Riyadh Al-Malachi said this in an interview: "We have contacted informal and informal means to get clarifications, they are not responding" • He added: "We are working with the international community at the same time so that we press Israel not to move forward" • UAE Foreign Minister : "The talk of annexation must stop"
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyadh Al-Malachi was interviewed on Radio Palestine on Monday, referring to a publication in "Israel Today" on moderate Arab states' support for the program of sovereignty in the Jordan Valley and the large settlement blocs: We received an unequivocal response or denial to these publications.
Abbas in the UN: "If Israel annexes territories - we will abolish all agreements" // Photo: Reuters
At the same time, we are working with the international community that will put pressure on the Israeli government not to continue the annexation program that will bring about a wave of violence, terror and instability. The international community must make it clear to the Israeli government that this is a plan that will lead to the reality of apartheid that will impose sanctions on Israel. Our work with the United Nations and the international community is aimed at isolating Israel and the Trump administration in the United States, "he added.
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At the same time, the UAE wrote in his Twitter account that "Israeli talk of annexation of Palestinian land must cease. Any unilateral Israeli move will constitute a serious withdrawal from the peace process, undermine Palestinian self-determination and a rejection of international and Arab consensus on stability and peace."
Continued Israeli talk of annexing Palestinian lands must stop. Any unilateral Israeli move will be a serious setback for the peace process, undermining Palestinian self-determination & constituting a rejection of the international & Arab consensus towards stability & peace.
- د. Juneنور قرقاش (@AnwarGargash) June 1, 2020
Remember, last week in Israel Today, Arab leaders signaled their approval of the Israeli sovereignty program in Judea and Samaria and are in no hurry to lie on the fence for the Palestinians.
The rulers of the Arab states, particularly Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf authorities, warn that applying sovereignty will create a wave of violence and regional instability and even jeopardize the peace agreement between Israel and the Jordanians. King Abdullah II also warned in a week-long interview with the German newspaper "Der Spiegel" that "Israeli annexation of the Jordan Valley and West Bank territories could lead Jerusalem and Amman to a clash and even cancel the Oslo Accords and the collapse of the Palestinian Authority."
The Palestinian Authority chairman's close adviser responded to reports, saying that "President Abbas is making days to save the peace process. The next few weeks will determine whether the next decades will be of peace and common life or of violence and wars."