Sisi calls for resumption of Israel-PA talks
Speaking at UN General Assembly, Egyptian President says peace talks should guarantee establishment of Palestinian state.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi on Tuesday called for a
resumption of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority
(PA) in order to solve their longstanding conflict.
Speaking at the UN General Assembly, Sisi said, “We cannot talk about
the peaceful settlement of disputes as a founding principle of the
United Nations and indicator of its credibility, without citing the
Palestinian cause. It stands as a perfect example of the failure of the
international system to find a just solution to the conflict, based on
international legitimacy and United Nations resolutions, that guarantees
the establishment of a Palestinian State with East Jerusalem as its
capital.”
“The terms of reference of this just solution and the determinants of a
final settlement are well known,” he continued. “There is no time to
waste on such a debate. What is required is the political will to resume
negotiations and achieve a settlement in accordance with these
determinants.”
The Egyptian President added that “the Arabs are still stretching out
their hands in peace. Our peoples deserve to turn this tragic page in
history, and the Palestinian people deserve to exercise their legitimate
rights.”
Sisi, whose country became the first Arab country to sign a peace treaty
with Israel in 1979, has in the past urged Israelis and Palestinian
Arabs to take advantage the opportunity and resume peace talks. He has
also stressed that his country was serious about pushing those talks
forward.
His comments come as the US continues to work on a peace proposal for
the sides. However, PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas has refused to consider
the Trump administration an honest broker for negotiations since Trump’s
recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital last December.
The PA has already rejected the peace plan before it has even been made public.
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