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Mahmoud Abbas says PA is only legitimate authority in Palestinian territories
4 March 2025 15:40 GMT
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday said he welcomes an Egyptian plan to rebuild the Gaza Strip and urged Donald Trump to support such a plan that would not involve forcibly displacing Palestinians.
Speaking at the Arab League summit, Abbas said he was ready to hold presidential and parliamentary elections if circumstances allowed for it.
He stated that the Palestinian Authority was the only legitimate governing and military force in the Palestinian territories.
Abbas said that he would issue a general amnesty for all those dismissed from the Fatah movement, which administers the occupied West Bank.