The top Palestinian peace negotiator says Donald Trump has “closed the doors to peace,” pointing to the US president’s remark in his speech to the UN General Assembly that recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital was an acknowledgement of “obvious facts” as why the US shouldn’t have a role in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
“Rather, what his administration did, and continues to do, is to reward and incentive violations of international law, colonization, war crimes, and apartheid,” Saeb Erekat says in a statement.
“The reality today is that due to the one-sided pro-Israel decisions of the US administration, peace between Palestinians and Israelis have been derailed,” he adds.
Erekat says peace is a “real need” for both Palestinians and Israelis and calls for reaching a two-state solution based on the so-called 1967 borders with a Palestinian capital in East Jerusalem.
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