The Deputy Spokesperson for the US State Department, Vedant Patel, denied on Monday that the United States and Britain bear responsibility for the occurrence and sustainability of the Palestinian Nakba, which falls on May 15, 2023, its seventy-fifth anniversary, and which the United Nations was commemorating for the first time on the same day.

Commenting on a question asked by the Jerusalem correspondent, Patel said that he does not agree with what Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in a special session of the United Nations (Monday 15/5/2023) that Britain and the United States in particular bear direct political and moral responsibility for the plight of our people, as they are The two participated in making our people a victim when they decided to establish and plant another entity in our historical homeland, for their own colonial goals.

President Abbas officially demanded that Israel be compelled to respect Resolutions 181 of 1947 and 194, or to suspend its membership in the United Nations, especially since it did not fulfill its obligations to accept its membership in the UN organization.

The United Nations officially celebrated for the first time on Monday the anniversary of the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the war waged by the Zionist armed gangs, before they became an army, to establish the State of Israel on the ruins of the Palestinians 75 years ago, which sparked sharp reactions from Israel and its supporters.

The event was attended by the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, on the occasion of the Nakba, or "disaster," and many member states from Asia, Africa, Central and South America, and the Middle East; And the representatives of the African Union and the Arab League who delivered the speeches. The United States and Britain did not attend.

Abbas said, "This decision represents recognition by your organizations of the continuing historical injustice that befell the Palestinian people in 1948 and before that date, and continues thereafter." He added that it was also a refutation "for the first time by you of the Israeli Zionist narrative that denies this Nakba."

The Palestinian President stressed that the most important condition for achieving peace and security in our region lies in recognizing the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, the independence of their sovereign Palestinian state on the borders of June 4, 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital, resolving the issue of Palestinian refugees on the basis of Resolution 194, and the release of All Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.

US envoy Nate Evans, deputy US ambassador to the United Nations, refused to attend the Nakba commemoration event, saying he was not involved in anti-Israel activities.

When Al-Quds correspondent raised the issue of the refusal of the US envoy to the United Nations, Nate Evans, with Spokesman Patel on Monday at his press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Patel said, "The American presence or representation in any event does not reflect our commitment to the Palestinian people. We are still aware of the painful plight of the Palestinian refugees. We will I also note that this administration has prioritized our support for the Palestinian people and has provided more than $940 million to the Palestinians, including $730 million in humanitarian assistance for Palestinian refugees."

We also remain committed to a negotiated and mutually agreed-upon two-state solution that resolves all final status issues, including refugees. And you will remember that President Biden, who was standing next to President Abbas last June, said that the Palestinian people deserve a state of their own to be Independent, sovereign, viable and connected. That remains our view."