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Abbas' Fatah parties back PLO decision to determine ties with Israel

Xinhua, November 5, 2015 Adjust font size:

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Fatah Party announced on Thursday that it backs the recommendations of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to determine ties with Israel.

Fatah Central Committee, which met in Ramallah and chaired by Abbas, said in an official statement that the Palestinians can never accept the situation which was present before the popular wave of protests against Israel.

On Wednesday, a PLO political committee adopted recommendations that determine the political, security and economical ties with the Israeli occupation's authorities, according to a PLO statement.

The PLO decision was made amid more than one month of a flaring wave of confrontations and tension between Israel and the Palestinians following the Israeli measures at al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem that started on Sept. 15.

Nabil Abu Rdineh, spokesman of Fatah Central Committee, said in a statement that President Abbas will soon go for an important tour, where he will pay visits in several Arab states.

He also said that the Palestinians expect a U.S. response to what President Abbas presented during his most recent meeting held in Amman with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.

Abu Rdineh declined to elaborate or give anymore details on what president Abbas proposed to Kerry and what will be the response of Kerry to Abbas demands

"It is impossible to be lonely committed to the peace accords and treaties signed with Israel, where we will also back the Palestinian steadfastness on the ground and empower the popular resistance against the occupation," he said.

Abu Rdineh accused Israel of trying to implement the Israeli government's plans in the Palestinian territories, mainly in Jerusalem, "which aim at undermining the two-state principle."

The current wave of tension in the Palestinian territories and the clashes with the Israeli security forces killed so far 75 Palestinians and wounded more than 2,000 others that has been going on since Oct. 1.

Eleven Israelis were killed in the meantime in a series of shooting, stabbing and cars running over attacks in the West Bank, east Jerusalem and Israel. Endit