Mahmoud Abbas reject the Israeli-American "peace" plan Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas formally affirmed Tuesday before the UN Security Council to reject the Israeli-American peace plan, which would make a Palestinian state "Swiss cheese". "We reject the Israeli-American plan" which "calls into question the legitimate rights of the Palestinians", he launched, denouncing in particular the absence of East Jerusalem in a future Palestinian state. He would make Palestine "a fragmented state", he insisted, referring to a situation of "apartheid" and the absence of sovereignty for its people. This project uses a "two-state solution" but proposes to create a capital of a Palestinian state in Abu Dis, a suburb of Jerusalem, while the Palestinians want to make the whole of East Jerusalem their capital. It also includes an annexation of the Israeli settlements, as well as the Jordan Valley in the West Bank, a ...