The Palestinian president believes that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict should end with a political solution

The actions and policies of the Hamas group, which controls the Gaza Strip, do not reflect the interests of the Palestinian people, said the head of the Palestinian National Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, during a telephone conversation with the president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro. Excerpts from the conversation between the politicians were published by the Palestinian WAFA news agency on Monday, October 16.

Abbas expressed his opposition to the killing of civilians by both Palestinians and Israelis, and called for the release of "civilians, captives and detainees from both sides," according to WAFA. According to the conversation of the leaders of the two countries, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict should end with a political solution, which will be achieved without violence.

The Palestinian leader also stated that he "absolutely rejects the removal of his people from the Gaza Strip," saying it would be "a second Nakba for Palestinians" (the mass displacement of Palestinian Arabs as a result of the Arab-Israeli war of 1947-1949). emphasized that.

"Humanitarian corridors should be opened in the Gaza Strip, residents should be provided with water and medicine," Abbas said.