PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT WANTS TO KICK U.S. OUT OF MIDEAST PEACE TALKS

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PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT WANTS TO KICK U.S. OUT OF MIDEAST PEACE TALKS

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/palestinian-president-says-no-role-for-us-in-peace-process/ar-BBGGbtV?OCID=ansmsnnews11

Breaking with years of courting the U.S., Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called Wednesday for the United Nations to replace Washington as a Mideast mediator and suggested he might not cooperate with the Trump administration’s much-anticipated effort to hammer out an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal.

At a summit in Turkey, Arab and Muslim leaders “rejected and condemned” President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital — the trigger for Abbas’ sharp policy pivot — but stopped short of backing his more combative approach toward Washington.

A possible Palestinian refusal to engage with the U.S. and growing backlash against Trump’s shift on Jerusalem, including from Arab allies, cast new doubt over the administration’s already seemingly remote chances of brokering a deal and succeeding where its predecessors have failed.–AP

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