Abbas: No talks before freezing settlements expansion

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, renewed in front of his supporters in  Ramallah, his rejection to any negotiations that do not guarantee a complete halt of  settlement expansion and recognition of a Palestinian state on the borders of 1967. He added, "Our International journey has began and we have a long way to go, although there are a lot of obstacles, but the determination of our people will overcome this adversity." He said: "We have confirmed to everyone that we want to get our rights by peaceful means and negotiations,” adding: “We will not accept negotiations without a  complete halt to the settlement expansion " He stressed that the Palestinian Spring is coming to establish the Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital. Abbas finished his short speech in front of thousands of Palestinian crowds, who greeted him at the headquarters of the province, saying:  "keep your heads up, you are the Palestinians."On the other hand, the Israeli newspaper, "Haaretz", claimed on Sunday that the request application for the state of Palestine presented by the President Mahmoud Abbas to the Secretary General Ban Ki-moon includes a ‘recognition of Israel as a Jewish state”, according to a copy of the request obtained by the newspaper. according to the newspaper, it was said in the request that: “the application for membership is being submitted based on the Palestinian people's natural, legal and historic rights and based on United Nations General Assembly resolution 181  on  November 29, 1947 which talks about ‘ establishment of a Jewish state along with the  Arab state, as well as the Declaration of Independence of the State of Palestine of 15 November 1988 and the acknowledgement by the General Assembly of this Declaration in resolution 43/177 of 15 December 1988.” It was also said in the request: “the state of Palestine shall be committed to reach a fair and long lasting solution to the Israeli - Palestinian-based conflict based on “two states living side by side in peace and security.” On the other hand, the Israeli army will carry out an assessment to measure the situation , and the need to  keep the police on high alert in the West Bank. Israeli reports quoted Israeli military sources saying that the ongoing Israeli security coordination with the Palestinian security services prevented the escalation of violence in the light of the Palestinian president speech. According to Haaretz, two Israeli officers said that the Palestinian security services had successfully faced the mass demonstrations in the Palestinian cities, and did not allow them to reach areas under