Saeb Erekat, Secretary-General of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s Executive Committee reiterated that it does not accept the scrapping of the Arab Peace Initiative, and said: “We do not agree to turn the PA into the servant of the Israeli occupation”. Erekat stressed that the annexation is a “trick tactic” adopted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump. “We have 192 states opposing the annexation,” he said. Erekat pointed out that annexation is a “war crime” and that sanctions should be imposed on Israel if it goes ahead with the plan.. He praised the Belgian Parliament for threatening sanctions if this happens. “We will not sit on the table to discuss the annexation or the deal of the century,” he insisted, “because they are proposals to legitimize the occupation of Palestinian lands.”To check the news, click here