3 Oct, 2011
Senior PLO Official Saeb Erekat Says US Cannot “Blackmail” Palestine Over UN Bid
“Everyone who believes in the two-state solution should support (the UN bid), as preserving peace should come through accepting Palestine as a member of the UN,” the former chief Palestinian negotiator told a press conference.
Palestinians’ right to self determination is “non-negotiable,” he said, slamming US pressure via financial sanctions.
The UK newspaper The Independent reported Saturday that the US Congress had blocked nearly $200 million in aid for the PA in response to President Mahmoud Abbas’ request to join the UN.
Erekat said “we appreciate US aid, but to be blackmailed and bargained with over our right to self-determination, on Jerusalem, and on our Arab and Islamic identity is unacceptable.”
The official said George Washington, whom he described as the leader of the US war for independence, “had not bargained with King George III of England over the right to create the American state.”
via Senior PLO Official Saeb Erekat Says US Cannot “Blackmail” Palestine Over UN Bid.
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