Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemns Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - JULY 09: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas holds a meeting with members of the Palestine Liberation Organization's executive committee and Fatah Central Committee and his staff at the presidential headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah on July 9, 2014. Abbas on Wednesday said Israel was waging a war on the entire Palestinian people and not just Hamas, calling for urgent Arab and international action to stop the "bloodbath." (Photo by Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)