Abbas to Fatah Revolutionary Council Meeting: Way to Unity Requires Time

Ramallah, MINA – President Mahmoud Abbas told the ongoing meeting of the Fatah Revolutionary Council (FRC) that way to achieving national unity requires some time, WAFA reported, citing the final communiqué of the meeting on Sunday.

He said only Egypt, the current broker of the Palestinian reconciliation process, shall have a say in national reconciliation efforts, but he said also Jordan can play a positive role in this regard.

Abbas told FRC meeting that in order to enable the National Consensus Government to assume full duties in the Gaza Strip, there should only be one authority, one weapon, one law and one political program based on the Palestine Liberation Organization’s (PLO) agenda, as is the case in the West Bank.

In the meantime, the President affirmed that the Palestinian leadership will continue to allocate salaries to the families of the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and the families of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces. He described this as a moral, national, political and humanitarian obligation.

Meanwhile, Abbas talked about the 1917 Balfour Declaration in its 100-year anniversary, and he asked Britain to apologize for the long injustice against the Palestinian people. He also called on Britain to recognize the State of Palestine.

The President also renewed calls for the countries of the world to recognize the State of Palestine in accordance with relevant international resolutions. (T/RS5/RS1)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)