PLO official: Decision to move US embassy to Jerusalem is an "attack on the peace process" pushing violence, Abbas advisor: 2017 the year that ends the Fatah - Hamas rift
Headline: “Erekat: 2016 was a Palestinian year par excellence, and we hope that the occupation will end next year”
“PLO Executive Committee Secretary[-General] Saeb Erekat said: ‘The present year [2016] was a Palestinian year par excellence. We anticipate that the will of the Palestinian people and leadership will be realized, and that 2017 will be the year of the end of the occupation.’ …
He said that the election of Donald Trump as president of the US, his decision to appoint David Friedman as the US ambassador to Israel, and the decision to transfer the American embassy to Jerusalem all mean an attack on the peace process and pushing the region towards extremism and violence…
Advisor to [PA] President [Mahmoud Abbas] for Strategic Affairs Husam Zumlut said that 2016 was the year of preparation for the resolution, while 2017 will be the year of the political showdown against the Israeli occupation and the year of the end of the rift (i.e., between Fatah and Hamas).”
“PLO Executive Committee Secretary[-General] Saeb Erekat said: ‘The present year [2016] was a Palestinian year par excellence. We anticipate that the will of the Palestinian people and leadership will be realized, and that 2017 will be the year of the end of the occupation.’ …
He said that the election of Donald Trump as president of the US, his decision to appoint David Friedman as the US ambassador to Israel, and the decision to transfer the American embassy to Jerusalem all mean an attack on the peace process and pushing the region towards extremism and violence…
Advisor to [PA] President [Mahmoud Abbas] for Strategic Affairs Husam Zumlut said that 2016 was the year of preparation for the resolution, while 2017 will be the year of the political showdown against the Israeli occupation and the year of the end of the rift (i.e., between Fatah and Hamas).”