Sarraj calls for removing Abbas from office

Palestinian Information Center

October 5, 2009

GAZA, (PIC)-- Head of the national reconciliation campaign Eyad Al-Sarraj on Sunday called for conducting an investigation with Mahmoud Abbas and removing him from office because of his decision to delay taking action on the UN report about Israeli war crimes in Gaza.

"What happened in Geneva, regardless of the justifications, was a big unforgivable crime against the Palestinian people," Sarraj stressed.

He also described Abbas as a traitor and unfit to be in his post as the chief of the Palestinian Authority (PA).

In a related context, 35 Palestinian organizations in Europe also called for removing Abbas from office and interrogating him before an independent Arab legal committee.

In a joint statement, they said that Abbas’ position towards the report gave Israel a cover-up for its war crimes and represented a precedent not less dangerous than the atrocities committed in Gaza nine months ago.

The organizations which signed this statement include the Palestinian assembly in Italy, the cultural society in Poland, the association of Palestinian rights in Ireland, the Palestinian forum of rights and solidarity in Netherlands, the Palestinian forum in Denmark and the Palestinian assembly in Berlin.

For his part, first deputy speaker of the Palestinian legislative council (PLC) Dr. Ahmed Bahar stated Sunday that the Palestinian cause is facing a critical juncture because of the settlement project led by Abbas who dragged it into dark horizons, stressing the future is definitely in favor of the resistance project.

Dr. Bahar added that what happened to the report is a conspiracy against the Palestinian people and their national cause and a crime committed by the PA in Ramallah to cover up for Israel’s atrocities in Gaza.