Times of Islamabad

Palestinian President Mehmood Abbas gives a stern warning to the United States

Palestinian President Mehmood Abbas gives a stern warning to the United States

ISLAMABAD – Palestinian President Mehmood Abbas gives a stern warning tothe United States.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has warned that Palestine could fullysever relations with the United States after the White House defiedinternational law and backed Israeli settlements built on occupiedPalestinian land.

Talking to media, he said that the step taken by the US has been condemnedby “almost every country in the world,” and that Palestinian authoritieswould not allow the move to go unanswered.

Meanwhile, thousands of Palestinians held protests in several West Bankcities against the remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo onIsraeli settlements.