Palestinians for a pressing assembly of the Arab League and the 57 members of the Organization for Islamic Cooperation to condemn the decision, but in those forums, they will face opposition from the oil-rich United Arab Emirates, which have deep pockets, allies in the country.region and even more influence in Washington after the agreement with Israel.
The foreign crusade is “designed to isolate Emirati from taking the same step,” said Ibrahim Dalalsha, a Palestinian analyst.”It remains to be seen whether he will succeed in this or in Array.”
Iran and Turkey have attacked the United Arab Emirates, a regional rival, accusing them of betraying Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims.
But the agreement and the resolution to suspend the annexation were well received by much of the foreign community, Egypt and the Arab countries of the Gulf of Bahrain and Oman, and many countries expressed the hope that this would revive the peace process.
Palestinians need an independent state in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza, spaces captured through Israel in the 1967 war Trump’s plan would allow Israel to stay in almost all of East Jerusalem, add holy places for Christians, Jews, and Muslims, and annex.to a third of the West Bank.The Palestinians, who would obtain conditional status in the remaining territory and exchange lands from internal Israel according to the plan, angrily rejected the proposal.
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas reiterated to his country a two-state solution when he asked to congratulate Israel on the “historic” agreement with the United Arab Emirates.
“Our position is that only a negotiated two-state solution can bring lasting peace to the Middle East,” Maas said in a statement.”Together with our European partners and the region, we have been campaigning intensively in recent months against annexation and for the resumption of direct negotiations.”France and Italy have issued similar statements.
This moves many Palestinians as a return to an equally insufferable prestige quo, in which Israel runs the West Bank and expands Jewish settlements as the foreign network calls for peace talks that never materialize.
Any serious or lasting negotiation until the confrontation will require the Palestinians, who feel excluded.
“Now we’re on a stage where everyone talks about us and nobody talks to us,” said Diana Buttu, a former legal adviser to the Palestinian Authority.It’s a “colonial approach,” he said, “as if they’re just a challenge that needs to be solved without having to talk to others.”
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas suspended all contacts with the United States after seeing the disputed Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in 2017.In May, the Palestinians severed all ties with Israel, adding security coordination, in reaction to the risk of annexation, and declared that it would no longer comply with any agreement with Israel or the United States.
In recent weeks, as the risk of annexation faded amid internal political conflicts in Israel, some had speculated that the Palestinian Authority, which lost money, would quietly back down if it were to repair the movement of millions of dollars in taxes collected through Israel.
Now, as part of the agreement with the United Arab Emirates, many say it is out of the question.
“It’s not a way for them to come down from the tree, ” said Buttu.”Quite the opposite, I think it helps to keep them there.”