Palestine no longer committed to agreements with Israel: official

Palestine informed Israel that it is no longer committed to signed agreements emanating from the Oslo Accords, Hussein al-Sheikh, Palestinian civil affairs minister said in statements to Al-Jazeera news channel on Thursday.

"The Palestinian Authority is in the dissolution of the agreements with the Israeli side emanating from the Oslo agreement," al-Shaikh said, adding that "Israel was informed that the Palestinian Authority is no longer bound by bilateral agreements."

In a follow-up tweet on his official account, al-Shaikh said that Palestinian Present Mahmoud Abbas is going to deliver a "historic speech" before the League of Arab states in Cairo on Saturday.

"The real test for the Arab position will be at the foreign ministers' meeting in Cairo, and we hope the Arab and Islamic nations will act as a supporting force for the Palestinian position," he tweeted.

Al-Shaikh, a close aide of Abbas, is in charge of communication with the Israeli side through the civil affairs commission he heads.

The remarks come as part of an unraveling Palestinian reaction to the announcement of the U.S. peace plan, that was rejected by the Palestinians.

Senior Palestinian officials told Xinhua that Abbas had sent a letter to the Israeli prime minister through al-Shaikh on Wednesday, explaining the consequences of the proposed plan.

(CGTN)