Abbas angered by Saudi version of Trump peace plan, reports claim

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman is reported to have offered the Palestinian president a version of the Donald Trump administration's peace plan for the Middle East which included the possibility of a Palestinian state without territorial continuity and without Jerusalem as its capital.

A New York Times report suggests President Mahmoud Abbas has been left “fuming” after hearing details of the much-hyped peace proposal during a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman in Riyadh.

According to sources who heard the Palestinian leader’s account of the meeting, the peace proposal also suggested Israeli settlements in the West Bank would remain protected, there would be right of return of Palestinian refugees, and that the new state of Palestine would have its capital city in Abu Dis, a town which borders Jerusalem.

Abbas aides suggested the proposal was something “no Palestinian leader could accept."