RAMALLAH, Monday, April 01, 2019 (WAFA) – The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) welcomed today Arab support for Palestine particularly activation of the financial safety net to enable Palestine to overcome US and Israeli political and financial blackmail.
The Arab leaders concluded yesterday a summit held in Tunisia during which they reaffirmed strong support for Palestine both politically and financially.
“The Palestinian leadership welcomes the Arab League‘s activation of the financial safety net to help Palestine overcome the debilitating financial strains caused by Israel‘s illegal piracy of Palestinian tax revenues,” said PLO Executive Committee member Hanan Ashrawi in a statement on behalf of the PLO.
“We also welcome the reaffirmed Arab League‘s rejection of Israel‘s illegal actions, especially in relation to the illegal settlement regime. We also highly value the unanimous Arab position rejecting the illegal policies of the Trump Administration regarding occupied Jerusalem and the Syrian Golan Heights.”
The PLO official added: “There is no doubt that irresponsible US policies and actions have encouraged the Israeli political establishment, which is overrun by rightwing, racist, and hostile actors, to exercise unchecked violence against the Palestinian people and their inalienable rights, including their rights to life, freedom, and natural resources. The rightwing Israeli government has been enabled to escalate its grave violations of international law by the brazen complicity of the US administration, which has taken unprecedented steps to support and legitimize Israel‘s illegal colonial occupation and annexation of Palestinian and Syrian land.”
The Palestinian official reiterated President Mahmoud Abbas‘ urgent call to Arab and world leaders to defend international law and endorse the proposed Palestinian multilateral plan to achieve peace in the region, in line with international law.
“We reiterate that peace cannot be divorced from respect for the law and the realization of justice, both of which require active accountability. This principle must remain universal, and the international community has the responsibility of confronting international actors attempting to undermine these fundamental foundations of the international order,” concluded Ashrawi.
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