Arab League: US decision to remove Palestine as new "hostile measure"

The Arab League on Tuesday called "hostile action" the US State Department's decision to remove the name "occupied Palestine" from the definition of the Middle East territories, underlining its rejection of any resolution aimed at the liquidation of the Palestinian question.

"This resolution is also rejected by the vast majority of countries around the world who have expressed support for Palestinian rights and their adherence to the principles of law and international legitimacy on several occasions," said Saeed Abu Ali, Under-Secretary. Palestine and the Occupied Arab Territories. Palestinian state and full diplomatic relations with this one. "

Abu Ali added that "this American action will add to the previous series of isolated and rejected Arab and international measures," adding that "this will not affect the determination of the Palestinian people, its leaders, its determination and its just struggle to gain independence and carry out the building of its state with the support and unanimity of the will of the Arab nation ".

For its part, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that "the removal by the US State Department of the reference to the Palestinian territories and the Authority of its website does not cancel the the presence of the State of Palestine at the borders of the territory occupied since 1967, nor does it recognize the recognition of 140 states of the Palestinian state ".

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry said that "this action will not change anything in reality, but it shows the total and absolute bias of the US administration towards the Israeli occupation and its loss of credibility to the world. whole, proving once again what we are constantly saying about this American administration and its dependence on Israeli politics.