According to a Channel 10 News report, PA (Palestinian Authority) leader Abu Mazen announced once again on Shabbos that he will never recognize Israel as a Jewish state. The PA leader was addressing a foreign of Arab League foreign ministers, telling them that he is demanding US Secretary of State John Kerry work alongside him to pressure Israel to halt construction in yishuvim.

The PA leader made a point of highlighting the threat posed by the presence of yishuvim and ongoing construction in defiance of the international community.

Despite ongoing Israeli objections, Abu Mazen will be turning to the United Stations Security Council in the hope of compelling Israel to end “the occupation’ of areas liberated in the June 1967 Six Day War. The PA leader is demanding the international organization set a deadline for the end of the Israel’s rules over objectionable areas.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)