RAMALLAH, West Bank — The internationally recognized Palestinian leadership will no longer work with the UN peace envoy, a senior official says Thursday, accusing him of overstepping his role by seeking a deal between Israel and the Islamist terror group Hamas.
Ahmed Majdalani, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s (PLO) executive committee, says it has informed the UN secretary-general that envoy Nickolay Mladenov is “no longer acceptable” to the Palestinian Authority government.
Mladenov has “gone beyond his role” in seeking agreements between Israel and rival Palestinian faction Hamas, which controls Gaza, he says, adding that his actions impacted “Palestinian national security and the unity of our people.”
There is no immediate comment from Mladenov or confirmation from the United Nations.
Mladenov, alongside Egypt, has been seeking a long-term truce agreement between Hamas and the Jewish state, without including PA President Mahmoud Abbas’s government in the indirect negotiations.
— AFP
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, right, and United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov meet at PA President Mahmoud Abbas’ former official residence in Gaza City, on October 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Prime Minister Office)
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