The Arab League announced on Saturday 1st February, that it rejected the peace plan announced earlier this week by US President Donald Trump, saying it was 'Unfair' towards the Palestinians. The organization, which met in Cairo at the request of the Palestinian Authority, said in a statement that it 'rejected "the deal of the century" American-Israeli, since it does not respect the fundamental rights and aspirations of the Palestinian people ".
She added that Arab leaders had promised " to not (…) cooperate with the US administration to implement this plan ". "This turn does not help to find a just solution and to put peace in place", his secretary general Ahmed Aboul Gheit had said before, before asking each party to negotiate in order to find "A solution acceptable to everyone".
Arab officials also stressed the need for a two-state solution, including the formation of a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital, the Palestinian sector of the occupied city and annexed by Israel.
Mahmoud Abbas remains diplomatically isolated
Earlier Saturday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced the break-up of "All relationships", including security, between the Palestinian Authority on the one hand and Israel and the United States on the other. "I will never accept this solution" American, largely aligned with Israeli requirements, he said in his speech. "I don't want to be remembered as the one who sold Jerusalem. "
Palestinians "Have the right to continue their legitimate struggle by peaceful means to end the occupation", he added. He also claims to have transmitted the message to the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and called on the Hebrew State to "Take responsibility as an occupying power" of the Palestinian territories.
The Palestinian Authority had already cut off contact with the US administration in December 2017, when Washington recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. On Monday, the day before the announcement of the US plan, Mahmoud Abbas had refused a phone call from Donald Trump. He had already regularly threatened to cut security cooperation with Israel and its American ally.
Despite this rejection from the Arab League, Mahmoud Abbas remains diplomatically isolated; evidenced by the four-day deadline to meet on the subject with its historic allies, Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
