UNITED NATIONS: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday (Sep 21) that Middle East peace was not achievable until the Palestinians are granted full rights. He spoke as the United States appeared to make progress in brokering a normalisation deal between Israe
UNITED NATIONS: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday that Middle East peace was not achievable until the Palestinians are granted full rights.
"Whoever thinks peace in the Middle East is possible before our people achieved their full right is delusional,” Abbas said. The normalization talks are the centrepiece of complex negotiations that also include discussions of US security guarantees and civilian nuclear help that Riyadh has sought, as well as possible Israeli concessions to the Palestinians.
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