AMP Report – August 14, 2020
Palestinians denounce the UAE-Israel relations
The Palestinian leadership of all factions bitterly denounced the recognition of Israel by the United Arab Emirates.
In a statement issued by his spokesman, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas denounced the accord.
"The Palestinian leadership rejects and denounces the UAE, Israeli and US trilateral, surprising, announcement," said Nabil Abu Rudeineh, a senior adviser to Abbas.
Abu Rudeineh, reading from a statement outside Abbas's headquarters in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, said the deal was a "betrayal of Jerusalem, Al-Aqsa and the Palestinian cause."
Hanan Ashrawi, an outspoken member of the Palestinian Liberation Organization's executive committee who has served in various leadership positions in Palestine, said UAE's announcement was the equivalent of being "sold out" by "friends".
Hamas
The Hamas rejected the US-brokered deal establishing formal ties between Israel and the UAE in exchange for Israel dropping its plans to annex West Bank land, saying it did not serve the cause of the Palestinians.
"This agreement does absolutely not serve the Palestinian cause, it rather serves the Zionist narrative. This agreement encourages the occupation [by Israel] to continue its denial of the rights of our Palestinian people, and even to continue its crimes against our people," Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said in a statement.
"What is required is to support the legitimate struggle of our people against the occupation and not to establish agreements with this occupier, and any annexation we will face by a Palestinian confrontation that is supported by the Arabs and internationally, and not by signing normalisation agreements with them [Israel]."
Fatah
The normalization of relations between Israel and the UAE is a "bad bet" showing "absolute dependence on the enemies of the Arab people," Abbas Zaki, a member of Fatah's Central Committee, told Anadolu Agency (AA) Thursday.
The deal amounts to "a comprehensive abandonment of the decisions of Arab summits and of the national, religious and humanitarian duties toward the Palestinian cause," he added.
"I would not wish for an Arab to fall into this swamp," he said of the agreement.
Hanan Ashrawi
The move was slammed by senior Palestinian official Hanan Ashrawi on Twitter.
"Israel got rewarded for not declaring openly what it’s been doing to Palestine illegally & persistently since the beginning of the occupation," senior Palestinian official Hanan Ashrawi wrote on Twitter. She also said the UAE has come forward with its "secret dealings/normalization with Israel".
She said: "May you never experience the agony of having your country stolen; may you never feel the pain of living in captivity under occupation; may you never witness the demolition of your home or murder of your loved ones. May you never be sold out by your 'friends,' she tweeted in a response to de facto UAE leader Mohammed Bin Zayed.”
PFLP
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) described "normalization" of relations as a poison dagger in the backs of Palestinian people.
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