Abbas urges international community to halt Israeli actions

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday called on the international community to halt Israeli attacks, settlement activities and forced displacement, and to provide protection for the Palestinian people.



In a press statement issued on the eve of the 38th anniversary of the Palestinian Declaration of Independence, Abbas said the anniversary represents an important national and historical milestone in the Palestinian people's struggle for freedom, sovereignty and the establishment of an independent state with East Jerusalem as its capital.



He stressed that the Palestinian people's right to independence is not merely a slogan, but an established historical and legal reality recognized by international legitimacy, adding that no power can undermine this right or erase the existence and national rights of the Palestinian people.



"Our choice is a just and comprehensive peace based on international legitimacy resolutions and the two-state solution, along the June 4, 1967 borders," said Abbas.