Palestinians no longer accept US as mediator, Abbas tells summit
(The Guardian World News)

Palestinian president demands UN takes charge of peace process after Trump´s recognition of Jerusalem as capital of IsraelThe Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, has formally declared that Palestinians will no longer accept the US as a mediator in the Middle East peace process following Donald Trump´s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. In his strongest public statement since Trump´s announcement last week, Abbas called the move a `crime` that threatened world peace. He demanded the United Nations take charge of the peace process as Washington was no longer `fit` for the task. Continue reading...