Abbas: PNA to punish Israel for war crimes

Abbas slammed the Damascus-based leaders of Palestinian opposition groups, mainly Hamas politburo Khaled Meshaal, saying "they call for slaughtering the people, although their shoes weren't dirtied by Gaza dust."

Hamas, Islamic Jihad and radical left-wing parties considered the end of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, which left death and severe destruction, as a victory for the Palestinians and their armed resistance.

"We represent the people, but we don't use the people's blood to achieve personal illusive victories," said Abbas, adding "We want to support our people to recover their wounds and establish their state."

He said "the Palestinian people won because of their patience and tremendous steadfastness before the fiercest Israeli aggression since the Nakba (catastrophe) of 1948."

Editor:Li Shouen