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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
HARDLINE zionists attacked Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas today after he declared Israel in breach of existing peace deals.
In yesterday’s speech to the Palestine Liberation Organisation’s central committee meeting in the Israeli-occupied West Bank capital Ramallah, Mr Abbas called for all existing accords to be “revised” as Israel “has brought these agreements to a dead end.
“With regard to the [1993 and 1995] Oslo accords, Israel ended them after it reoccupied the West Bank and ceased its commitment to their terms,” he said.
Police crackdowns on Israeli peace demonstrators combined with court rulings and settler organisations are designed to strip Palestinian families of their homes and land. The Israeli state has tried to silence both Israelis and Palestinians who resist, according to Zo HaDerekh (This Is The Way) the Communist Party of Israel’s Hebrew-language weekly
Labour's Emily Thornberry calls on PM to ban goods from Israel-held Palestinian territory
As antisemitism grows, the labour movement must recommit to defence of minorities while navigating the complexities of Gaza and global politics, argues NICK WRIGHT