Left-wing Palestinian factions to Abbas: Declare failure of peace talks

[Jefferson23]

Factions urge Abbas to turn to the UN for state recognition instead, saying accepting Kerry's framework 'is like committing suicide.'

Ynetnews
Published: 03.16.14,

Four left-wing Palestinian factions have called on Palestinian Authority President Mahmouad Abbas to declare the failure of peace talks with Israel, Chinese news agency Xinhua reported on Saturday.

A joint communiqué from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the Democratic Front to Liberate Palestine, the Peoples' Party and the Palestinian National Initiative Party urged Abbas to abandon the US-mediated negotiations and apply to the United Nations for state recognition instead.

"Accepting (US Secretary of State John) Kerry's plan to sign the framework peace deal is like committing suicide, and this plan has many dangerous consequences on the Palestinian cause and our people's legitimate rights," the factions wrote.

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine is the second largest member of the PLO (after Fatah) and is defined as a terrorist organization by the US, Canada, the EU and Israel. The Democratic Front to Liberate Palestine is the third largest member of the PLO, and while it perpetrated terrorist attacks in the past, it has been dropped from the US terrorist list in 1999 due to lack of activity in the two years prior to the decision.

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[King_David]

1. That's what the rockets from Gazan terrorists are all about. nt