Article
AP: Palestinian leader calls US ambassador a ‘son of a dog’
March 19, 2018
The Palestinian president on Monday called the U.S. ambassador to Israel a “son of a dog” in an angry rant against the Trump administration, signaling new trouble ahead for an expected U.S. peace proposal.
President Mahmoud Abbas also took aim at the rival Hamas militant group, accusing it of being behind an attempted assassination last week of his prime minister and security chief, and threatening to retaliate.
In an address to Palestinian officials, Abbas pre-emptively rejected the White House peace proposal, which is still being developed.
U.S. officials have not said when it will be unveiled, but Abbas has already ruled it out, accusing the Trump administration of being unfairly biased in favor of Israel.