RAMALLAH, Wednesday, January 29, 2020 (WAFA) – President Mahmoud Abbas today received a message of solidarity from his Lebanese counterpart Michel Aoun.

In a phone conversation with Abbas, Aoun voiced his country’s full support to the Palestinian legitimate rights in the face of impending threats, particularly the Palestinian refugees’ right to return to their homeland from which their families were expelled during the founding of Israel in 1948.

“We are with you and support any position that you might take to defend your rights,” Aoun told Abbas.

He expressed his hope that the Arab countries would take a unified and decisive stand in support of the Palestinian people’s rights.

Abbas thanked Aoun for his country’s positions supportive of the Palestinian question and reaffirmed the need to face the so-called “deal of the century” and not allow it to pass as well as the need to uphold international law as the only way to resolve the Palestinian question.

Palestinians have condemned the plan for cementing Israel’s longstanding policy of permanent occupation, colonialism and apartheid over the Palestinian people.

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