Israel does not want peace, says Abbas

Venezuela: Palestinian National Authority (PNA) President Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel on Friday of undermining peace with the construction of Jewish settlements and a wall to isolate the Palestinian people.

According to the leader, that has been the Israeli Prime Minister Bejamin Netanyahu’s stance since March, 2009, after his second assumption of that post, being his previous term 13 years ago.

Israeli expansion continues, and so the construction of a wall that just looking at it, one can understand its racist meaning, Abbas asserted in this capital.

That Government distanced from the assumed commitment after the Annapolis Conference, where we proposed returning to the borders established on June 4, 1967, as solution to the conflict, he said.

One day after that date, Tel Aviv started the six-day war, by means of which it conquered the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Egyptian Sinai province and the Golan Heights in Syria.

We want to state clear out willingness to resume, unconditionally, the peace talks, but committing to putting an end to the Israeli expansionist activities, he said.

According to Abas, Netanyahu’s Government runs the risk of rejecting a historic opportunity to live in peace with its neighbors.

After 61 years, it is time to live in peace, with independence and sovereignty, he stated.

The PNA president is concluding in Venezuela a tour that also included Brazil, Argentina and Chile to seek support for international recognition of a Palestinian State.

Caracas, Prensa Latina