Abbas compares Trump peace plan to Balfour Declaration: “We will not let them pass this”
Official PA TV, live broadcast of PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ speech at the PA memorial service for former PLO and PA Chairman Yasser Arafat in Ramallah
PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas: “If the Balfour Promise (i.e., Declaration) passed, the deal of the century (referring to US President Donald Trump’s as yet unpublished Middle East peace plan –Ed.) will not pass. We here are standing firm. We are thorns in their throats and eyes and will not let them pass this. We will continue to struggle until the end of the world for the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination and the establishment of its independent state...”