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Abbas questions international response to Israel’s actions

The Palestinian president asked how long the world would “remain silent” and what it would take to protect Palestine.

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Adrian Cole
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Source: Al Jazeera Global News · View original source
Delegates sit in a formal assembly hall as Mahmoud Abbas appears on two large screens.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has questioned the international response to Israel’s actions, asking how long the world would “remain silent” and what it would take to protect Palestine.

Al Jazeera Global News reported the remarks on 24 September. Its report did not say when or where Abbas made them.

The report did not specify which Israeli actions he was referring to or what form of protection he was seeking. It offered no further details about the remarks or the international response.

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