Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas sharply condemned President Trump in a speech Sunday over the White House’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
The Associated Press reports that Abbas blasted the president over Trump’s insinuation that Palestinians had “rejected” negotiations for a two-state solution with Israel.
“[Trump] said in a tweet: ‘We won’t give money to the Palestinians because they rejected the negotiations,’ ” Abbas said. “Shame on you. When did we reject the talks? Where is the negotiation that we rejected?”
Abbas went on to say that the administration’s recognition of Jerusalem was “the slap of the century,” but warned “we will slap back.”
“We can say no to anyone if things are related to our fate and our people, and now we have said no to Trump,” he said. “We told him the deal of the century was the slap of the century. But we will slap back.”
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