Referring to the plan as “the slap of the century,” Abbas said he did not find anything new in Trump’s announcement.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas delivers a speech following the announcement by the U.S. President Donald Trump of the Mideast peace plan, in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank January 28, 2020(photo credit: REUTERS/RANEEN SAWAFTA)ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH