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Source: https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Abbas-We-will-thwart-Trumps-plan-Nation-State-Law-564966
PA Leader Abbas: We Will Thwart Trump's Peace Plan
(Jerusalem Post) Khaled Abu Toameh - U.S. officials who claim to want to improve the living conditions of Palestinians in Gaza are "liars," Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told the PLO Central Council in Ramallah on Wednesday. "We were the first to fight against [Trump's "Deal of the Century"] and we will continue to fight against it until it falls. This is the 'slap of the century.'" Abbas also pledged to continue payments to Palestinian security prisoners and families of "martyrs" killed while carrying out terrorist attacks against Israel. Meanwhile, Abbas' ruling Fatah faction on Wednesday criticized the current discussions in Cairo aimed at reaching a truce between Hamas and Israel and said the PLO was the only party authorized to make such a deal.