Cairo (Earth Times) - Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to discuss the political situation between Israel and the Palestinian territories.
Abbas said in a press conference that he had stressed Palestinian demands that Israel stop building settlements in order to facilitate a return to the negotiating table.
"Palestine's position is the same as that of the international community and the United States," he said.
Abbas said the Palestinian Authority had begun to act against a recent Israeli military order which allows the expulsion of any Palestinian without a residency permit from the West Bank.
"Our basic agreement with Israel is that Gaza and the West Bank are one geographic entity under the Palestinian Authority, and so this decision was meant to anger Palestinians," Abbas said.
Abbas said that if other options were exhausted and Palestinian-Israeli negotiations had not resumed, the Palestinian Authority would consider taking the case to the UN Security Council.
Abbas said in a press conference that he had stressed Palestinian demands that Israel stop building settlements in order to facilitate a return to the negotiating table.
"Palestine's position is the same as that of the international community and the United States," he said.
Abbas said the Palestinian Authority had begun to act against a recent Israeli military order which allows the expulsion of any Palestinian without a residency permit from the West Bank.
"Our basic agreement with Israel is that Gaza and the West Bank are one geographic entity under the Palestinian Authority, and so this decision was meant to anger Palestinians," Abbas said.
Abbas said that if other options were exhausted and Palestinian-Israeli negotiations had not resumed, the Palestinian Authority would consider taking the case to the UN Security Council.
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