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Abbas: The Palestinian people will not leave their homeland and will not accept displacement

Abbas: The Palestinian people will not leave their homeland and will not accept displacement

President of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, affirmed that the Palestinian people will not leave their homeland, will not accept displacement, and will not allow anyone to decide their future on their behalf, reiterating his commitment to peace based on international legitimacy, which guarantees freedom, independence, security, and peace for all peoples of the region.

In a recorded speech before the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly held in New York, Abbas said, "We will not remain waiting, and we will not accept what the governments of the Israeli occupying power decide for us, for no permanent security can be established on the occupation of another people and the deprivation of their legitimate rights."

He added that the Palestinian people have a national project based on protecting them from displacement, preserving their land and its unity, democratically renewing their institutions, and exercising their right to self-determination, leading to the embodiment of an independent, sovereign Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, and the return of refugees in accordance with UN Resolution 194.

He stressed that the Palestinians "do not want a new process to manage the conflict while the land changes every day," but rather want "a process that ends the occupation and guarantees freedom and self-determination for the Palestinians, and security and peace for the Israelis and the countries of the region."

He affirmed that the Palestinian vision for peace is clear and is based on the Palestinian people remaining on their land, determining their own future, and establishing a Palestinian state alongside the State of Israel, which would pave the way for Palestinian-Israeli peace, regional integration, cooperation, prosperity, and security for all.

He pointed out that the Palestinian people are facing one of the most dangerous stages in their history, explaining that the danger is no longer limited to undermining the two-state solution and preventing the embodiment of a Palestinian state, but has become a threat to the life and existence of the Palestinian people themselves on their homeland.

He explained that what is happening in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, "is not isolated events," but rather "a malicious colonial plan aimed at pushing the Palestinian to forcibly leave their homeland."

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