SHAFAQNA- Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, says a committee will be formed to stop implementing all agreements with Israel, a day after the US blocked a UN attempt to rebuke Israel over Palestinian home demolitions.
The 84-year-old’s declaration on Thursday came after an emergency meeting of the Palestine Liberation Organization in the wake of Israel’s demolition this week of several Palestinian buildings in Sur Baher village – a move Abbas described as an act of “ethnic cleansing”.
“We announce the leadership’s decision to stop implementing the agreements signed with the Israeli side,” Abbas said in a speech in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
He added that a committee would be set up in order to implement the decision but did not offer additional information.
“We will not bow to dictates and imposing a fait accompli by force in Jerusalem and elsewhere,” Abbas said, Aljazeera told.
Abbas said the move comes as Israeli authorities “ignore” all the signed agreements with the PA.
The Palestinian leader’s announcement came a day after the US blocked a move by Kuwait, Indonesia and South Africa to get the UN Security Council to condemn Israel’s demolition of Palestinian homes on the outskirts of Jerusalem, france24 told.
Palestinian resistance movement Hamas released a statement on Friday, supporting Abbas’s decision to suspend all agreements with Israel as a “step taken in the right direction.”
“The decision is in line with the requirements of the difficult stage of the Palestinian issue, correcting the wrong tracks that have distorted the Palestinian political track and brought it to this difficult stage,” the statement said.
“The Palestinian people are looking forward to an urgent translation of these decisions into actions,” it added.
Hamas also called for an immediate announcement on the formation of a national unity government, the cessation of Israeli-Palestinian security coordination and the release of all political detainees, Iran Daily reported.
Read more from Shafaqna:
US Blocks UN Condemnation of Israeli Destruction of Palestinian Homes