The Arab League on Saturday rejected US President Donald Trump\u2019s Middle East plan, calling it \u201cunfair\u201d to Palestinians.
The pan-Arab bloc said in a statement that it \u201crejects the US-Israeli \u2018deal of the century\u2019 considering that it does not meet the minimum rights and aspirations of Palestinian people.\u201d
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas threatened to cut security ties with both Israel and the US on Saturday, in a lengthy speech delivered at an Arab League meeting in Egypt\u2019s capital that denounced a White House plan for ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The US plan would grant the Palestinians limited self-rule in parts of the occupied West Bank, while allowing Israel to annex all its settlements there and keep nearly all of east Jerusalem.
The summit of Arab foreign ministers in Cairo was requested by the Palestinians, who responded angrily to the American proposal.
Abbas said that he told Israel and the US that \u201cthere will be no relations with them, including the security ties\u201d following the deal that Palestinians say heavily favors Israel.
There was no immediate comment from US or Israeli officials.
The Palestinian leader said that he\u2019d refused to take US President Donald Trump\u2019s phone calls and messages \u201cbecause I know that he would use that to say he consulted us.\u201d
\u201cI will never accept this solution,\u201d Abbas said. \u201cI will not have it recorded in my history that I have sold Jerusalem.\u201d
He said the Palestinians remain committed to ending the Israeli occupation and establishing a state with its capital in east Jerusalem.
Abbas said that the Palestinians wouldn\u2019t accept the US as a sole mediator in any negotiations with Israel. He said they would go to the United Nations Security Council and other world and regional organizations to \u201cexplain our position.\u201d
\u201cWe still believe in peace using the basis [of plans laid out in] the Arab Peace Initiative and the UN Security Council resolutions,\u201d Abbas said, adding that the authority would go to the UN Security Council to find a solution to the issue.
During the meeting, Abbas stated that Jerusalem did not just belong to Palestinians, but to all Arabs as well. He added that Saudi Arabia\u2019s King Salman bin Abdulaziz told him that the Kingdom would always stand with the Palestinians.
Saudi Arabia reaffirms its support for the Palestinian people and their just cause, the Kingdom\u2019s foreign minister Faisal bin Farhan said during the emergency Arab League meeting.
The Arab League\u2019s head, Ahmed Aboul-Gheit, said the proposal revealed a \u201csharp turn\u201d in the long-standing US foreign policy regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
\u201cThis turn does not help achieve peace and a just solution,\u201d he declared.
Aboul-Gheit said that the Palestinians reject the proposal. He called for the two sides, the Israelis and the Palestinians, to negotiate to reach a \u201csatisfactory solution for both of them.\u201d
Aboul-Gheit urged the union\u2019s members to formulate a unified stance on US President Donald Trump\u2019s Mideast peace plan.
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