Abbas asks Blinken for an “immediate” end to the “destructive war” against Gaza

The president of Palestinian National Authority (ANP), Mahmoud Abbasasked this Sunday the US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinkenthe end “immediate” from the “destructive war” in between Israel It is Hamas and said he was willing to “take responsibilities” about Link within the scope of a “comprehensive political solution”.

“We find ourselves once again in extremely difficult circumstances. There are no words to describe the war of genocide and destruction that our Palestinian people are suffering Link in the hands of the Israeli war machine, without taking into account the norms of international law”, said Abbas, quoted by the Palestinian news agency Wafa.

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The agency indicated that, during the meeting, Abbas asked the head of diplomacy of the USA “Immediately halt the devastating war and accelerate the delivery of humanitarian aid, including medical care, food, water, electricity and fuel, to populations Gaza strip”.

Likewise, the Palestinian leader attributed full responsibility for what is happening in Gaza Israelinsisted that military and security solutions will not bring security to Israel and called “stop committing these crimes immediately”.

In reference to a hypothetical control of Gaza by the ANP – which governs parts of the Occupied West Bank– As soon as the war ends, Abbas indicated that they will fully assume their “responsibilities within the framework of a comprehensive political solution that includes all West Bankincluded Jerusalem east, and the Gaza Strip”.

Furthermore, he emphasized that the Palestine Liberation Organization (OLP), a political body that he also directs, “is the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people and has authority over all matters relating to the Palestinian people”.

Abbas and Blinken met this Sunday in Ramallahin the occupied West Bank, as part of the third visit by the head of US diplomacy to the region since the outbreak of war in Gaza between Hamas and Israel on October 7.

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“How can we remain silent in the face of the death of 10,000 Palestinians, four thousand of them children, and in the face of tens of thousands of injuries or in the face of the destruction of tens of thousands of homes, basic infrastructure, hospitals, shelters and water tanks?Abbas asked himself.

The ANP leader also highlighted that what is happening in the West Bank, where more than 150 Palestinians have died since the start of the war, and in Jerusalem, “It’s no less horrible.”.

The meeting comes after Blinken met yesterday in Amman with the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Qatar, Egypt, United Arab Emirates and the ANP and that last Friday he found himself in Tel Aviv with the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.

Blinken was received at the ANP headquarters by Hussein al-SheikhSecretary of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and a close ally of Abbas.

The visit to the ANP’s de facto capital, Blinken’s first since the start of the war, comes a day after Arab ministers pressured him to U.S provide one “immediate cessation”of the Israeli offensive against the Palestinian enclave.

However, Blinken insisted on “Israel’s right to self-defense”, which his counterparts considered “unacceptable” It is “unjustifiable”.

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“Arab countries call for an immediate ceasefire and an end to this war and the murder of innocent civilians and the destruction it causes and we refuse to classify it as self-defense“Jordan’s Foreign Minister said yesterday, Ayman al Safadi.

Blinken arrived in Israel on Friday with the intention of achieving a temporary ceasefire in Gaza that would allow foreigners to leave and more humanitarian aid to enter the Palestinian enclave, where there are already more than 9,500 dead in the offensive that Israel began after the attack of Hamas which left more than 1,400 people dead on Israeli soil.

But Netanyahu rejected a possible temporary ceasefire in Gaza if the release of the 241 hostages taken by the Islamic group Hamas is not guaranteed, dampening the expectations of the US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinkento negotiate a humanitarian pause in the fighting.

Source: Elcomercio

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