巴勒斯坦权力机构主席马哈茂德·阿巴斯宣布，他将退出与以色列和美国政府的所有协议，包括与安全有关的协议，因为他们的“世纪协议”为以色列吞并西岸铺平了道路。
阿巴斯在周二拉马拉的新闻发布会上对唐纳德·特朗普总统和以色列总统本雅明·内塔尼亚胡在一月底公布的计划进行了谴责。在此之前一天，内塔尼亚胡与竞争对手本尼·甘茨(Benny Gantz)一起宣誓就职新的联合政府，承诺对占领约旦河西岸领土的定居点行使以色列主权。
阿巴斯说，这一决定实际上取消了自1993年和1995年历史性的奥斯陆协议以来巴勒斯坦和以色列领导人签署的所有协议。因此，他认为自己也不再受这种建立半自治的巴勒斯坦政府及其与以色列脆弱的休战协议的约束。
阿巴斯说:“巴勒斯坦解放组织和巴勒斯坦国今天免除了与美国和以色列政府的所有协议和谅解，以及由这些协议和谅解产生的所有义务，包括涉及安全的义务。”。
他认为，这一决定意味着以色列必须根据国际法，特别是1949年《日内瓦第四公约》，承担占领国的所有责任。该文件为生活在占领国之下的人民提供保护，使其免受国家支持的暴力、强迫流离失所和没收财产以及其他潜在的虐待。
阿巴斯表示，特朗普的“世纪协议”是此次崩溃的最终原因，还提到了2018年白宫将美国驻以色列大使馆从特拉维夫迁至争议城市耶路撒冷的决定。
阿巴斯说:“我们认为美国政府应对压迫巴勒斯坦人民负全部责任，我们认为在所有损害我们人民权利的侵略性决定和措施中，美国政府是以色列占领政府的重要伙伴。”。“尽管如此，我们欢迎美国其他政党的所有立场，他们反对本届政府敌视我们人民及其合法权利的政策。”
2月28日，在被占领的约旦河西岸城市希伯伦，巴勒斯坦抗议者举着一张总统阿巴斯的海报，上面写着“打倒本世纪的协议”，以纪念1994年易卜拉欣清真寺大屠杀和反对华盛顿的中东和平计划。
“世纪协议”正式名称为“和平、繁荣和更光明的未来愿景”，授予以色列对国际上未被承认的犹太人定居点和与约旦接壤的被占领地区的管辖权，以换取巴勒斯坦通往潜在国家地位的道路和沿埃及边境的一些沙漠领土，条件是巴勒斯坦方面放弃暴力并承认以色列为犹太国家。它还要求美国承诺在巴勒斯坦控制的领土上投资500亿美元。
特朗普和内塔尼亚胡都大力宣扬这一计划，但其中的一些想法——包括一条连接两个不相连的巴勒斯坦领土的隧道——遭到了反对中东的争议在那里，即使是阿拉伯半岛的伙伴国家也小心翼翼地支持它，其他国家则断然拒绝。阿巴斯当时立即以“一千个不”来回应这个提议。
周二，他敦促与他一起反对以色列的国家对以色列采取更强硬的立场，以支持更公平的两国解决方案。
但内塔尼亚胡一直坚称，以色列有权控制约旦河西岸和约旦河谷地区。在周日的议会演讲中，他说这些地区的犹太人定居点“在任何情况下都将成为以色列的一部分”
在巴勒斯坦人纪念第72个“大灾难日”的几天后，局势升级。这一天纪念了1948年席卷该地区的第一次阿以战争期间巴勒斯坦人的大规模流离失所。自那以后，美国成了以色列的亲密盟友，特朗普政府与内塔尼亚胡政府的结盟尤为紧密。内塔尼亚胡将吞并作为以色列历史上最长的总理任期的核心原则。
内塔尼亚胡从1996年至1999年首次担任这一职务，自2009年以来再次担任这一职务。他最近的胜利是在与同样支持吞并计划的老兵甘茨的激烈竞争之后取得的。
阿巴斯自2005年以来一直担任巴勒斯坦权力机构主席。他的四年任期从未结束，因为他的法塔赫党和伊斯兰哈马斯运动之间的分歧在过去的15年里推迟了选举。这两个巴勒斯坦对手一再试图和解，并呼吁共同努力反对以色列夺取西岸的企图。
PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES EXIT FROM ALL AGREEMENTS WITH U.S. AND ISRAEL OVER 'DEAL OF THE CENTURY'
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has announced he was exiting all agreements with the Israeli and U.S. governments, including those pertaining to security, as a result of their "deal of the century" that he said paved the way for the Israeli annexation of the West Bank.
Abbas railed against the plan, unveiled in late January by President Donald Trump and Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu, during a press conference Tuesday in Ramallah. The remarks came a day after Netanyahu swore in a new unity government alongside rival Benny Gantz, promising to apply Israeli sovereignty over settlements occupying territories in the West Bank.
Abbas said this decision effectively nullified all agreements signed between Palestinian and Israeli leaders since the historic Oslo Accords of 1993 and 1995. As a result, he argued he too was no longer bound by such arrangements that established a semi-autonomous Palestinian government and its fragile truce with Israel.
"The Palestine Liberation Organization and the State of Palestine are today relieved from all agreements and understandings with the American and Israeli governments, and from all the obligations arising from those understandings and agreements, including those involving security," Abbas said.
He argued the decision would mean Israel must bear all the responsibilities of an occupying power under international law, especially the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949. The document affords the populations living under an occupying power protections against state-sponsored violence, forcible displacement and the seizure of property, among other potential abuses.
Abbas said Trump's "deal of the century" was ultimately to blame for this collapse, also referencing the White House's decision in 2018 to move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to the disputed city of Jerusalem.
"We hold the U.S. administration fully responsible for the oppression of the Palestinian people, and we consider it an essential partner with the Israeli occupation government in all aggressive decisions and measures that prejudice the rights of our people," Abbas said. "Nevertheless, we welcome all the positions of other American parties that reject the policies of this administration that are hostile to our people and their legitimate rights."
Palestinian protesters hold a poster of president Mahmud Abbas reading "Down with the Deal of the century" during a demonstration in memory of the 1994 Ibrahimi Mosque massacre and against Washington's Middle East peace plan, in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron on February 28.
The "deal of the century," officially known as the "Vision for Peace, Prosperity and a Brighter Future" grants Israel jurisdiction over internationally-unrecognized Jewish settlements and occupied areas bordering Jordan in exchange for a Palestinian path to potential statehood and some desert territories along the Egyptian border on the condition that the Palestinian side renounces violence and recognizes Israel as a Jewish state. It also entailed a U.S. pledge to invest $50 billion in Palestinian-controlled territories.
The plan was touted by both Trump and Netanyahu but some of its ideas—which include a tunnel connecting two non-contiguous Palestinian territories—were met with controversy across the Middle East, where even partnered countries in the Arabian Peninsula were cautious to back it and others outright rejected it. Abbas immediately responded to the proposal at the time with "a thousand no's."
On Tuesday, he urged countries who joined him in opposing it to take a tougher line against Israel in order to support a more equitable two-state solution.
But Netanyahu has long affirmed it was within Israel's right to assert control over the West Bank and Jordan Valley regions. During his Knesset speech Sunday, he said Jewish settlements in these areas "will become part of Israel in any scenario."
The escalation came within days of Palestinians marking the 72nd Nakba Day, which remembers the mass displacement of Palestinians during the first Arab-Israeli War that tore through the region in 1948. The U.S. has since become a close ally of Israel, with the Trump administration aligning itself especially close to that of Netanyahu, who has made annexation a core tenet of what has become the longest premiership in Israel's history.
Netanyahu first served in this role from 1996-1999 and has again since 2009. His latest victory came after a tight race with fellow military veteran Gantz, who also endorses the annexation plan.
Abbas has served as president of the Palestinian Authority since 2005. His four-year term has never ended as a division between his Fatah party and the Islamist Hamas movement has staved off elections for the past 15 years. The two Palestinian rivals have repeatedly tried to reconcile and have issued calls to work together to oppose Israel's attempts to seize the West Bank.
