Against the backdrop of security tensions, and in an attempt to contain the escalation in the territories of Judea and Samaria, there is an American effort to find a formula that will be acceptable to Israel and the Palestinians in order to curb as much as possible further deterioration of the situation on the ground.
In Ramallah they say that in a series of talks and contacts that took place in the last week since the visit of American Secretary of State Anthony Lincoln to Israel and Ramallah, it was made clear to the Americans that the Palestinian leadership will not accept partial solutions and that Israel must completely stop its unilateral steps, including stopping construction in the settlements, and halting the entrances to Area A.
Abu Mazen and Blinken, photo: E.P
"Let them not talk to us about reducing construction or reducing military incursions into Palestinian cities," a Palestinian official told Israel Hayom.
"Our position is clear. We have informed the Americans and the Israelis what needs to happen. We oppose the attempt to reduce the situation to a security issue and separate it from the political issue. It will not work. Without a political horizon, and without Israel stopping its unilateral steps, we will not be able to move forward anywhere. We are not We want half solutions. The ball is now in the court of the Israelis and the Americans."
"Israel violates commitments"
The source stated that without Israeli-American response to the Palestinian demands, PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas will not withdraw his appeal to the international institutions and the Hague Tribunal.
According to him, one of the points raised in the talks with the Americans is a Palestinian request to carry out the fourth step of releasing the Palestinian prisoners.
As I recall, this move ran aground in 2014 and did not come to fruition due to the explosion in the policy talks, and the Palestinian leadership's appeal to the UN institutions.
The Hague Criminal Court, photo: Reuters
"If Israel and the Americans feel free to do what they want, we are also free," he said.
"The reason we went to the UN and The Hague is because Israel is violating its commitments to us.
When she comes back to stick to her commitments, and gives a political perspective, we will come back too.
We detailed all of Israel's violations to the Americans.
We explained that it is necessary to respect the status quo in Al-Aqsa and to return to the situation that existed before the year 2000, to stop the deportation of the residents of Khan Al-Ahmar and from Safar Yatta (in the south of Mount Hebron), to stop the demolition of the houses, to release our funds, to stop the violence of the settlers and also to release the bodies of the martyrs that Israel is holding."
boycott the settlements
In the meantime, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced today that it received an official notification that includes a schedule for the continuation of the proceedings at the Hague Court regarding the "ongoing occupation of the West Bank". Answers and comments on the subject.
IDF soldiers in action in Nablus, photo: Photo: AFP (archive)
The Palestinians appealed to Arab, Islamic and European countries to hurry up and submit opinions and data supporting their position.
Palestinian Prime Minister Muhammad Ashtea hosted the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark in Ramallah today, as part of the effort to convince European countries that support the two-state solution - "to recognize Palestine as a state". Ashtea called on Europe to move from marking products from the settlements to boycotting them. He also said that they should also be boycotted Companies and institutions operating in the settlements.
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