The Palestinian liberation Organisation called on Saturday for a comprehensive strategy against Islamic extremism while addressing the conflict with Israel, alluding to controversial remarks by US Secretary of State John Kerry.
The top US diplomat, after his return from a Middle East trip, infuriated Israeli Ministers on Thursday when he said the unresolved conflict was fuelling recruitment for the Islamic State group.“There wasn’t a leader I met... Who didn’t raise with me spontaneously the need to try to get peace between Israel and the Palestinians, because it was a cause of recruitment and of street anger and agitation,” he said.
Reacting to that, PlO secretary general Yasser Abed Rabbo told AFP that “linking the fight against terrorism and the end of the Israeli occupation is a strategic position that we support.”
The PlO is “ready to work hard with the American administration and all regional leaders to develop mechanisms to implement different levels of the strategic direction announced by Kerry,” he said, without elaborating.