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Agence France-Presse

The Arab League on Saturday rejected US President Donald Trump’s controversial Middle East plan, saying it did not meet the “minimum rights” of the Palestinians.
The pan-Arab bloc convened in Cairo days after the US unveiled its plan, which is seen as favouring Israel.
The meeting brought together Arab senior officials, including Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister and the United Arab Emirates’ minister of state for foreign affairs.
In a statement released afterwards, the League said it “rejects the US-Israeli ‘deal of the century’ considering that it does not meet the minimum rights and aspirations of Palestinian people.”
Trump unveils peace plan, which Palestinians call ‘slap of the century’
Arab states also vowed “not to … cooperate with the US administration to implement this plan.”
They insisted on a two-state solution that includes a Palestinian state based on borders before the 1967 Six-Day War – when Israel occupied the West Bank and Gaza – and with east Jerusalem as its capital.
The US plan suggests that Israel would retain control of the contested city of Jerusalem as its “undivided capital” and annex settlements on Palestinian lands.
Trump said Palestinians would be allowed to declare a capital within annexed east Jerusalem.

The only Arab ambassadors present at the plan’s unveiling were from Bahrain, Oman and the UAE – three of Washington’s closest allies in a region where many nations host US forces.
Other Arab states gave carefully worded initial responses to the plan, which was strongly rejected by Palestinian leaders.
Abbas said on Saturday “there will be no relations” with Israel and the US including on security cooperation following their “disavowal of signed agreements and international legitimacy”.


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The Arab League said Trump’s Middle East plan does not meet the minimum rights and aspirations of Palestinian people. Photo: AFP

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas holds a placard showing maps of (L to R) historical Palestine, the 1947 United Nations partition plan on Palestine, the 1948-1967 borders between the Palestinian territories and Israel, and a current map of the Palestinian territories without Israeli-annexed areas and settlements, as he attends an Arab League emergency meeting discussing the US-brokered proposal for a settlement of the Middle East conflict at the league headquarters in the Egyptian capital Cairo on February 1, 2020. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)

Run-down town of Abu Dis would be ‘Palestinian capital’ under Trump’s peace plan

Israel's controversial wall in the occupied West Bank Palestinian village of Abu Dis, which is the proposed Palestinian capital. Photo: AFP

epaselect epa08173197 US President Donald J. Trump (R) shakes hands with Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu while unveiling his Middle East peace plan in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, DC, USA, 28 January 2020. US President Donald J. Trump's Middle East peace plan is expected to be rejected by Palestinian leaders, having withdrawn from engagement with the White House after Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The proposal was announced while Netanyahu and his political rival, Benny Gantz, both visit Washington, DC. EPA-EFE/MICHAEL REYNOLDS

A general view picture shows the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem's Old City in the background and part of the Israeli barrier in the foreground, as seen from the Palestinian town of Abu Dis in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, east of Jerusalem January 29, 2020. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

An abandoned Palestinian parliament building in Abu Dis. Photo: Reuters

Donald Trump unveils Middle East peace plan, but Palestinians call it ‘slap of the century’

A Palestinian demonstrator reacts during a protest against US President Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters

Palestinian protesters wave the national flag and a portrait of president Mahmud Abbas during a demonstration in the West Bank city of Ramallah on January 28, 2020, against US President Donald Trump's expected peace plan proposal. - Palestinians staged protests against US President Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan, hours before it was to be unveiled in Washington. Thousands demonstrated in Gaza, burning pictures of Trump and the American flag, while further rallies were planned for the coming days. (Photo by Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) speaks next to US President Donald Trump during a White House news conference on Tuesday. Photo: Bloomberg

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Arab League rejects Donald Trump’s Middle East plan, calls it ‘unfair’ to Palestinians

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The controversial peace plan is seen as favouring Israel

Palestinian leader Abbas announced a cut of all ties with Tel Aviv and Washington