Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas said today (January 14, 2018) that Palestinians will "slap back" for the humiliation they've suffered from the Trump administration and replace the U.S. with other international players in future peace negotiations with Israel, according to the Bloomberg website.
Opening a conference of the Palestinian Liberation Organization's Central Committee in Ramallah today, Abbas criticized U.S. President Donald Trump for recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital and for proposing a reduction in aid to the Palestinians.
Trump's actions favored Israel and were a "slap in the face" to Palestinians, he told a packed hall at the Presidential Palace in a speech that was broadcast live. "We will slap back," he said.
"We are in a very dangerous stage," Abbas said. "There is nothing more important than Jerusalem." (The PA still insists that East Jerusalem must be the capital of a Palestinian state.)
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