RAMALLAH, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) — The Palestinian presidency on Sunday rejected Israeli attempts to “separate Gaza from the West Bank,” saying they would “not achieve security and stability for anyone.”
Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for the Palestinian presidency, stressed in a statement that Gaza is an integral part of Palestinian territory under the jurisdiction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
Abu Rudeineh said Israeli attempts to separate Gaza from the West Bank would fail and would not be allowed, regardless of pressure or threat.
He called on Israel to stop aggression against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and West Bank and urged the United States to act immediately to end the conflict in the enclave.
The spokesman stressed that security and stability in the region and the world “can only be achieved by ending the Israeli occupation and establishing an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 borders.”
Furthermore, he reiterated that all international efforts are useless as long as the occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem continues.
Hours earlier, Hussein Al-Sheikh, secretary general of the PLO Executive Committee, condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statement to maintain security control over Gaza after the end of the conflict.
In a televised address on Saturday, Netanyahu announced that Israel would work to establish full security control over Gaza after the conflict with the aim of “eliminating security threats” and refused to allow the Palestinian Authority to return to Gaza. Ribbon. End