Palestinian President breaks relations with Israel and USA

Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas announced on Saturday the break of “all his relations”, including in the area of ​​security, with Israel and the United States, at an extraordinary Arab League meeting in Cairo to review Donald Trump’s plan for the region.

“”We’ve informed the Israeli side…that there will be no relations at all with them and the United States including security ties in light of the American plan that violates the Oslo agreements”, signed with Israel in 1993, said the president of the Palestinian Authority in Cairo.

Abbas, who claimed to have sent the message to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, asked Israel “to assume its responsibilities as an occupying power” in the Palestinian territories.

“Palestinians have the right to maintain their legitimate struggle by peaceful means to end the occupation,” he added.

The American plan, presented by Trump on Tuesday and which envisages in particular the annexation of parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, was approved by the Israelis, but generated indignation by the Palestinians.

Among the many sensitive points of the plan is the annexation by Israel of the colonies implanted in the West Bank occupied since 1967, in particular in the Jordan Valley, which was supposed to turn the east border of Israel.

The UN considers that colonies installed in Palestinian territories occupied by Israel since 1967 are illegal and much of the international community considers them a major obstacle to peace.

Although colonization of the occupied West Bank has taken place during all Israeli governments since 1967, the situation has intensified in recent years under the encouragement of Netanyahu and his Washington ally, Trump.