Abbas says UN should replace US as Mideast mediator Share it! Share TweetBy Associated PressBreaking with years of courting the U.S., Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called Wednesday for the United Nations to replace Washington as a Mideast mediator and suggested he might not cooperate with the Trump administration’s much-anticipated effort to hammer out an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal. The Palestinians seek such a state on lands captured by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war — the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem. Abbas’ speech marked a high-profile break with what had been his unwavering policy in more than a decade as Palestinian leader. Tags: East Jerusalem, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, Jerusalem, Mahmoud Abbas, Manila Bulletin, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian statehood, the Trump administration, U.S., Washington

Source: Manila Bulletin December 13, 2017 20:37 UTC