During a speech at the meeting of the secretaries general of the Palestinian factions in Ramallah and Beirut, Abbas addd: "We affirm that our national decision is our own right and we will not accept anyone speaking in our name and we will not authorize anyone to do that."

On a related note, Abbas said that a ministerial delegation will arrive in Gaza on Friday along with 20 trucks loaded with medicines to confront the Corona pandemic.

The meeting of the secretaries-general of all Palestinian factions took place on Thursday at the PA presidential headquarters in Ramallah, and in the Lebanese capital Beirut, through a video conference. The meeting discussed mechanisms to end the national division and achieve reconciliation along with means of unifying a national strategy.

Nabil Abu Rudeineh, the official and presidential spokesperson, said that the main goal of the meeting is to start important steps on the road to crystalizing unity to foil the annexation plan, apartheid, settlement and Judaizing Jerusalem. (ILKHA)