RAMALLAH, Feb 10 (NNN-WAFA) – The Palestinian Central Council (PCC), yesterday, decided to terminate commitment of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), to all agreements signed with Israel.
The announcement was made at the end of the three-day PCC meetings, held in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
“In view of Israel’s ongoing denial of the signed agreements, the PCC decided to terminate the obligations of the PLO and the Palestinian Authority, of all agreements signed with Israel,” the statement said, adding that, Israel’s persistence in accelerating the confiscation of Palestinian land, also contributed to the decision.
The statement said that, Israel “is trying to obstruct the achievement of the independence and sovereignty of the Palestinian people on their land, in accordance with the resolutions of international legitimacy.”
“The PCC decided to suspend the recognition of the State of Israel, until it recognises the independent state of Palestine on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, and the cessation of settlements,” said the statement.
The decision also included suspending various forms of security coordination with Israel, and rejecting economic peace projects and confidence-building measures that Israel proposed, as an alternative to a permanent and just peace.
Recent weeks have seen a sharp rise in violence of Jewish settlers against the Palestinians and Palestinian property in the West Bank.
On Tuesday, three Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank. The Israeli regime claimed that the three Palestinians killed were “armed terrorists,” while the Palestinian side urged the international community, to “condemn the awful crime” and investigate the killings.
