West Bank24 September, 20262 min read
Mahmoud Abbas Warns Israel’s Genocidal War In Gaza And Settlement Expansion Threaten Two-State Solution
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Abbas says Israeli policies threaten life and existence of Palestinians, jeopardizing a two-state solution. He delivered remarks via prerecorded video after US visa denial for Palestinian delegation.
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Abbas warns of greater danger
Mahmoud Abbas delivered a video address to the United Nations General Assembly in which he said, “Gaza is being subjected to a genocidal war, and we fear that a greater danger is coming.” Abbas rejected measures that prevented the Palestinian delegation from attending the General Assembly meetings in person, saying the prohibition runs counter to the United States’ obligations as the host country.
“Gaza is being subjected to a genocidal war, and we fear that a greater danger is coming.”
Abbas said that in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, settlement expansion and “settler terrorism” are accelerating, and he described Israeli measures as “state terrorism rooted in racial discrimination and ethnic cleansing.” Abbas warned that the continuation of those measures would destroy a two-state solution and called for international intervention to stop what he called an “even greater danger ahead.”
Visa ban and UN video
Mahmoud Abbas questioned how long the world would “remain silent” and continue providing weapons to Israel in a video address at the UN General Assembly on Thursday. Al Jazeera said Abbas was barred from attending due to US visa sanctions on Palestinian Authority officials, and Abbas framed the issue as a question of how the world would “remain silent.”
Abbas also warned that the danger is no longer limited to undermining the two-state solution, saying it has reached the point of threatening the life and existence of the Palestinian people on their homeland. Abbas called on Washington to work with the Palestinian Authority and the international community to implement a two-state solution grounded in international legitimacy, and he said the Palestinian side welcomed Donald Trump’s peace plan but “we have not seen anything materialize on the ground.”
Stakes for two-state future
Mahmoud Abbas said the Palestinian people would remain on their land and “will not accept displacement,” and he warned against another “catastrophe and massacre” against Palestinians. Abbas warned that Israeli policies in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, were accelerating settlement expansion and intensifying settler violence under the protection of occupation forces.
“We will remain on our land and we will not accept displacement.”
Abbas said the Palestinian delegation was barred for the second year from obtaining entry visas to New York, and he argued that blocking the delegation from reaching the UN headquarters contradicts Washington’s obligations as host country. Abbas urged speeding up the second phase of the Trump plan and said the transitional period should lead to unifying Gaza and the West Bank under one state and one legitimate army, while he called for granting full membership for the State of Palestine at the United Nations.