Israel no longer deemed a partner in peace process

UNITED NATIONS — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Friday that Israel has decided not to be a partner of Palestine in the peace process and that it will be treated as such.

"It is clear that Israel, which is ignoring the resolutions of international legitimacy, has decided not to be our partner in the peace process," said Abbas in his speech to the General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly.

Israel has undermined the Oslo Accords, which it signed with the Palestine Liberation Organization. It has and still is, through its premeditated and deliberate policies, destroying the two-state solution, he said. "This proves unequivocally that Israel does not believe in peace. It believes in imposing a status quo by force and by aggression," Abbas added.