Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas’s political leader Khaled Mashaal are urging the United Nations to draw up a “timetable” for the end of the “Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories,” Qatar state media says.
Abbas and Mashaal issued the appeal during talks in Doha, as fighting continued in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
The two Palestinian leaders held talks in Doha Thursday and Friday, but little else filtered out of their meetings which were hosted by the emir of Qatar, a key backer of Hamas.
Abbas left for Cairo later Friday.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad al-Thani and Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal in Doha on August 21, 2014. (photo credit: AFP PHOTO/ PPO / THAER GHANEM)
Qatari media says that Abbas and Mashaal discussed Israel’s “aggression” on Gaza and underlined “the importance of acting at all levels in order to… lift Israel’s blockade of Gaza.”
They also agreed to request from the United Nations “a resolution that would define a timetable for the end of Israel’s occupation and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.”
Abbas will undertake the diplomatic steps necessary to seek such a resolution, the reports say.
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