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Sunday 16 September 2018 - 13:45
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Palestinians say will not succumb to US 'blackmail'



Press TV - The Palestinian Authority has hit out atthe US administration'sblind bias towards false perceptions in the Middle East, accusingWashington of following a policy of blackmail.

The US administration recently adopted a series ofpunitive measures against Palestinians, blockingmoney to millions of refugees in the occupied West Bank and the besieged Gaza Strip.

The American perception of matters reflects an irresponsible policy that will lead to a destructive void and pose a real danger to the international legal system,Palestinian Authorityspokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh said Saturday.

The official took aim at US presidential adviserJared Kushner, saying his claims that the punitive measures would not hurt chances for a peace deal in the Middle East showed his ignorance.

Kushner toldThe New York Times on Fridaythat President Donald Trump had actually improved the chances for peace by blocking the aid andstrippingaway false realities in the occupied territories.

Kushner also defended Trumps decision to recognize Jerusalem al-Quds as the so-called capital of Israel and relocate the US embassy from Tel Aviv to the extremely sensitive city.

"There were too many false realities that were created that people worship that I think needed to be changed, Kushner said.

All were doing is dealing with things as we see them and not being scared out of doing the right thing. I think, as a result, you have a much higher chance of actually achieving a real peace, he added.

Abu Rudeineh said Kushner's statements "stem from ignorance of the reality of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians who are pushing for an independent statewith Jerusalem al-Quds as its capital.
The statements are also an attempt at deception and falsification of the special history of al-Qudsand its Islamic and Christian holy sites. The US administrations positions have poisoned Palestinian-American relations, he added.
Abu Rudeineh said that there can be no peace without a Palestinian state, with East al-Quds becoming itscapitalon the basis of UN and Arab summit resolutions about the Middle Eastconflict.

The spokesman said Washington's efforts to denythe historic and religious truths of the Palestinian people will place the region in a windward, but that Palestinians are determinedto thwart all conspiracies.

Palestinians,Abu Rudeineh said, will not succumb to pressure or sanctions or any policy of blackmail.

The Palestinian Authority Foreign Ministry also hit out at Kushner and US Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt, saying they were wasting their time in writing short idiotic statements on social media that illustrate their total ignorance of Palestinians and the conflict.

The ministry said whatthe US administration needs now is to intervene and stop Israel fromdemolishingthe Bedouin shantytown of Khan al-Ahmar in the occupied West Bank.

"We believe that neither Kushner norGreenblattwould have the guts to take such a step because that would contravene with their hostile positions towards the rights of our people, the ministry said.

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