Abbas Says Palestinians May Renounce Claims on Israel
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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said he is willing to renounce all future claims on Israel after a Palestinian state is established, though he stopped short of recognizing Israel as a Jewish state.
“We are ready to put an end to historic demands” once a Palestinian state is established on land outside Israel’s 1967 borders, Abbas said in an interview with Israel’s Channel 1 television late yesterday. Asked about Israeli demands that he explicitly recognize Israel as a Jewish state, Abbas said: “Enough with that. We recognize the state of Israel, and it is already a Jewish state.”