Mahmoud Abbas emphasizes ‘urgent need for international intervention to halt humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Gaza and West Bank, including East Jerusalem’

The president’s remarks came in an interview with the official Palestinian news agency Wafa, which mostly criticized the US for thwarting an Arab resolution project demanding full Palestinian membership in the United Nations.

Mahmoud Abbas holds phone talks with Saudi crown prince, Egyptian president, Jordanian king, Qatari emir to discuss latest developments in Gaza

'We must ensure our national unity to fight against the occupation, which targets our rights and sanctities as well as our existence,' says Mahmoud Abbas