RAMALLAH: Palestinian leaders met to plan a response to what they see as US President Donald Trump’s attack on their long bid for statehood, after Mahmud Abbas denounced White House peace efforts as the “slap of the century”. The rare meeting of the Palestinian Central Council — a high-ranking arm of the Palestine Liberation Organisation — was called after Trump’s controversial December 6 recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Palestinians want the annexed eastern sector of the city as the capital of their future state and president Abbas has said Trump’s stance means the US can no longer be the mediator in peace talks with Israel.
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