President Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian leadership expressed their strong rejection of calls to seize the Gaza Strip and displace Palestinians outside their homeland.

The President said, in response to the American calls for displacement: “We will not allow the rights of our people, for which we have struggled for decades and made great sacrifices to achieve, to be infringed upon. These calls represent a serious violation of international law, and peace and stability will not be achieved in the region without the establishment of the Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital on the borders of June 4, 1967, based on the two-state solution.”

The President added that the Palestinian people will not give up their land, rights and holy sites, and that the Gaza Strip is an integral part of the State of Palestine, along with the West Bank and East Jerusalem, occupied since 1967.

He stressed that the legitimate Palestinian rights are not negotiable, and the Palestine Liberation Organization is the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, entrusted with their constants, and the owner of the independent Palestinian decision, and no one has the right to make decisions regarding the future of the Palestinian people on its behalf.

He renewed his appreciation for the firm and steadfast Arab positions against displacement and annexation, and the adherence to the establishment of the Palestinian state as a basic requirement for achieving peace in the region in accordance with international legitimacy resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative, appreciating in this context the positions of the brothers in Egypt and Jordan rejecting displacement and infringement of legitimate Palestinian rights.

He also appreciated the position of the brothers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which rejects settlement, annexation and displacement and adheres to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.

The President called on the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Security Council to assume their responsibilities and take urgent action to protect the unanimously agreed upon resolutions of international legitimacy, protect the Palestinian people and preserve their inalienable rights, their right to self-determination and to remain on their homeland, and to end the Israeli occupation of the land of the State of Palestine with East Jerusalem as its capital.

President Mahmoud Abbas stressed that the Palestinian people and their leadership are committed to international legitimacy and the Arab Peace Initiative, which affirm the embodiment of an independent and sovereign Palestinian state on the land of the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and East Jerusalem as its eternal capital.