Palestinian Leadership Says Israel, UAE, Bahrain Deals Will Not Bring Peace To Region

Palestinian Leadership Says Israel, UAE, Bahrain Deals Will Not Bring Peace to Region

President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday that US-brokered peace agreements between Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain will not bring stability to the region as the issue of the occupation of Palestine will stay unresolved

GAZA (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 16th September, 2020) President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday that US-brokered peace agreements between Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain will not bring stability to the region as the issue of the occupation of Palestine will stay unresolved.

"There will never be peace, security and stability in the region without ending the occupation and providing the Palestinian people with their full rights ... The signing of agreements between the UAE, Bahrain and Israel will not bring peace to the region until Israel and the United States recognize the rights of the Palestinian people to establish a state, based on 1967 borders with the capital in Jerusalem and the return of refugees," Abbas said, as quoted by the Palestinian Authority's news service WAFA.

On Tuesday, the UAE and Bahraini foreign ministers signed agreements on normalizing relations with Israel during a ceremony at the White House. The Palestinian Authority has strongly condemned the deals.

The UAE and Bahrain became the third and fourth Arab countries to normalize relations with Israel after Egypt in 1979 and Jordan in 1994.