Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas mentioned Saturday the Palestinian folks wouldn’t be displaced, in an handle at a peace summit in Cairo geared toward stopping the Israel-Gaza disaster from escalating right into a regional conflict.
“We warn of the hazard of [the] displacement of our civilians from their homes or their displacement from the West Financial institution or from Jerusalem,” mentioned Abbas, who leads the PA, which is answerable for semi-autonomous elements of the Israeli-occupied West Financial institution.
“We are going to by no means settle for this forcible displacement and can stand tall on our land,” Abbas added.
The West Financial institution has seen a surge in violence because the Hamas militant group’s shock assault on Israel close to the Gaza Strip on October 7, which killed greater than 1,400 folks. At the least 83 folks have been killed in clashes with Israeli settlers and police within the West Financial institution, Agence France-Presse reported Friday.
In retaliation for Hamas’ assault, Israel declared a siege of Gaza, launching hundreds of airstrikes on the Hamas-controlled Palestinian enclave which have killed greater than 4,100 folks. Israeli authorities have additionally ordered about 1.1 million civilians to evacuate Gaza Metropolis and transfer to the southern a part of the enclave — which borders Egypt — amid reviews it’s getting ready to launch a floor assault on Gaza.
On the summit in Cairo on Saturday, Egypt’s chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisi mentioned he opposed the displacement of Palestinians into his nation. “Egypt says the answer to the Palestinian subject just isn’t displacement, its solely resolution is justice and the Palestinians’ entry to professional rights and dwelling in an unbiased state,” el-Sisi mentioned, based on Reuters.
