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At UN, Palestinian President Rejects Trump Peace Plan, But Open to
Negotiations

Margaret Besheer

   UNITED NATIONS - Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas appealed
   to the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday not to accept a peace
   proposal put forward by U.S. President Donald Trump, but left the door
   open to negotiations with Israel.

   "This plan, or any part in this plan, should not be considered as an
   international reference for negotiations," Abbas said of the U.S.
   proposal. "This is an Israeli-American preemptive plan in order to put
   an end to the question of Palestine."

   In an impassioned 35-minute address to a packed Security Council
   chamber, Abbas expressed his anger at the land proposed for a future
   Palestinian state, holding up a map and saying it looked like "Swiss
   cheese."

   "Who among you will accept a similar state and similar conditions?" he
   asked.

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