Ahead of Potential Announcement

Palestine Threatens to Quit Oslo Accords

Date: 26 January 2020 - 21:52

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RAMALLAH (Dispatches) – Palestinian officials have threatened to withdraw from key provisions of the Oslo Accords, which define relations with the Zionist regime, if U.S. President Donald Trump announces his Middle East peace plan next week.
Chief Palestinian negotiation Saeb Erekat told AFP that the Palestinian Liberation Organization reserved the right "to withdraw from the interim agreement”, the concrete part of the Oslo deal, if Trump unveils his plan.
The Trump initiative will turn the Zionist regime’s "temporary occupation (of Palestinian territory) into a permanent occupation”, Erekat said.
Other Palestinian officials have also once again slammed the U.S. Middle East plan, ahead of the possible announcement by U.S. President Donald Trump.
The U.S. deal, also known as the "Deal of the Century,” has been rejected by Palestinians, who said they were not consulted on it.
Palestinian President’s Spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeinah said that the Palestinian leadership will hold a series of meetings on all levels in order to "foil the ‘Deal of the Century’.”
"If the so-called ‘Deal of the Century’ is announced, it would have grave consequences on the entire region, because it will harm sovereignty of states in the region and their identities,” he warned, urging the Muslim world to support the Palestinian position.
The Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Saeb Erekat criticized Trump as "trying to forge peace between the two Israeli election contenders, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Benny Gants, and not between Palestinians and Israelis.”
Meanwhile, top leaders of Palestinian political factions reiterated the public rejection of the U.S. deal.
"The so-called ‘Deal of the Century’ is an attempt to rip apart the Palestinians and their legitimate national rights,” said Deputy Secretary General of the Palestinian Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine Qais Abdelkarim in a statement.
"It is a green light to Israel to annex more of the West Bank’s territory for its ‘Greater Israel project,’” added Abdelkarim.
Ahmad Majdalani, Secretary General of the Palestinian Popular Struggle Front, said that the U.S. plan would only push the Palestinian statehood project farther away.
"The only new thing is the attempt to draw the parameters of this liquidation project to make it look like it will be dealt with apart from the national rights of the Palestinian people,” said Majdalani.
Along the same lines, member of the Palestinian People’s Party politburo Walid al-Awad accused the U.S. of trying to salvage Netanyahu ahead of upcoming election on March 2.
Furthermore, Fatah party Central Committee member Jamal Muheisen called for popular movements to face the U.S. deal.
"The Arab and Muslim worlds are required to undertake their responsibilities in light of the U.S. arrogance, and not to stay bound to statements and condemnations,” Muheisen said.
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that the U.S. president will not gain "a single Palestinian or Arab to agree on the Deal of the Century.”