A senior Palestinian official is objecting to US President Donald Trump’s assertion that the Palestinians have walked away from peace negotiations.
Mohammed Ishtayeh, a top adviser to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, says the Trump administration has pushed the Palestinians away from any peace process by taking a series of steps in favor of Israel.
“When … President Trump says the Palestinians are running away from the negotiating table, which negotiating table?” Ishtayeh tells foreign journalists. “Since he came to power, there have been no negotiations whatsoever.”
Ishtayeh criticizes the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and to move its embassy there in May, as well as US cuts in funding to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees.
He called for US “confidence-building steps” and an internationally sponsored peace process.
— AP
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