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Palestinian president says to go for other choices if Israel rejects two-state solution
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A view of a building destroyed by Israeli air strikes in Gaza City, June 29, 2021. /CFP

A view of a building destroyed by Israeli air strikes in Gaza City, June 29, 2021. /CFP

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday said that Israel's rejection of the two-state solution will oblige the Palestinians to go for other political choices.

WAFA, official Palestinian news agency, reported that Abbas made the remarks during a meeting held with representatives of Bethlehem and Hebron at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

Abbas told the representatives that Israel's rejection of the two-state solution will "force us to go for other options," according to WAFA.

"We will ask for the implementation of the United Nations Security Council's resolution passed in 1947, or go to the one democratic state on the land of historic Palestine in which the full political and civil rights of the Palestinians are gained," Abbas added.

Abbas called on the international community to help the Palestinians get their legitimate rights and urge Israel to stop its policies against the Palestinians.

Direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, which were sponsored by the United States for nine months, had stopped in 2014 following deep disagreements on Israeli settlement and the recognition of establishing a Palestinian state on the 1967 border.

Israel occupied the West Bank and East Jerusalem, which are claimed by the Palestinians, in the 1967 Middle East war and has controlled them ever since.

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency

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