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October 1, 2015

Palestinian President Abbas Says PA Not Bound by Oslo Accord 
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced Wednesday the Palestinian
Authority was no longer bound by peace agreements with Israel that were
"continually violated." This came the same day the Palestinian flag was
raised in front of the United Nations for the first time. Abbas made the
speech to the U.N. General Assembly.

President Mahmoud Abbas: "Here we declare that as long as Israel refuses
to commit to the agreements signed with us, which renders us an
authority without real powers, and as long as Israel refuses to cease
settlement activities and to release the fourth group of Palestinian
prisoners in accordance with our agreements, Israel leaves us no choice
but to insist that we will not remain the only ones committed to the
implementation of these agreements, while Israel continuously violates
them."