President Mahmoud Abbas addressed world leaders participating in the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, saying: “Whoever thinks that peace can be achieved in the Middle East without the Palestinian people obtaining their full legitimate national rights is delusional.”

The President sent a message to the Israelis that the occupation will not last, regardless of their ambitions and illusions, because our people will remain on their land, which they have inhabited for thousands of years, generation after generation, and if anyone has to leave, they are the occupiers.

President Abbas called on the international community to implement its decisions related to realizing Palestinian rights and ending the occupation, which defies the international community’s more than a thousand resolutions, violates the principles of international law and international legitimacy, and is racing against time to change the historical, geographical and demographic reality on the ground, in order to perpetuate it and perpetuate apartheid. (Apartheid).

The President also called on the international community to assume its responsibilities to preserve the historical and legal status of Jerusalem and its sanctities, especially Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, and the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, warning against turning the political conflict into a religious one.

In his speech, President Abbas raised several questions and demanded answers to them: Why remain silent about all the flagrant violations of international law committed by Israel, the occupying state? Why is it not subject to serious accountability and accountability, and sanctions not imposed on it for ignoring and violating international legitimacy resolutions, as is the case with other countries? Why practice double standards when it comes to Israel? Why accept that a state be above the law?

The President said: Despite the painful reality, and thirty years after the Oslo Accords from which Israel dissolved, we still have hope that the United Nations will be able to implement its resolutions that require ending the occupation and embodying the independence of the fully sovereign State of Palestine with East Jerusalem as its capital, on the 1967 borders. Resolving the refugee issue in accordance with international legitimacy resolutions, especially Resolution 194, and implementing the resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council, which confirm the illegality of occupation and settlement, especially Resolution 2334, as well as the Arab Peace Initiative.

President Abbas stressed that, in light of the difficulty facing the peace process due to Israeli policies, all that remains is to ask the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, to make arrangements for holding an international peace conference, in which all concerned countries will participate, which may be the last opportunity to keep the two-state solution possible, and to prevent The situation deteriorated more seriously.

The President called on the United Nations to provide protection for the Palestinian people from the continuing aggression of the occupation army and settlers, and to support Palestine’s approach to the courts and international bodies with jurisdiction, as the current situation is no longer tolerable.

He said that the State of Palestine will file complaints with the relevant international bodies against Israel because of its continued occupation of our land, and the crimes that have been committed and are still being committed against us, and against both Britain and America for their role in the ill-fated Balfour Declaration, and against everyone who had a role in the catastrophe and tragedy of our people, to demand recognition. An apology, reparation, and compensation in accordance with international law.

President Abbas called for the criminalization of denial of the Palestinian Nakba, and the adoption of May 15 of each year as an international day to commemorate it and the memory of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who were killed in massacres committed by Zionist gangs, and those whose villages were demolished or who were displaced from their homes, who numbered 950,000. More than half of the Palestinian population at the time.

The President called on the member states of the United Nations to take practical steps based on the relevant international legitimacy resolutions and international law, and for the states that have not yet recognized the State of Palestine to announce this recognition, and for the State of Palestine to gain full membership in the United Nations.

The President stressed the need for the United Nations to take deterrent measures against Israel, which has not adhered to the conditions for its accession to the United Nations, namely the implementation of Resolutions (181 and 194), until it fulfills its obligations that were presented in a written declaration by its Foreign Minister at the time, Moshe Sharett.

President Abbas stressed that our people will continue to defend their homeland and their legitimate rights, through peaceful popular resistance as a strategic option for self-defense, and to liberate the land from a settler occupation that does not believe in peace, and does not value the principles of truth, justice, and human values.

The President expressed his satisfaction that the peoples of the world and many of its countries began to be convinced of our Palestinian narrative and sympathize with it, after it had been misled for decades by the Zionist and Israeli propaganda machine. He thanked everyone who contributed to spreading this narrative, supporting it, and sympathizing with it.

Regarding holding general elections, His Excellency said that the Israeli government is obstructing their holding, as it did in 1996, 2005, and 2006, through its decision to prevent elections from being held in East Jerusalem, despite the significant interference from many countries and regional and international organizations, to enable our people in Jerusalem to vote. And run in these elections.

President Abbas reiterated his rejection of any position that holds us responsible for not holding these elections, which represent a Palestinian necessity. He said: We will continue to go to international bodies to raise cases against the Israeli government and force them to allow us to hold these long-awaited elections.

Regarding financial support from the international community, His Excellency said, “As long as we continue to suffer under the hateful Israeli occupation, we will continue to need international financial aid, as well as providing financial support to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).

He added: Israel bears full responsibility for the restrictions it imposes on us, which prevent us from accessing our natural resources, unlawfully detains our money, continues its siege on our people in the Gaza Strip, and controls all crossing points and dividing lines between the West Bank and its surroundings.

President Abbas extended appreciation and gratitude to all of our people in Palestine, in the refugee camps and in the diaspora, and everywhere in the world, for their steadfastness and insistence on upholding rights.

The President saluted the souls of our honorable martyrs, our brave prisoners, and our heroic wounded, and said: “No right is lost without demands, and victory is ours, and we will celebrate the independence of our state in Jerusalem, our eternal capital.”

The following is the text of the President's speech:

“Whoever thinks that peace can be achieved in the Middle East without the Palestinian people obtaining their full legitimate national rights is delusional.”

Once again, I come to you carrying the cause of my people struggling for freedom and independence, to remind you of the tragedy caused by the Nakba seventy-five years ago, the effects of which are still exacerbated by the Israeli occupation of our land, this occupation that challenges your resolutions, which exceed a thousand, and violates the principles of international law and international legitimacy. While he is racing against time to change the historical, geographical and demographic reality on the ground, in order to perpetuate the occupation and perpetuate racial segregation (apartheid).

Despite this painful reality, and thirty years after the Oslo Accords from which Israel dissolved, we still have hope that your esteemed organization will be able to implement its decisions requiring an end to the Israeli occupation of our land, and the embodiment of the independence of the fully sovereign State of Palestine, with East Jerusalem as its capital, on the borders of the Fourth of May. June 1967, and the issue of Palestinian refugees was resolved in accordance with international legitimacy resolutions, especially General Assembly Resolution No. 194, and the General Assembly and Security Council resolutions, all of which confirm the illegitimacy of the Israeli occupation and settlement, especially Resolution 2334, as well as the Arab Peace Initiative.

Ladies and gentlemen

While I stand before you here, the Israeli racist right-wing government continues its attacks on our people, and through its army and its racist terrorist settlers, continues to intimidate and kill our people, destroy homes and property, steal our money and resources, and withhold the bodies of the martyrs, in full view of the world, and without any deterrence, punishment or punishment. Accountability. Indeed, the leaders of this government and its ministers have become proud of the policy of apartheid that they practice on our people under occupation.

The occupation government also violates the city of Jerusalem and its people, attacks our Islamic and Christian sanctities there, and violates the historical and legal status of the holy places, especially in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, which international legitimacy has recognized as an exclusive right for Muslims alone, including the Bab al-Rahma prayer hall and the Buraq Wall, according to the report. League of Nations in 1930.

The occupying state is also diligently digging tunnels under and around Al-Aqsa Mosque, which threatens to collapse it, or parts of it, which will lead to an explosion with undesirable consequences. We have repeatedly warned against transforming the political conflict into a religious conflict, for which Israel will bear full responsibility, and here I call on society. The international community assumes its responsibilities in preserving the historical and legal status of Jerusalem and its sanctities, especially Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, and the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron.

I wonder here: Why remain silent about all the flagrant violations of international law committed by Israel, the occupying state? Why is it not subject to serious accountability and accountability, and sanctions not imposed on it for ignoring and violating international legitimacy resolutions, as is the case with other countries? Why practice double standards when it comes to Israel? Why accept that Israel is a state above the law? Isn't it time to answer these questions?

For our part, we will file complaints with the relevant international bodies against Israel because of the continued Israeli occupation of our land, and the crimes that have been committed and are still being committed against us, and against both Britain and America for their role in the ill-fated Balfour Declaration, and against everyone who had a role in the catastrophe and tragedy of our people, demanding recognition. An apology, reparation, and compensation in accordance with international law.

Ladies and Gentlemen

In light of the difficulty facing the peace process due to Israeli policies, we have nothing left but to ask you to hold an international peace conference, in which all countries concerned with achieving peace in the Middle East in general will participate. Therefore, I ask your esteemed organization, and the Secretary-General, Mr. Antonio Guterres, to put Arrangements and calls for this conference, which may be the last opportunity to keep the two-state solution possible, and to prevent the situation from deteriorating more seriously, which threatens the security and stability of our region and the entire world.

I also call on your organization and the Secretary-General to implement the decisions to provide protection for the Palestinian people from the continuing aggression of the occupation army and the terrorist Israeli settlers, and to support our approach to the courts and international bodies with jurisdiction, because the current situation is no longer tolerable.

In light of everything that Israel is doing, ladies and gentlemen, in terms of its systematic destruction of the two-state solution, it has become necessary, in order to protect this solution, for me to call on the member states of your esteemed organization; Each country, in its national capacity, must take practical steps based on relevant international legitimacy resolutions and international law. I also call on countries that have not yet recognized the State of Palestine to announce this recognition, and for the State of Palestine to gain full membership in the United Nations.

I cannot understand nor accept that some countries, including America and European countries, are reluctant to recognize the State of Palestine, which the United Nations has accepted as an observer member. These countries confirm every day their support for the two-state solution, but they recognize only one of them, which is Israel. Why? What is the danger posed by the State of Palestine obtaining full membership in the United Nations?

Israel, which enjoys this international recognition, has not adhered to the conditions for its accession to the United Nations, which are the implementation of Resolutions (181 and 194). Therefore, we call on your esteemed organization to take deterrent measures against Israel, until it fulfills its obligations that were presented in a written declaration by its Minister of Foreign Affairs in At that time, Moshe Sharett.

Our request is for the sake of peace and justice, and out of respect for international law, international legitimacy, and your esteemed organization.

Ladies and Gentlemen

Our people defend their homeland and their legitimate rights, through peaceful popular resistance as a strategic option for self-defense, and to liberate the land from a settler occupation that does not believe in peace, and does not give weight to the principles of truth, justice, and human values. We will continue our resistance to this brutal occupation until it is defeated from our land.

Ladies and Gentlemen

We manage our affairs under extremely difficult and complex circumstances as a result of the restrictions imposed on us by the occupying state, which prevents us from accessing our natural resources, unlawfully detains our money, and continues its siege on our people in the Gaza Strip, with the consequent increase in the suffering of our people.

Likewise, Israel bears full responsibility, through its control over all crossing points and dividing lines between the occupied West Bank and its surroundings, for the deliberate spread of weapons, drugs, and criminal killings taking place in Arab cities inside Israel, part of which extends to our regions, which has become a A great threat to the societal security of Palestinians everywhere in our land.

Allow me to tell you: As long as we continue to suffer under the hateful Israeli occupation, we will continue to need financial aid from the international community, as well as providing financial support to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). We are thankful to the international community for the support it has given us to build our state and our economy. We look forward to continuing this support until the occupation leaves and we are able to rely on ourselves.

Ladies and Gentlemen

Our state institutions are engaged in a comprehensive reform and development process, and in this context, they cooperate with international institutions and with our partners in the region and the world.

We have recently held local elections, elections for institutions, federations, syndicates, and others. There is a specialized committee to develop the justice sector in Palestine. Civil society is also playing its role in adding vitality to our political system. All that remains for us is to hold democratic general elections, as took place in the years 1996 and 2005. 2006, but the Israeli government is obstructing this, through its decision to prevent elections from being held in East Jerusalem, despite the significant intervention of many countries and regional and international organizations, to enable our Palestinian people in Jerusalem to vote and run in these elections, and today we renew our rejection of any position that holds us responsible. Not holding these elections, which are a Palestinian necessity that we want today before tomorrow.

In the face of this stubborn position of the Israeli government, we will continue to approach the relevant international bodies to file cases against the Israeli government and force it to allow us to hold these long-awaited elections.

Ladies and Gentlemen

Last May, I participated in commemorating the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, as approved by your esteemed organization, after this painful anniversary was ignored by Israel, the party primarily responsible for this Nakba, and I call on you today to criminalize its denial, and to adopt the fifteenth. May of each year is an international day to commemorate her memory, and the memory of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who were killed in massacres committed by Zionist gangs, and whose villages were demolished or displaced from their homes, who numbered 950,000 and constituted more than half of the Palestinian population at the time, and this is the least possible. That the United Nations should do this, in honor of these victims, and in denunciation of this human tragedy.

Ladies and gentlemen

For several years, we have continued to present our Palestinian narrative, and the story of our people, which has been deliberately distorted by the Zionist and Israeli propaganda machine. It is a source of relief for us that the peoples of the world and many of its countries have begun to be convinced of our narrative and sympathize with it, after it was misled for decades. We thank all those who Contribute to spreading this narrative, supporting it, and sympathizing with it. We also thank people of conscience everywhere in this world who are standing up for the Palestinian right today and supporting the struggle of our people to achieve freedom and achieve independence.

Ladies and Gentlemen

My message today to the Israelis is that this hateful occupation that they are practicing against us will not last, regardless of their ambitions and illusions, because the Palestinian people are remaining on their land, which they have inhabited for thousands of years, generation after generation. This was confirmed by the recent UNESCO resolution regarding the city of Jericho, and this people cannot He leaves his land, and if anyone has to leave it, they are the occupiers and the usurpers.

My message to the international community is that it bear its responsibilities with all courage, and implement its decisions related to realizing Palestinian rights.

Finally, I address all of our people in Palestine, in the refugee camps and in the diaspora, and in every place in this vast world, with the highest expressions of appreciation and gratitude, for their steadfastness and insistence on upholding rights, and I address a greeting of reverence and honor to our honorable martyrs, our brave prisoners, and our heroic wounded, and I say to everyone what has been lost. A right with demands behind it, and victory is ours, and we will celebrate the independence of our state in Jerusalem, our eternal capital, the crown jewel and the flower of cities.