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Sources: Egypt, Saudi Arabia told Abbas to accept US peace deal
Disclaimer - i24NEWS is a relatively new (2017) 24-hour Israeli worldwide satellite broadcaster. I really have no inkling how reliable this media source may be.
Written by i24NEWS
March 8, 2018
Leaders from two important Arab nations have advised Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to accept the peace deal that will be offered by the US, two Abbas advisors told i24NEWS on Thursday. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi both told Abbas that he has no choice but to be pragmatic, according to sources. Abbas was told that Arabs also must accept the new realities and acquiesce to the demands of the US under President Donald Trump. Abbas is now under immense pressure both on the foreign front, from Arab countries like Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and the domestic front, from his own constituency that is widely opposed to the measures proposed by Trump. The position of Egypt and Saudi Arabia runs contrary to the stated position of Abbas and many of his officials.
“There is no value to a Palestinian state without Jerusalem as its capital,” Saeb Erekat, the top Palestinian negotiator, told Palestinian radio in January. Abbas was advised by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and President El-Sisi to take what’s offered, especially at the rate Israel is building settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. He was told in a few years he may not have anything to negotiate about. A Palestinian source who is privy on the situation said that Abbas has told a number of Arab leaders he met with recently that he is worried he will be accused of treason by Palestinians. Arab diplomats from both Egypt and Saudi Arabia expect Washington to announce its plans on the Middle East in the coming weeks.
Disclaimer - i24NEWS is a relatively new (2017) 24-hour Israeli worldwide satellite broadcaster. I really have no inkling how reliable this media source may be.