Palestinians Claim Status of Jerusalem is Key to Their Rejection of Trump Peace Plan
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(Worthy News) – Jerusalem has always been the most contentious issue in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations and it’s no different now with President Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century.’
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas rejected Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel.
“Shortly after it (the US Middle East peace plan) was unveiled saying a Palestinian state without Jerusalem I immediately rejected this solution. I will not have it recorded in my history, and the history of the country, that I sold Jerusalem,” Abbas told an emergency session of the Arab League. [ Source: CBN News (Read More…) ]
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