Palestinians cut ties with Israel and US after rejecting Trump peace plan

  • Mahmoud Abbas addresses Arab League in Cairo
  • Trump and Netanyahu presented peace plan last month

The Palestinian Authority has cut all ties with the US and Israel, including those relating to security, after rejecting a Middle East peace plan presented by Donald Trump, the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, said on Saturday.

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One-state solution gains ground as Palestinians battle for equal rights

Belief in two-state solution crumbles as up to 600,000 Israeli settlers remain on occupied land

Maybe it wasn’t the wisest choice for a Palestinian activist living under the close watch of Israeli security. But Fadi Quran was obsessed and determined: he would study nuclear physics at Stanford University.

“I got stopped at the border a lot,” he joked years later of the times he passed through Israeli passport control after graduating. “To be honest, when I first started I just wanted to win a Nobel prize in physics. I was 18 years old. I loved the stuff.”

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