Al Jazeera reports that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has addressed the Arab-Islamic summit in Riyadh. Here are some of the points he raised:

  • Israel must implement United Nations Security Council Resolution2735, which requires an end to its aggression in Gaza
  • It must allow aid into the Gaza Strip and withdraw its forces inorder for the State of Palestine to regain its sovereignty over Gaza
  • It must allow the return of Palestinians to their homes and thereconstruction of buildings destroyed in Gaza
  • Israel must end its plan to separate Gaza from the West Bank andJerusalem.

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