President Mahmoud Abbas said that we can no longer bear the status quo or live with it in order to preserve the interests and dreams of our Palestinian people in freedom and independence, and we will have to take decent steps and decisions.
Addressing the Arab summit at its 30th session in Tunis on Sunday, he said that we are facing difficult days, after Israel has destroyed all agreements and renounced all commitments since the Oslo agreement to this day.
The President stressed that Israel´s continued policies and actions to destroy the two-state solution have made us lose hope for any peace that can be achieved with it.
He pointed out that Israel´s continuation of its racist policies and acting as a state above the law would not have been possible without the support of the American administration, in particular its recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, the transfer of its embassy to it , the removal of settlement files and refugees and UNRWA from the table.
The president stressed that the current US administration´s decisions represent a blow to the Arab Peace Initiative and a radical change in the positions of the successful US administrations towards the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, thus ending its role in proposing a peace plan or playing a role in the peace process.
He reiterated that we can not accept a peace plan that does not respect the foundations and references of the peace process and the resolutions of international jurisdiction to end the Israeli occupation and achieve freedom and independence.
He warned of Israel´s attempts to push some countries of the world to move its embassy to Jerusalem, which requires everyone to inform those countries that they are contrary to international law and international jurisdiction and that it presents its political and economic interests with Arab countries to harm and risk if it did so.
The president expressed his confidence that Israel´s attempts to normalize its relations with Arab and Islamic countries will not succeed unless the Arab peace initiative of 2002 is implemented from beginning to end and not vice versa.
The President noted that in the absence of a political solution based on international legitimacy, we have called for the convening of an international peace conference and the establishment of a multilateral international mechanism to sponsor the negotiations.
He urged European countries that have not yet recognized the state of Palestine to do so, stressing that this is not a substitute for negotiations, but will preserve the two-state solution and enhance the chances of peace in the region.
Regarding Israel´s withdrawal from the clearing money, he confirmed that we will not abandon our people, especially those who sacrificed them, and we will continue to support them, even if this is our last financial resource.
"Jerusalem is not for sale and it makes no sense for Palestine to be without East Jerusalem as its capital," he said.
The president called for activating the decisions of the previous Arab summits to provide the financial safety net and fulfill the financial commitments to support the budget of the State of Palestine, which will enable our people to stand firm and steadfast.
In the internal affairs, the president stressed the importance of moving forward to achieve the unity of our land and our people, stressing his willingness to provide half of the budget of the State of Palestine to our people in Gaza. He said: "We made every effort to make the Arab and international efforts succeed.
He condemned the repressive practices carried out by Hamas and warned them not to attack the masses of our people who had risen up in Gaza demanding the end of the coup and a decent life.
He renewed the rejection of aggressive statements by the Israeli prime minister, in which he stressed that the goal of transferring money to Hamas is to keep the Palestinian state of division alive and undermine the possibility of establishing a Palestinian state.
The following is the address of the President to the Tunis Summit:
Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,
At the outside, I would like to pay tribute to His Excellency President Béji Kaid Al-Sibsi and to the Tunisian people for hosting this summit on the land of Tunisia, to which we, the Palestinian people, have all the love, appreciation and gratitude . The Palestinian revolution and its leadership in the most difficult circumstances, until we moved directly to Palestine.
I also thank and thank the brother of King Salman Bin Abdul Aziz, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, for hosting and hosting the previous summit in Dhahran, which he called the Jerusalem Summit.
We commend the leaders of the Arab countries and the peoples of our nation for their positions in support of the rights of our people, and their response to the attempts to liquidate the Palestinian cause. We look forward to your efforts to consolidate Palestine and the Arab cause. We also commend the efforts of the Secretary-General and the staff of the League of Arab States for their efforts to prepare for the Summit
Brother President, Brothers Leaders,
I wish to inform you today of the grave situation in the city of Al-Quds Al-Sharif, where the Israeli occupation forces continue their oppressive practices and arbitrary measures to obliterate the Holy City´s identity, change its spiritual and historical landmarks and violate the sanctity of our Islamic and Christian sanctities. , And restrictions on its people, visitors and worshipers. Every day, Al-Aqsa Mosque is subjected to incursions, the latest of which is the attacks on Bab al-Rahma, and the continuation of tunnels dug by the Israeli government, in order to complete what they call the spatial and temporal division of the Temple Mount.
In this context, we are in close contact with His Majesty King Abdullah II, the custodian of Islamic and Christian holy sites, and our partner in the defense of East Jerusalem, the capital of the State of Palestine. Aqsa Mosque, and we are working together to end this wicked onslaught by the extremist groups protected by the Israeli government and to return to respecting the historical situation existing before 1967, which the occupying state is working to change in favor of its colonial project.
In these difficult circumstances, we would like to send an extravagance to our people in Jerusalem, and tell them from here that your nation and leaders live up to your steadfastness and will not leave you alone. You have stood up Muslims and Christians together in the face of the occupiers and settlers. Contacts and the recent efforts of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, Chairman of the Jerusalem Committee, and the Beit Mal-Al-Quds Al-Sharif Agency.
Brother President, Brothers Leaders,
Palestine´s oppression of the Palestinian economy, Israel´s continuation of its racist policy, and the act of statehood above the law, which would have been without the support of the American administration for the Israeli occupation, were the first and last reason, which recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Its embassy and the US Consulate in Jerusalem, and removed the file of settlements, refugees and UNRWA from the table, shut down the representative of the PLO in Washington, and ended the principle of two states, and dropped in a recent official report the status of "occupation" of the Palestinian territories, , And declared illegitimately and unjustly its recognition of the annexation of the occupied Syrian Golan to Israel and its policy on it. This is what we reject and reject the whole world. It comes from America, the most dangerous and greatest. It will tell Israel to include part of the Palestinian territories and give the rest of it autonomy and a state. Formality to play with Hamas.
The current US administration´s decisions represent a blow to the Arab Peace Initiative, a radical change in the positions of the successful US administrations towards the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and a complete reversal of international law and international legitimacy. A peace plan or a mediator in the peace process, an impartial broker.
This confirms to you, brothers and leaders, and the world, the validity of our decisions to stop contacts with the US administration, and consider them not qualified alone to take care of the negotiations.
We reaffirm that we can not accept any peace plan that does not respect the bases and references of the peace process and the resolutions of international legitimacy, ending the Israeli occupation and achieving freedom and independence for our state with its capital in East Jerusalem.
Brother President, Brothers Leaders,
In a related matter, we once again call upon you, my fellow leaders, to beware of Israel´s attempts to push some countries of the world to transfer their embassy to Jerusalem. This requires our countries together, individually and without complacency, to stand in their way. International and international legitimacy, and that it presents its interests and its political and economic relations with the Arab countries for the damage and the danger that they have done so.
Ha recalled here the resolution of the 1980 Arab summit, which stressed the severing of ties with any state that recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel or transfers its embassy to it.
We are confident that Israel´s attempts to normalize its relations with the Arab and Islamic countries will not succeed unless the 2002 Arab peace initiative is implemented from beginning to end and not vice versa.
Brother President, Brothers Leaders,
In the absence of a political solution based on international legitimacy, we have called for the convening of an international peace conference and the establishment of a multilateral international mechanism to take care of the negotiations. We urge the European and other States that have not yet recognized the State of Palestine to do so. This is not a substitution for negotiations. The two-state solution and opportunities the chances of peace in the region. We thank the European Union´s High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, Frederica Mugherini, for the statement that Europe is committed to the two-state solution.
We will continue our joint work in order to achieve the full membership of the United Nations in Palestine, especially since the State of Palestine has been chosen since the beginning of this year to head the Group of 77 and China, which includes 134 countries in the world. Palestinian conflict in playing a role in resolving major international issues, such as sustainable development, environment, South-North and other international economic issues.
Brother President, Brothers Leaders,
Israel, the occupying state, which continues its settlement activity and loots our land and natural resources, has not stopped there. It has recently cut off a large portion of our money that we collect and pay for, known as the $ 200 million clearing money, on the pretext that we pay salies to families The prisoners and the martyrs and the wounded, which is a violation of the agreements, this has not been any agreement between us and them, which made us insist on receiving our money in full undiminished, and said and tell Israel and the world, we will not abandon our people, especially those who sacrificed them and we will continue to support them, Even if that is our last financial resource.
Israel deducted NIS 182 million last month and this month it deducted NIS 192 million, in addition to its $ 7 million wage.
Israel´s goal of detaining our money, and before it, the US administration´s suspension of all its assistance of $ 844 million a year is to pressure us, to force us to give up and give up our legitimacy right in Jerusalem, the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Resurrection, but Jerusalem is not for sale. East Jerusalem has its Islamic and Christian sanctuaries as its capital.
Brother President, Brothers Leaders,
In light of this difficult reality and the fence imposed on our people, we have taken many austerity measures and will increase local production in all fields. However, in the face of this emergency crisis, we urge you, brothers and leaders, to activate the decisions of previous summits to provide financial safety net. We called for providing an Arab safety net, fulfilling the financial commitments to support the State of Palestine budget, highly appreciating the countries that have fulfilled their commitments, and farewell to the other brotherly countries to fulfill their share. These conditions are very difficult and dangerous, and we hope that they will not abandon us. N Stability and stability.
Brother President, Brothers Leaders,
In parallel to all of the above, we are continuing our sincere efforts to unite our land and our people and are keen to provide almost half the budget of the State of Palestine to our people in the Gaza Strip. We have not stopped once or a month from paying our budget text to Gaza, and then we are told to be besieging Gaza. , And we have made every effort to make the success of Arab and international efforts complete the positions of Hamas, which disruptions reconciliation. Assessing the positions and efforts of the brothers in the Arab Republic of Egypt, led by His Excellency President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Egypt recently presented a proposition that we agreed upon and agreed to by Hamas, but so far has not been implemented by Hamas , which does not want reconciliation.
In this regard, we condemn and call for condemning the repressive practices of Hamas and warn them against attacking the masses of our people who have risen up in Gaza demanding the end of the coup and a decent life. We also reject the aggressive statements made by the Israeli Prime Minister, Is to keep the state of Palestinian division existing, and undermine the possibility of establishing a Palestinian state.
Dear Brothers, Before the middle of this month, we will have a new government, starting with the preparation of general elections in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, which will be the step that will end the division through the will of the people at the ballot boxes. We will not accept a state in Gaza or a state without Gaza, and wait for this to come from America in a month or two to talk about a state in Gaza.
Brother President, Brothers Leaders,
I find myself bound here - as I have always been - to say the truth as it is: we are coming, dear brothers, on very difficult days, after Israel, the occupying Power, has destroyed the land of the State of Palestine and has renounced all obligations since Oslo to today, Continues its policies and actions to destroy the two-state solution, making us lose hope for any peace that can be achieved with it.
I assure you that we can no longer bear the status quo or live with it in order to preserve the interests and dreams of our people in freedom and independence. Therefore, we will be compelled, sooner rather than later, to take decent steps and decisions. We are confident that you will be, as always, And a true bond to our people and our cause.
I thank you, Mr. President, and your people for the hospitality and the presidency of this summit. I salute you, brothers and leaders, for your support, your positions and your peoples towards Palestine and Jerusalem, and we assure you that we will remain and our people are steadfast in our homeland. Our steadfastness and determination to complete the march that we have embarked upon, to defend our people and our holy sites, especially in Al-Quds Al-Sharif, the capital of our independent and eternal state.
In the name of God the Most Gracious the Most Merciful "O ye who believe! Be patient, and persevere, and be strong, and fear Allah, that ye may prosper." Peace be upon you.
