West Bank – Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas vowed Tuesday to join the International Criminal Court at the Hague in the event that his efforts at the UN Security Council to set a timetable forcing the withdrawal of Israel to the pre-1967 lines should fail.
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The Bethlehem-based Ma’an News Agency quoted Abbas as telling reporters in Ramallah: “We started work on the resolution to get a state on the ’67 borders with east Jerusalem as its capital which we will submit to the Security Council.”
He said that under the plan, “the occupation would be ended in two or three years.”
Abbas said he would submit the plan, mandating an Israeli withdrawal within a defined time frame, in two to three weeks to the UN Security Council. Should the US choose to veto the resolution, Abbas said he would then go the ICC route, which could potentially lead to a war crimes probe against Israel, and even against the Palestinians themselves.
Abbas also said that the Palestinian Authority would reconsider relations with Israel, including security coordination, should the bid fail.
The PA president added however, that he would not allow for the protest against Israel to turn violent. “I will not allow the firing of a single bullet,” he said.
Abbas described relations with the US as tense after the Obama administration criticized the PA president’s speech to the UN General Assembly last week.
He said that, despite the tension, he would not back down from the possible confrontation with the US that his Security Council bid could cause.
Abbas said during his UN General Assembly address on Friday that he saw no point in continuing peace talks with Israel without a firm timetable for Israel’s withdrawal from the West Bank in place.
The PA president drew the ire of Israel by accusing the Jewish state of committing “genocide” against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
US State Department spokeswoman Jan Psaki called Abbas’s speech counterproductive and provocative.
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Why did Israel fight to keep him alive?
the funny thing is that Abbas id only in power because Israel deals with him, the minutes the US and Israel choose to deal with someone else – that person becomes President (no elections, not necessary)
Abbas is the only choice. Who else will you deal with? I think Bibi is making a big mistake by being so provacative.
“Not a single bullet.” What a laugh. There has not been a Muslim, displayed many times by the Palestinians, that has honored the spoken or written word. The only language they understand is bullets. The only time that any of the groups and regimes of terror have slowed down or stopped their attacks was when they were bombed and disabled. And their periods of “quiet” were characterized by re-arming themselves, and taking additional actions to destroy Israel.
There is no rational human that should trust a word out of Abbas’ mouth. Like the rest of them (I include Obama), he is a pathological liar. The only reason Abbas is taking today’s actions is because he is scared out of his wits of being decimated by Israel. He is a sworn enemy, and is only taking Plan B of UN and ICC because he might get assistance from Obama to bring about his diabolical plots to destroy Israel. Yimach shemom vezichrom all of these terror groups and their supporters.
Pure political posturing and Abbas knows it. The PA looks like the good guys right now compared to the likes of Hamas and ISIL/ISIS. It’s not in Abbas’ interests to ruin that now.
Israel should finish with these liars,and “just-do-it”
the IDF knows its job,so send them NOW
We know the arab end game,so be done with them and it