Palestine leader Abbas calls for 'genuine peace' talks at UN, slams Arab deals with Israel

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, during his address at UN General Assembly on Friday, September 25, called for an international peace conference next year to eng in a “genuine peace process” while critising recent Arab peace accords with Israel. 

Abbas has been a vocal critic of UAE and Bahrain's peace deals with Israel. historic deals rmalised Aran nation's relations with Israel after years of discord.

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Abbas a vocal critic of UAE, Bahrain Israel peace deal

During his address, Palestinian President ackwledged growing wariness of international community regarding decades-long conflict. In his video address, Abbas stated, “I wondered while preparing this statement what more could I tell you, after all, that I have said in previous statements”.

Abbas and or Palestinian leaders are reported to have rejected Trump’s proposal for Middle East as well as recent Arab peace agreements. While Palestinian leaders have claimed that proposed plan overwhelmingly favours Israel, on or hand, Abbas has called UAE and Bahrain's peace agreement with Israel a ‘betrayal of longstanding Arab consensus that recognition of Israel should only come in exchange for territorial concessions’.

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Abraham Accords

On September 15, representatives from Israel, UAE and Bahrain met in Washinton to sign a peace agreement which would rmalise relations between Israel and  Arab countries. United Arab Emirates and Kingdom of Bahrain became third and fourth Arab nations to establish diplomatic ties with Israel after Egypt and Jordan.

US President Donald Trump who brokered peace agreements has urger or Arab nations to follow UAE’s lead and sign peace agreements with Israel. He added, “w that ice has been broken, I expect more Arab and Muslim countries will follow United Arab Emirates' lead. And I want to just thank m -- it's t surprising, kwing Mohammed so well. It's t surprising. y are in that lead position. And rmalise relations with Israel”.

(With AP inputs, Im: AP)

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