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Tuesday, December 12, 2017
News website founded by Azmi Bishara: Abbas Pressured by Saudi MBS to Forget Palestinian Refugees, Quds

Abbas Pressured by Saudi MBS to Forget Palestinian Refugees, Quds
Tue Dec 12, 2017 7:28
http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13960921001670

TEHRAN (FNA)- Saudi Crown Prince and de facto ruler Mohammed bin Salman has
laid increasing pressure on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to give up
his quest for the Palestinian refugees' right of return and for making Quds
the capital of a Palestinian state, an Arab media outlet disclosed.

"Bin Salman has told Mahmoud Abbas to forget about the Quds case and the
refugees' right to return to their country and start a bid to establish a
state in Gaza," the Arabic-language al-Arabi al-Jadid news website reported
on Tuesday, adding that the de facto ruler has promised "Abbas huge
financial aid in return".

To get rid of the difficult conditions prevailing over the meeting with the
Saudi crown prince, Abbas has asked bin Salman to present his offer in
written so that he could put it under discussion at a meeting of the central
committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), added the report.

Earlier, Reuters had also reported that bin Salman had proposed $100bln to
Abbas if he agreed with the recent US President Donald Trump's decision to
recognize Jerusalem al-Quds as Israel's capital.

The US president last Wednesday defied global warnings, and said Washington
formally recognizes Jerusalem al-Quds as the “capital” of Israel, and will
begin the process of moving its embassy to the occupied city, breaking with
decades of American policy despite widespread international opposition.

In anticipation of Trump's move, 151 members of the UN General Assembly
voted last week to adopt a rare resolution that denounced Israel as the
“occupying power” of Jerusalem al-Quds, a city that is holy to Muslims,
Christians, and Jews alike.

The city has seen heightened tensions since 2015, when the Israeli military
introduced restrictions on the entry of Palestinian worshipers into the
al-Aqsa Mosque — Islam’s third holiest site.

Over 300 Palestinians have lost their lives at the hands of Israeli soldiers
ever since.

Israel lays claim to the entirety of al-Quds (Jerusalem) as its capital
while Palestinians want its Eastern part as the capital of a future state
for themselves.

Palestinian leaders have warned that the potential relocation would fuel
strong reaction in the region and deliver a death blow to any prospect of
resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Trump’s move which overturns decades of US foreign policy has triggered a
fresh wave of unrest in the Middle East.

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