Abbas ready to govern Gaza, requires Hamas to abandon arms to the Palestinian Authority

The President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, received a series of warm and prolonged applause from the world leaders of the United Nations General Assembly during a speech where he criticized the “genocide” of Israel in Gaza, insisted that his party was ready to take the security and governance of the Gaza Strip – and called for President Donald Trump.

And after a certain number of European states recognized a Palestinian state over last week, Abbas demanded “complete membership in the United Nations”.

“It should be noted that we have already recognized Israel’s right to exist in 1988 and 1993,” said Abbas on Thursday in a virtual address. “And we always recognize this right.”

The head of the AP addressed to the UN general assembly practically after the State Department refused to approve its visa to go to the headquarters of New York, citing the support of terrorism.

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Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, expressed practically during the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 25, 2025. (David Dee Delgado / Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Abbas said his political party was “ready to assume full responsibility for governance and security” of the Gaza Strip.

The Palestinian authority currently administers parties of the West Bank under the Oslo agreements, but its authority is limited. He officially claims Gaza within the framework of the Palestinian territories, but has not been controlled since 2007. Hamas has remained de facto.

Abbas said that under the governance of the Hamas would not have control “. He said Hamas should put his arms back to the AP and insisted that he did not want to govern an “armed state”.

“We want a modern civil status without violence, weapons and extremism, which respects law, human rights and invests in people, development, technology and education – not in wars and conflicts.”

At the same time, Abbas said that Jerusalem was the “eternal capital” for the Palestinians.

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“The dawn of freedom will emerge, and the flag of Palestine will fly high in our sky as a symbol of dignity, firmness and to be free from the occupation,” said the president. “Palestine is ours. Jerusalem is the jewel of our hearts and our eternal capital. We will not leave our homeland. We will not leave our land.”

His comments came after President Donald Trump presented a 21 -point peace plan to the Arab leaders this week to bring peace to Gaza.

In addition, the United Nations General Assembly has approved a plan to implement a two -state solution to end the war.

“We are ready to work with US President Donald Trump and with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and France, the United Nations and all partners to implement the peace plan.”

He denounced the plans of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for what Abbas called a “great Israel”.

“The Israeli Prime Minister has announced a plan for what he calls the great Israel, which we reject and move completely.”

Netanyahu’s office refused to comment on the speech of the Palestinian leader.

Netanyahu firmly condemned France’s decision to recognize the Palestinian state on Thursday. (Press Bureau of the Israeli Government via AP)

His comments came while Israel deepened his offensive in Gaza City and said the option of annexing the West Bank was on the table.

Abbas denounced the violence of the settlers in the West Bank, which, according to him, increased while the Israeli military forces moved.

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“The terrorism of the colonists increases. They burn houses and fields, they uproot the trees and attack the villages and attack the non -armed Palestinian civilians. In fact, they killed them in broad daylight under the protection of the Israeli army of the occupation.”

While he said that Israel leads “genocide, destruction, famine and displacement,” he said that the AP rejects Hamas’s October 7 attacks against Israel.

“These actions do not represent the Palestinian people and do not represent their simple struggle for freedom and independence.”

The destroyed buildings are in Gaza, as we can see on the Israeli side of the border on July 28, 2025. The war to eradicate Hamas has been raging since 2023. (Reuters)

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“We reject the confusion of solidarity to the Palestinian cause and the question of anti -Semitism, which we reject according to our values ​​and principles,” continued Abbas.

The president noted the ineffectiveness of the United Nations, which frequently adopts condemnation resolutions against Israeli action which have no real effect and expressed his frustration that international peace negotiations have not ended the war in Gaza.

“More than 1,000 resolutions at the United Nations.