President Mahmoud Abbas threatens to rescind Palestinians' recognition of Israel if it does not withdraw from occupied West Bank, besieged Gaza, and East Jerusalem within a year, adding Palestine will go to ICJ to seek adjudication over Israel's occupation
"If the Israeli occupation authorities continue to entrench the reality of one apartheid state as is happening today, our Palestinian people and the entire world will not tolerate such a situation," Abbas said.
Abbas requested international help to carry out elections, including in occupied Jerusalem, and told countries providing financial support to Tel Aviv that they're prolonging occupation.Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, a far-rightist who sits atop a cross-partisan coalition, opposes Palestinian statehood. His government has vowed to avoid sensitive choices towards the Palestinians and instead focus on economic issues.
"If this is not achieved, why maintain recognition of Israel based on the 1967 borders? Why maintain this recognition?" Abbas said.
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