Arab League rejects Trump's Middle East plan
Source: al Jazeera
The Arab League has completely rejected US President Donald Trump's Middle East plan during an emergency meeting in Egypt's capital, saying it would not lead to a just peace deal.
In a statement on Saturday, the pan-Arab bloc said it "rejects the US-Israeli 'deal of the century' considering that it does not meet the minimum rights and aspirations of Palestinian people."
Arab states also agreed "not to ... cooperate with the US administration to implement this plan," adding that Israel should not implement the initiative by force. They insisted on a two-state solution that includes a Palestinian state based on borders before the 1967 war, when Israel occupied the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem. They also called for East Jerusalem to be the capital of the future Palestinian state.
The session was requested by Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority (PA), who urged Arab nations to take a clear stance against Trump's proposed plan.
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"They told me Trump wants to send me the deal of the century to read, I said I would not," Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority told the meeting of Arab League foreign ministers.
"Trump asked that I speak to him over the phone, so I said 'no',
and that he wants to send me a letter, so I refused to receive it."
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...another Nobel Peace Prize snatched from his grasp!
Will this poor man ever get the recognition his hard work deserves?
