US President Donald Trump must rescind his decisions against the Palestinian people in order to achieve peace, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday.
UNITED NATIONS (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 27th September, 2018) US President Donald Trump must rescind his decisions against the Palestinian people in order to achieve peace, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday.
"If the US administration fails to respect the agreement, we will not be able to hold our part thereof," Abbas said in his speech.
Abbas said the Palestinian government and people were shocked by Trump's decisions to move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, to shut down the Palestinian office in Washington and to take the status of East Jerusalem off the negotiating table.
"I have met with him [Trump] numerous times. We were shocked by his decisions and actions that completely contradict the role of his administration toward the peace process ... this administration has reneged on all previous US commitments," he said.
Trump and his administration's decisions on the Israel-Palestinian conflict constituted an assault on international law, Abbas said.
"Now we view the US with new eyes. The US cannot be a mediator single-handedly ... because they are too biased toward Israel," he said.
Palestine remains committed to having established settled borders and to having all of East Jerusalem, including the holy places as its capital, Abbas insisted.
