President Abbas meets Qatari Emir, discusses developments in Palestine

QATAR: President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, Monday met in the Qatari capital, Doha, with the Emir of the State of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. President Abbas and Prince Tamim discussed the latest developments in the situation in the Palestinian territories, and the efforts made to stop the ongoing Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people, especially in the Gaza Strip, which is subjected to a war of extermination from the Israeli killing machine. The President warned against the grave dangers resulting from the occupation army launching an attack on the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, which houses more than 1.5 million Palestinian citizens who took refuge from the north and center of the Strip, as a result of the Israeli crimes committed against Palestinian civilians, and the destruction of hospitals, shelter centers and international headquarters. President Abbas stressed the need for the intervention of the international community, especially the US administration, t o oblige Israel to stop its rabid war against the Palestinian people, and to stop its attack on the city of Rafah, which, if carried out, will lead to a humanitarian catastrophe and hideous massacres aimed at displacing the Palestinian people from their land and homeland, in a repetition of the Nakba of 1948 and 1967, "we will not allow for them to happen again, no matter what happens." The President stressed that Palestinian people in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, are being subjected to crimes of murder, ethnic cleansing, and racial discrimination carried out by the occupation army and terrorist settlers, which must be stopped immediately, in addition to the need to release Palestinian clearing funds withheld from the Israeli occupation authorities, with the aim of preventing the Palestinian government from carrying out its duties towards Palestinian people, especially in the Gaza Strip. President Abbas and Prince Tamim touched on the persistent Arab efforts seeking to stop the aggression and pa ve the way for a political solution based on international legitimacy resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative, ending the Israeli occupation and embodying the establishment of the State of Palestine with East Jerusalem as its capital on the 1967 borders, in addition to mobilizing international support to recognize the state of Palestine, obtaining full membership in the United Nations by a decision of the UN Security Council, and holding an international peace conference with international guarantees and a specific timetable. The President praised the efforts of the State of Qatar in seeking to stop the aggression and support the Palestinian people by providing humanitarian aid, stressing the joint coordination between the two countries in order to achieve an immediate ceasefire and support the official Palestinian position seeking to end the occupation in accordance with the resolutions of international legitimacy and international law. Source: Palestine news and Information Agency – WAFA