Palestinian president says UAE-Israeli peace deal "stab in Palestinians' back"

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday said that the peace deal between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel "is a stab in the Palestinians' back."

The president's remarks came during a meeting of the Palestinian leadership, with the participation of representatives of the Islamic Hamas movement and Islamic Jihad movement, held in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

The president said that the UAE is "trying to deceive us that the peace deal with Israel came in exchange for stopping the Israeli annexation plan, but it is not true."

"Emiratis are denying the rights of the Palestinian people, the establishment of the future Palestinian state, as well as the issue of Jerusalem," the president added.

Abbas called on all Arab countries to abide by the Arab Peace Initiative, launched in 2002, which stipulates that the Arabs can only normalize relations with Israel after the Palestinian issue is resolved.

(CGTN)