Algiers: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the Palestinian Authority (PA) will cut ties with the Israeli government if a draft resolution presented last week to the UN fails to pass, Ma'an news agency reported.
Speaking to reporters here on Tuesday, Abbas said if the UN Security Council resolution fails, the leadership will be forced to take the "necessary political and legal decisions."
"In case of failure, we will no more deal with the Israeli government which will then be obliged to assume its responsibilities as an occupier," he affirmed.
Abbas said that Palestine will "ultimately regain its independence" with East Jerusalem as its capital, and will not succumb to "Israeli hegemony and oppression."
The president met his Algerian counterpart Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Monday during his three-day trip to Algeria.
Jordan presented the draft resolution last week to the UN Security Council on behalf of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO).
The resolution sets a 12-month deadline for wrapping up negotiations on a final settlement, and the end of 2017 as the time-frame for the completion of Israeli withdrawal from the occupied Palestinian territories.
On Tuesday, PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat said the Security Council would vote on the draft text before the end of 2014 although no date has so far been set.
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