MBS: Palestinians should 'accept Trump proposals or shut up'
Saudi crown prince criticises Palestinian leadership, says must accept what US offers or stop complaining, report says.
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MBS met leaders from Jewish organisations during his tour of the US in March [File: Charles Platiau/Reuters]
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Saudi Crown Prince
Mohammed bin Salman, often known as MBS, has told heads of US-based Jewish groups that the Palestinian leadership must accept conditions for peace put forward by the administration of US President
Donald Trump, according to a report on Israeli media.
During a closed-door meeting last month in New York with the organisations' leaders, bin Salman harshly criticised Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas, Channel 10 news reported on Sunday, citing an Israeli diplomatic wire and sources.
"In the last several decades the Palestinian leadership has missed one opportunity after the other and rejected all the peace proposals it was given," bin Salman reportedly said in a report published on Axios
website by Barak Ravid, Channel 10's senior diplomatic correspondent.
"It is about time the Palestinians take the proposals and agree to come to the negotiations table or shut up and stop complaining."
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Trump recognised Jerusalem as the
capital of Israel in December, a move that drew international criticism.
Palestinian leaders see
East Jerusalem, which was militarily seized by Israel in 1967 and has been occupied since, as the capital of their future state.
Bin Salman reportedly pressured Abbas to accept the US framework for peace after Trump's
recognition of Jerusalem.
However, the Palestinian leadership has boycotted the White House since Trump's announcement in December. Abbas said the US was no longer an "honest broker" in peace talks.
Mohammed bin Salman and Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, reportedly enjoy close relations. Kushner reached out to bin Salman for guidance on the region after Trump appointed him to the administration's team that would oversee negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis.
While bin Salman criticised Palestinian leadership, he further stated that peace negotiations between
Israel and
Palestine would need to move forward before Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab states would normalise relations with Israel.
Saudi officials have not commented on the reports.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA NEWS
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018...ept-trump-proposals-shut-180430065228281.html
As for those guys who are bashing Mohammad Bin Salman, probably he has said the most sensible thing.
Palestine is a lost cause, because USA supports Israel.
Better for the Palestinians to make a compromise now.