Carefully worded statement by Mahmoud Abbas stops short of calling for Palestinians to cease confronting Israeli security forces as violence spreadsThe Palestinian president,Mahmoud Abbas, has warned Palestinians not to fall into the trap of “militarising” the current escalation of violence as confrontations with Israeli security forces appeared to spread on Tuesday.“We don’t want a military and security escalation with Israel, or ” Abbas said at a assembly of Palestinian officials,according to the official news agency Wafa. “We are telling our security forces, our political movements, or that we achieve not want an escalation,but that we want to protect ourselves.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com