Abbas calls to end “74 years of... occupation"- Israel - at press conference with US President Biden

Abbas calls to end “74 years of... occupation" - Israel - at press conference with US President Biden

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: “After 74 years of Nakba (i.e., “the catastrophe,” the establishment of Israel), expulsion, and occupation, has the time not come for this occupation to end, for our people that is standing firm to achieve its freedom and independence, and for the wishes of our young men and women… to be realized in a promising future without occupation?”

[Official PA TV News, July 15, 2022]

Before the joint press conference it had been agreed that Abbas and Biden would not make a joint statement but separate ones.