PA says Abbas to present alternative to Trump’s ‘deal of the century’

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will present an alternative to an as-yet-unannounced US-led peace plan which the PA warns will seek to “liquidate” the Palestinian cause, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Malki says.

Malki says Abbas’s plan will be the same one he presented to the Security Council last February, according to the Maan news agency.

Abbas then called for a “multilateral international mechanism emanating from an international conference” that would negate Washington’s traditional role in the process.

Malki says “the Palestinian leadership will take steps to mobilize support for the president’s speech…Palestinians will provide alternatives to what the US administration is doing, which is based on force and the policy of bullying led by the US president.”