President Mahmoud Abbas called on the Security Council to assume its responsibilities to immediately stop the brutal aggression against our people, and to secure the entry of medical and food supplies and provide water, electricity and fuel into the Gaza Strip, and to prevent the displacement of our Palestinian people in Gaza, the West Bank and Jerusalem.

President Abbas said in his speech before the extraordinary joint Arab-Islamic summit held in Riyadh, today, Saturday, that we will not accept military and security solutions, after all of them have failed, and after the occupation authorities undermined the two-state solution, and replaced it with deepening settlement, policies of annexation, ethnic cleansing, and racial discrimination. In the West Bank and Jerusalem, the siege of the Gaza Strip, and the violation of the historical and legal status of Islamic and Christian sanctities. We will continue our steadfastness in our land and will not compromise on the legitimate rights of our people.

He stressed that the Gaza Strip is an integral part of the State of Palestine, and the political solution must be comprehensive, for the entire territory of the State of Palestine, including the West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza. We reject Israeli piracy of our money that we send monthly to the Gaza Strip, which we have not abandoned for a single day.

The President called on the Security Council to approve the State of Palestine’s full membership, hold an international peace conference and provide international protection for the Palestinian people, adopt a plan to implement a political solution based on international legitimacy and the Arab Peace Initiative, end the Israeli occupation of the land of the State of Palestine with East Jerusalem as its capital, and resolve the issue of Palestinian refugees in accordance with UN Resolution (194), with international guarantees and a timetable for implementation, is what the State of Palestine is working on, and the Palestine Liberation Organization, the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, is committed to.

President Abbas called for mobilizing international support to enable the institutions of the State of Palestine to continue their tasks to support the steadfastness of our people on their land, including the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, and the implementation of your decisions regarding supporting the government budget and providing the financial safety net that was approved in previous summits, especially in these delicate circumstances, as well as Providing resources to advance the Palestinian economy.

The President thanked the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, and the Crown Prince, Chairman of the Summit, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, for hosting this summit, and the brotherly leaders for their genuine stances to support our Palestinian people in these difficult and fateful circumstances.