While giving a joint statement with President Trump, Palestinian Authority leader and PLO head Mahmoud Abbas demanded an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal with a Palestinian capital of East Jerusalem and Israel returning to its 1967 borders.
“Mr. President, our strategic option, our strategic choice is to bring about peace based on the vision of the two state: a Palestinian state with its capital of East Jerusalem that lives in peace and stability with the state of Israel based on the borders of 1967,” Abbas said.
“Mr. President, as far as the permanent solution, we believe that this is possible and able to be resolved,” Abbas said before adding, “Mr. President, it’s about time for Israel to end its occupation of our people and of our land. After 50 years, we are the only remaining people in the world that still live under occupation. We are aspiring and want to achieve our freedom, our dignity, and our right to self-determination. And we also want for Israel to recognize the Palestinian state, just as the Palestinian people recognize the state of Israel.”
Abbas previously said he would never sign a peace deal if it requires recognizing Israel as a Jewish state.
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