The Palestinian Authority says it is taking necessary steps to prepare for President Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian leadership to travel to the besieged Gaza Strip.
In a statement carried by the official news agency Wafa, the PA said these steps are being taken to ensure that “the president and leadership are with their people who are being subject to genocide, and to ensure national unity”.
On August 15, Abbas pledged to travel to Gaza. Addressing the Turkish parliament in Ankara, Abbas also called on Muslim leaders to join him in the enclave.
“I have decided to go to Gaza with all my brothers in Palestine,” Abbas said to applause from Turkish lawmakers at the time. “I will go even if the price is my life. My life, our lives, are not more valuable than the life of any child who died in Gaza.”
The PA said that it has reached out to the UN, permanent members of the Security Council, Arab and Muslim states, the Arab League, the EU and the African Union, among others, “to ensure the success of this endeavor, to provide support and to join if possible.” Israel, it said, has also been informed.
source: AlJazeera
