Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has warned that the Palestinian
Authority (PA) can no longer be bound by agreements with Israel, so long
as the latter refuses to commit to them. Speaking on Wednesday at the
UN General Assembly in New York, Abbas declared that “as long as Israel
refuses to commit to the agreements signed with us, they leave us no
choice but to insist that we will not remain the only ones committed to
the implementation of these agreements”.
Calling the status quo in the occupied Palestinian territory
unsustainable, he also said that Israel must assume its full
responsibility as an occupying power under international law. More of a
warning than a declaration, Abbas, who has headed the PA since 2005,
ostensibly left himself wiggle room by using vague wording and adding a
number of caveats.
Although he did not provide a timeline for severing the PA’s many
agreements with Israel, Abbas said he would start implementing by
“peaceful and legal means”. Created as a result of the 1993 Oslo Accords
agreement between the Palestine Liberation Organisation and Israel, the
PA will continue to function and work toward forging a unity government
with the Gaza-based Hamas authority, Abbas said.
Aljazeera.
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