UTV | NEW YORK – Palestinian president presents ‘peace plan’ to revive the comatose Israeli-Palestinian talks with new international mediation — in which the US would have less weight
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday called for an international conference to be held by mid-2018 to pave the way for Palestinian statehood and launch a new, wider Middle East peace process.
In a rare address to the UN Security Council, Abbas presented what he called a “peace plan” to revive the comatose Israeli-Palestinian talks with new international mediation — in which the United States would have less weight.
“To solve the Palestine question, it is essential to establish a multilateral international mechanism emanating from an international conference,” Abbas said.
President Donald Trump’s decision to move the US embassy to occupied Jerusalem infuriated the Palestinians, who declared that Washington could no longer play a role as lead mediator in the Middle East peace process.
Abbas put the blame for the failure of peace efforts squarely on Israel, saying it was “acting as a state above the law.” (Courtesy – Al Arabiya)