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Abbas must take practical measures concerning suspension of all deals with Israel: Hamas

Sunday, 28 July 2019 1:13 PM [ Last Update: Sunday, 28 July 2019 2:57 PM ]

Senior Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzouk (Photo by Reuters)

A senior official from the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement says the recent decision made by President of the Palestinian Authority (PA) Mahmoud Abbas to suspend all agreements signed with the Israeli regime needs practical steps.

Mousa Abu Marzouk, in a post published on his official Twitter page on Saturday, described the move as “a step reflecting the wishes of Palestinian people, who aspire for freedom and independence.”

إعلان الرئيس محمود عباس لقرار وقف العمل بجميع الاتفاقيات التي أبرمتها م. ت. ف. أو السلطة الفلسطينية مع الاحتلال الصهيوني خطوة تُعبر عن توجهات الشعب الفلسطيني الذي يسعى للحرية والاستقلال ، و بحاجة إلى خطوات عملية نحو رص الصفوف لمواجهة المخاطر المحتملة بوحدة وطنية وبمصالحة داخلية.
— د. موسى أبو مرزوق DR. Mousa Abumarzook (@mosa_abumarzook) July 27, 2019

He added that Abbas’s decision to stop implementing agreements signed with the Israeli regime needs practical steps, national unity and internal reconciliation in order to yield results, and to confront potential risks facing Palestinians.

On Thursday, the 84-year-old Palestinian president declared the suspension of all agreements with the Tel Aviv regime.

The measure came after an emergency meeting of the Palestine Liberation Organization in the wake of recent demolition of a cluster of Palestinian homes in Sur Baher neighborhood on the southeastern outskirts of occupied East Jerusalem al-Quds.

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“We will not bow to dictates and imposing a fait accompli by force in al-Quds (Jerusalem) and elsewhere,” Abbas stated.

Abbas said the move comes as Israeli authorities “ignore” all the signed agreements with the PA.

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