Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has directed that a proposed constitution for a future Palestinian state be made public.
The initial drafts claim that Jerusalem is the center of its state and appear to support the “pay for slay” policy of providing money to terrorists and their families.
The preamble frames the constitution as part of a broader struggle against what it describes as “colonial settlement occupation,” “ethnic cleansing,” and “genocide” in Gaza and the West Bank.
The document does not reference Jewish historical or religious connections to the city.
The text also commits the state to safeguarding Islamic and Christian holy sites and declares that any actions altering Jerusalem’s “character or historical identity” are null and void under international law.
Reminder to Abbas: There is NO independent Palestinian state. The Pay-for-Slay initiative should have been terminated, yet you continue to deceitfully reinvent it in various forms. Israel and the Jewish people possess historical and biblical ties to Jerusalem – a united and whole Jerusalem. President Donald J. Trump’s Board of Peace has been promoted as a “new international transitional body” that would assist in overseeing the reconstruction of the Palestinian enclave after the conclusion of the conflict initiated by Hamas. We are eager to observe how the newly established Board of Peace will address your most recent wave of deceit and falsehoods.