggle with Israel is a political struggle against settlements and occupation."
Regarding the leadership’s efforts to reject the agreement, he said: “We asked the UAE to reverse the decision, which does not represent any interest to the Palestinian people. The state funding the university must resign. "
He continued, "We heard some Arab countries welcome the agreement, and there are unclear positions. We also hope Bahrain, Oman and Sudan will not take such a step," expressing his hope that the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Republic of Algeria, the UAE will demand Undo step.
Erekat pointed out that “Trump is aware of the existence of 18 conflicts in the region, and exporting fear of the Iranian threat is the reason for what the Emirates have done, while for us Israel is an existential threat, and we are a member of the Arab League and the Islamic Cooperation Council, and we are ready to cooperate with Countries that are consistent with our firm position and will not be part of the axes, and we reject any deepening of differences between Arab countries, "indicating that the existential threat is dealt with by a plan for Arab existential security to be agreed upon."
He explained that the "deal of the century" dropped the right to self-determination for the Palestinian people, and said: "No to the right of return", and imposed Israeli sovereignty over the air, land, sea and other items, and we did not ask to fight America and cut off relations with it in response to its recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and the transfer of its embassy to Jerusalem. Occupied.
Erekat stressed that "our positions are firm and try to export fear that we alone will not succeed, and we are the reality on the ground, and peace in the region will come to end the occupation, establish an independent Palestinian state on the borders of June 4, 1967 with East Jerusalem as its capital, resolve final status issues, and release prisoners." Without that, the region will remain torn and exploited by Kushner and Trump. "
