Israel is no longer "a partner for peace", denounces Mahmoud Abbas at the UN
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during the UN General Assembly on September 22, 2022. REUTERS - CAITLIN OCHS
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Thursday evening, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid spoke of the two-state solution before the UN, the consensus advocated by the international community.
The Palestinian president welcomes a “positive” gesture but Mahmoud Abbas calls on the Jewish state to show a “serious” commitment on this subject, while specifying that Israel was no longer “a partner for peace”.
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With our correspondent in Jerusalem and our special correspondent in New York
,
and Christophe Paget
After the Israeli speech at the UN tribune in New York, where
the 77th General Assembly of the United Nations
is being held , the Palestinians were able to express themselves in turn.
To achieve the two-state solution, it is imperative to resume dialogue and "
sit down immediately to the negotiating table
", said the Palestinian president before the UN General Assembly.
It refers to the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, which have been stalled since 2014, explains our correspondent in Jerusalem,
Sami Boukhelifa
.
Hot air and fine speeches are not enough, says the
Palestinian
leader , who demands that the Israelis show "
credibility
".
"
If Israel really wants a two-state solution: we must put an end to the occupation
," demands Mahmoud Abbas.
“
Total impunity
”
At over 87, the raïs does not mince his words.
He puts aside his official speech, to say the bottom of his thought.
Exasperated by the "
total impunity
" enjoyed by the Jewish state, Mahmoud Abbas gets angry.
“
Occupation, colonization, bombing of civilians, more than 60 children killed in Gaza by Israeli bombs, in May 2021. Palestinian children arrested and imprisoned, the murder of
journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
, killed by an Israeli soldier
”, the president Palestinians drew up a long list of "
Israeli crimes
" and castigated the inaction of the international community, reports our special envoy in New York,
Christophe Paget
.
On the subject of the murdered journalist, he asked the United States to “
prosecute those who killed this American national
”.
And to accuse Israel of targeting sacred sites, Muslims and Christians, especially in East Jerusalem.
“
They are targeted daily by Israel, without any justification, every day.
They attacked the funeral of Shireen Abu Akleh in the very church, in the very site.
They attacked the procession.
This is what Israel does in holy places
,” he said.
The Israelis did not even deign to listen to him
.
In the UN General Assembly, they opted for the policy of the empty chair.
► To read also: "By shooting at us, they wanted to silence us": the story of a colleague of Shireen Abu Akleh
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