“The US chose to be biased. Their future plan for Palestine will not be based on the two-state solution or the 1967 borders, nor will it be based on international law or UN resolutions.”
The Trump administration has long been understood to be working on a Middle East peace plan and details are expected to emerge in the next few months.
Mr Abbas was on a tour of world capitals in recent days in an attempt to drum up support for diplomatic initiatives bypassing the Trump administration.
Israel, however, is unlikely to accept mediation by another government other than the US.
Mr Netanyahu said that the Palestinian President’s message was “announcing that he is effectively leaving the (diplomatic) process” and that it demonstrated that “those who don't want a solution to the conflict are the Palestinians”.
