Abbas slams US’s diplomatic support for Israel’s war on Gaza in UN speech
Al Jazeera
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says the Palestinian Authority should govern Gaza after Israel’s war is over.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has condemned the United States for its continuing support for Israel’s war on Gaza and urged the international community to stop supplying weapons to Israel.
“This madness cannot continue. The entire world is responsible for what is happening to our people,” he told the 193-member General Assembly on Thursday, in his first address to the chamber since Israel launched the assault last October in response to an attack by the Palestinian group Hamas.
Abbas singled out Washington, saying it continues to provide diplomatic cover and weapons to Israel despite the mounting death toll in Gaza, where Israeli attacks have killed at least 41,534 people since October, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
At least 1,139 people were killed in the Hamas attack on southern Israel on October 7, according to an Al Jazeera tally based on Israeli statistics, and around 250 others were taken captive.
Abbas accused the US of allowing Israel’s assault to continue by repeatedly vetoing UN Security Council resolutions calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
