Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has cut relations with Israel and the US, in response to proposals by Donald Trump that pave the way for Israel to annex more occupied Palestinian land.
The announcement came at an Arab League meeting on Saturday where foreign ministers rejected a Middle East peace plan that they said was heavily tilted in Israel’s favour, describing it as a setback to peace.
“We’ve informed the Israeli side . . . that there will be no relations at all with them and the United States including security ties,” said Mr Abbas at the emergency meeting called to discuss the Trump deal. This would include all security ties and agreements with US intelligence agencies to combat extremism.