The Inter-Parliamentary Union - US President's decision on Jerusalem undermines the two-state solution

The Inter-Parliamentary Union - US President's decision on Jerusalem undermines the two-state solution

The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) confirmed that the decision taken by US President Donald Trump regarding the City of Jerusalem contradicts UN Security Council Resolution 2334 and will have consequences on the peace process in the Middle East.

The Inter-Parliamentary Union, in response to the letter from the Chairman of the Palestinian National Council, Saleem al-Zanoun, with regard to US President's decision, regretted the decision taken by the US administration to transfer the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

The IPU noted that the resolution undermines the legal and political status of a peaceful settlement between Israel and Palestine and any hopes for a two-state solution.

The IPU stressed that it would continue to pursue its efforts to promote dialogue and peace between the two parties, Israel and Palestine, and in the Middle East region.

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The PNC represents the supreme authority of the Palestinian people in all their places of residence. It sets PLO policies and plans to achieve the goals of the Palestinian people for self-determination, the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital and the return of refugees to their homes.After Al-Nakba (catastrophe) of 1948, the Arab Higher Committee for Palestine, headed by Haj Amin Al-Husseini, decided to call for the convening of a Palestine National Council which met in Gaza in 1October 1948, which was the first Palestinian legislative authority to be established in the Arab state of Palestine. The Council then formed an all-Palestine government headed by Hilmi Abdel Baqi, who represented Palestine in the league of Arab States.The first national conference was held inJerusalem on 28May -2June 1964. This first National Council had 422 members, declared the establishment of the PlO, which represents the leadership of the Palestinian Arab people. The most important of which is the Palestinian National Charter, the Statutes of the Organization and others, and Mr. Ahmad Al-Shukairy was elected Chairman of the PlO.

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