Abbas Denounces Zionist Regime for Hindering ‘Peace’
RAMALLAH (Dispatches) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday blasted the Zionist regime for continuing to obstruct the so-called peace process by creating obstacles.
Abbas made the remarks while meeting a group of Israeli academics in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Palestine News Agency WAFA reported.
Abbas reaffirmed that Palestinians are "committed to a just and comprehensive peace based on international resolutions and the two-state solution despite all obstacles and difficulties placed by the Israeli government in the way of achieving peace."
The Zionist-Palestinian talks have hit a snag since 2014, leading to continued violence and conflicts between the two sides.
Ari Shoani, director of the Israeli think tank Peace and Security Association, slammed the sod-called Nation-State Law passed recently by the Israeli Knesset, or parliament, which he said "should be cancelled."
On July 19, the Zionist regime’s parliament approved the law, which constitutionally enshrines the identity of the regime as the nation-state of the Jewish people.
The law prioritizes the rights of Jewish citizens over those of Arab citizens, which account for 20 percent of the population. As a basic law, it can override any ordinary legislation.
In another development on Tuesday, the Palestinian Authority denounced the United States for making an "anti-peace" decision to cut 200 million U.S. dollars of financial aid to the Palestinians.
In a statement issued after the weekly cabinet meeting, the PA said that Washington's decision "emphasizes its adoption of the Israeli government's anti-peace agenda and abolishes decades of U.S. foreign policy and the role of former administrations toward the peace process."
Neither "the Palestinian people nor its leadership will accept bargaining on national standards, at any cost," it said.
U.S. President Donald Trump declared last week that his administration will cut nearly all the financial aid which was pledged to spend on projects for the Palestinians in 2017, including the money allocated for humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip.
The Trump administration claimed that it decided to redirect the aid, which is estimated at over 200 million dollars, to other projects elsewhere.
Abbas made the remarks while meeting a group of Israeli academics in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Palestine News Agency WAFA reported.
Abbas reaffirmed that Palestinians are "committed to a just and comprehensive peace based on international resolutions and the two-state solution despite all obstacles and difficulties placed by the Israeli government in the way of achieving peace."
The Zionist-Palestinian talks have hit a snag since 2014, leading to continued violence and conflicts between the two sides.
Ari Shoani, director of the Israeli think tank Peace and Security Association, slammed the sod-called Nation-State Law passed recently by the Israeli Knesset, or parliament, which he said "should be cancelled."
On July 19, the Zionist regime’s parliament approved the law, which constitutionally enshrines the identity of the regime as the nation-state of the Jewish people.
The law prioritizes the rights of Jewish citizens over those of Arab citizens, which account for 20 percent of the population. As a basic law, it can override any ordinary legislation.
In another development on Tuesday, the Palestinian Authority denounced the United States for making an "anti-peace" decision to cut 200 million U.S. dollars of financial aid to the Palestinians.
In a statement issued after the weekly cabinet meeting, the PA said that Washington's decision "emphasizes its adoption of the Israeli government's anti-peace agenda and abolishes decades of U.S. foreign policy and the role of former administrations toward the peace process."
Neither "the Palestinian people nor its leadership will accept bargaining on national standards, at any cost," it said.
U.S. President Donald Trump declared last week that his administration will cut nearly all the financial aid which was pledged to spend on projects for the Palestinians in 2017, including the money allocated for humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip.
The Trump administration claimed that it decided to redirect the aid, which is estimated at over 200 million dollars, to other projects elsewhere.