Abbas wants UN to replace US

Senior Fatah official Nabil Sha’ath said if Israel does not agree to a West Bank pullout in the next round of talks, the Palestinians would challenge the Jewish state politically, “all over the universe.” One thing on the future agenda, according to Sha’ath, is to urge the international community to handle Israel “as it did apartheid South Africa.”

 

Senior Fatah official Nabil Sha’ath said if Israel does not agree to a West Bank pullout in the next round of talks, the Palestinians would challenge the Jewish state politically, “all over the universe.” One thing on the future agenda, according to Sha’ath, is to urge the international community to handle Israel “as it did apartheid South Africa.” 

Sha’ath said their dream of statehood was not over and that they would turn to the UN Security Council to take over the peace process. 

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