The United Arab Emirates affirmed its support for all efforts aimed at finding a permanent and comprehensive solution to the Palestinian issue, and stressed the importance of giving reason to dealing wisely with developments, while the League of Arab States announced at the ministerial level, in its extraordinary session, yesterday, rejecting the American "deal of the century" Israeli, as it does not meet the minimum rights and aspirations of the Palestinian people and violate the terms of reference of the peace process. The university stressed not to deal with this deal, which it described as "unfair", or to cooperate with the US administration in implementing it in any way.
In detail, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Anwar bin Muhammad Gargash, headed the state delegation at the extraordinary session of the Council of Arab Foreign Ministers in Cairo, and stressed the support of the United Arab Emirates to all efforts aimed at finding a lasting and comprehensive solution to the Palestinian issue, stressing the importance of giving priority to reason To deal wisely with developments, he also stressed the importance of direct negotiations between the two sides, Palestinian and Israeli, pointing out that dialogue is the primary and best opportunity to reach a peace agreement that is the Arab strategic choice, and that we should all strive for.
Gargash said that the rapid response of member states to hold this meeting reaffirms the firm Arab position on this pivotal issue and its special position in the Arab world, and the Arab side was keen to enhance joint efforts with the parties concerned and the international community to find a just, lasting and comprehensive solution For this issue.
He added, "The meeting comes at a time when the Palestinian issue, and the Arab region in general, are going through difficult circumstances and exceptional challenges that require us to work wisely and efficiently to overcome these conditions, and achieve the aspirations of the Palestinian people, who have suffered a lot over the past seven and more decades, and aspire to a secure and stable life." .
He continued: "The UAE affirms the need to support dialogue and start direct negotiations between the Palestinian and Israeli sides, to ensure that no events occur on the ground that undermine the just peace process of the issue, and we value in this context the efforts made by the United States of America to advance the peace process." And he stressed the centrality of the two-state solution and decisions The Security Council and the Arab Peace Initiative.
To that, the closing statement of the meeting of the Arab League Council at the ministerial level in its extraordinary session held under the presidency of the Republic of Iraq, at the request of the State of Palestine, at the headquarters of the General Secretariat in Cairo yesterday, stressed that the "Deal of the Century" proposed by the American President Donald Trump, and the President The Israeli occupation government, Benjamin Netanyahu, is not an appropriate plan for achieving a just and lasting peace, but rather a new setback in the three-decade peace efforts, and the culmination of unjust and unjust US decisions in international law regarding Jerusalem, the Golan, Israeli colonial settlement, and the refugee issue. UNRWA and the yen, and will not be successful as a violation of the international peace process, the terms of reference do not meet the minimum aspirations and rights of the Palestinian people's inalienable.
The Council decided to reaffirm the centrality of the Palestinian issue to the entire Arab nation and the Arab identity of occupied East Jerusalem, and the Council declared in its final statement the rejection of the American-Israeli "deal of the century", as it does not meet the minimum rights and aspirations of the Palestinian people, and contradicts the peace references based on International law and relevant United Nations resolutions, calling on the US administration to adhere to the international terms of reference for a just, lasting and comprehensive peace.
The Council stressed "not to deal with this unfair deal, or to cooperate with the American administration in its implementation in any way." He also stressed that the Arab Peace Initiative, as recognized in its 2002 texts, is the Arab minimum acceptable for achieving peace, by ending the occupation Israeli for the entire Palestinian and Arab lands occupied in 1967, establishing a sovereign and independent state of Palestine with East Jerusalem as its capital, finding a just and agreed solution to the issue of Palestinian refugees in accordance with United Nations General Assembly Resolution 194 of 1948, and affirming that Israel, the occupying Power, will not have a favor Do with the Arab countries unless they accept and implement the Arab Peace Initiative.
The Council stressed the adherence to peace as a strategic option for resolving the conflict, and the need for the basis of the peace process to be a two-state solution in accordance with international legitimacy decisions, the Arab Peace Initiative and approved international references, and the way to do so through serious negotiations in a multilateral international framework, to achieve a comprehensive peace that embodies independence The sovereignty of the State of Palestine over the borders of June 4, 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital, to live in security and peace alongside Israel, as he stressed working with influential and peace-loving international powers to take appropriate measures regarding any plan that would jeopardize the rights of the Palestinian people and my authority The peace process, including going to the Security Council, the United Nations General Assembly, and other international organizations.
The League Council warned that Israel, the occupying Power, would implement the terms of the deal by force, ignoring international legitimacy decisions, and holding the United States and Israel fully responsible for the repercussions of this policy, and called on the international community to address any measures taken by the occupation government on the ground, and also stressed support The full struggle of the Palestinian people and their national leadership in facing this deal.
For his part, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced before the emergency meeting of the League of Arab States that he had officially informed Israel and the United States of "severing any relationship with them, including security relations," and said that two letters had been delivered to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and to the American administration, He explained that they are almost identical.
He indicated that he had cut off contacts with the Donald Trump administration after the US president recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in late 2017, but at the time he maintained relations with the CIA as related to cooperation in fighting terrorism.
He continued: «We reject the deal of the century, and we cannot accept its demarcation as an international reference or be at the negotiating table, and I will not accept the annexation of Jerusalem to Israel and record in my history that I sold our eternal capital, we believe in peace and we want a multilateral international mechanism to implement the decisions of international legitimacy and the Arab initiative, no We are asking the impossible and we do not want anyone to stand against America. We only need to accept what we accept and reject what we reject. ”
The University Council affirms that the deal does not meet the minimum rights and aspirations of the Palestinians, and violates the terms of reference for peace.
Palestine announces the severing of all relations with Israel and America .. And Abbas confirms the non-acceptance of negotiating the deal of the century.
Anwar Gargash:
"Dialogue is the primary and optimal opportunity to reach a peace agreement that is the Arab strategic choice."
Palestinian President: