Palestinians predictably deem the U.S.-backed Mideast
summit, which they were not invited to, “futile.”
By: Associated Press and United with Israel Staff
A senior Palestinian official says the Palestinians
have not been invited to next week’s Middle East
conference in Poland.
Even if they had been invited, however, the
Palestinians claim they would have no desire to
participate in it, unless the U.S. changed its policies.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was invited
and plans on attending the summit. The U.S. and Poland
are sponsoring the Feb. 13-14 conference to promote
peace and security in the region.
Speaking about the conference that the Palestinians
were snubbed by, Nabil Abu Rdeneh, spokesman for
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said Wednesday that
current American policies will “only lead to futile
results.”
The Palestinians routinely accuse the Trump
administration of being biased in favor of Israel. They
say they will reject any planned U.S. peace initiative
proposed by Trump, unless it endorses an independent
Palestinian state in Judea and Samaria and the Gaza
Strip, with eastern Jerusalem as its capital.
The Palestinians have rejected every single peace
plan presented during the last 70 years, including a
2008 plan in which Israel offered to withdraw from 98
percent of Judea and Samaria, leading many to speculate
that Palestinian leadership is ultimately opposed to a
peace deal of any kind with Israel.