Palestinian President Threatens to Go to UN
Naavideshahed- Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, signed a request to join several UN agencies in a move that could derail a US push to revive faltering peace talks with Israel.
“The Palestinian leadership has unanimously approved a decision to seek membership of 15 UN agencies and international treaties, beginning with the Fourth Geneva Convention,”? Abbas said on television on Tuesday after signing the demand during a meeting at his Ramallah headquarters in the occupied West Bank.
“The demands [for membership] will be sent immediately”? to the relevant agencies, he said.
“This is not a move against America, or any other party - it is our right, and we agreed to suspend it for nine months,”? said Abbas.
Al Jazeera’s Stephanie Dekker, reporting from Jerusalem, said: “Going to the UN means the potential of going for an independent state and of turning to the International Criminal Court.”?
“It ups the pressure on the US and on Israel, something they [Palestinians] have always threatened. During the nine months of talks Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said they would not do this. But they were promised nine times the release of this last batch of prisoners.”?
The Palestinians agreed to refrain from seeking membership of international bodies and from pursuing legal action against Israel during the nine months of talks that US Secretary of State John Kerry launched in July.
“The Palestinian leadership has unanimously approved a decision to seek membership of 15 UN agencies and international treaties, beginning with the Fourth Geneva Convention,”? Abbas said on television on Tuesday after signing the demand during a meeting at his Ramallah headquarters in the occupied West Bank. “The demands [for membership] will be sent immediately”? to the relevant agencies, he said. “This is not a move against America, or any other party - it is our right, and we agreed to suspend it for nine months,”? said Abbas. Al Jazeera’s Stephanie Dekker, reporting from Jerusalem, said: “Going to the UN means the potential of going for an independent state and of turning to the International Criminal Court.”? “It ups the pressure on the US and on Israel, something they [Palestinians] have always threatened. During the nine months of talks Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said they would not do this. But they were promised nine times the release of this last batch of prisoners.”? The Palestinians agreed to refrain from seeking membership of international bodies and from pursuing legal action against Israel during the nine months of talks that US Secretary of State John Kerry launched in July.
“The demands [for membership] will be sent immediately”? to the relevant agencies, he said.
“This is not a move against America, or any other party - it is our right, and we agreed to suspend it for nine months,”? said Abbas.
Al Jazeera’s Stephanie Dekker, reporting from Jerusalem, said: “Going to the UN means the potential of going for an independent state and of turning to the International Criminal Court.”?
“It ups the pressure on the US and on Israel, something they [Palestinians] have always threatened. During the nine months of talks Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said they would not do this. But they were promised nine times the release of this last batch of prisoners.”?
The Palestinians agreed to refrain from seeking membership of international bodies and from pursuing legal action against Israel during the nine months of talks that US Secretary of State John Kerry launched in July.
“The Palestinian leadership has unanimously approved a decision to seek membership of 15 UN agencies and international treaties, beginning with the Fourth Geneva Convention,”? Abbas said on television on Tuesday after signing the demand during a meeting at his Ramallah headquarters in the occupied West Bank. “The demands [for membership] will be sent immediately”? to the relevant agencies, he said. “This is not a move against America, or any other party - it is our right, and we agreed to suspend it for nine months,”? said Abbas. Al Jazeera’s Stephanie Dekker, reporting from Jerusalem, said: “Going to the UN means the potential of going for an independent state and of turning to the International Criminal Court.”? “It ups the pressure on the US and on Israel, something they [Palestinians] have always threatened. During the nine months of talks Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said they would not do this. But they were promised nine times the release of this last batch of prisoners.”? The Palestinians agreed to refrain from seeking membership of international bodies and from pursuing legal action against Israel during the nine months of talks that US Secretary of State John Kerry launched in July.
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