Abbas made his statement in response to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement that he will extend Israeli sovereignty to the two West Bank areas if he’s re-elected in the upcoming election.
Last July, Abbas announced that the Palestinian leadership has decided to “halt work related to the agreements signed with the Israeli side.”
The PA later announced that a special committee has been set up to study mechanisms for implementing the decision. However, it remains unclear whether the committee has made any decision in this regard.
Abbas said that the Palestinians “have the right to defend our rights and achieve our goals with available means, notwithstanding the results.”
Netanyahu’s decisions, Abbas added, “contradict the resolutions of international legitimacy and law.”