Juan Cole: The End of the Oslo Accords: Palestinians pull out of Agreements in face of Netanyahu’s Sudetenland Moment

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh announced after a cabinet meeting that his government will move to implement the end of Palestinian cooperation with Israel and the United States and its withdrawal from all agreements it had signed with them. The steps were announced Tuesday by President Mahmoud Abbas.

Abbas had said, “The Palestine Liberation Organization and the State of Palestine are no longer committed to all signed agreements and understandings with the Israeli government and the American government, including the security commitments.” He added that Israel will now have to “uphold responsibilities before the international community as the occupying power.” US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo professed not to understand what in the world Abbas was talking about. 

So Mr. Secretary, since you don’t know much about the Middle East and what you think you know is wrong, let me explain it to you. No one ever thought the Israelis had any claim to the West Bank and Gaza. These territories were occupied during the 1967 War. But the UN Charter forbids the acquisition of neighbors’ territory by force, so Israel is bound to relinquish them. It doesn’t intend to. The 1993 Oslo peace accords between the United States, Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization created the Palestine Authority, a sort of limited self-government for Palestinians, who remained under Israeli military occupation.... read more:
https://www.juancole.com/2020/05/palestinians-agreements-sudetenland.html

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