'Abbas has once again revealed his true intentions'
He said that he did not take Abbas' remarks against him and calling him the son of the dog seriously, adding that such statements hurt the status of Abbas among his people, and that uttering abusive words will not improve the lives of the Palestinians in the end.
Abbas cut ties with Friedman and U.S. peace negotiators in December, when President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital and said he would move the U.S. Embassy there. He turned 83 this week. His term expired in 2009 and there have been no elections in the Palestinian Authority since 2006.
It added that the US stances "are increasing the isolation of the United States due to its hostile policies against the Palestinian people which contradict with the global resolutions and the positions of most of the world's countries".
"He did a disservice to his people", Friedman said.
According to a report by Israel's Channel 10, Friedman said that "if Abbas is not interested in holding negotiations, I'm sure someone else will want to". "T$3 hose types of comments are very undiplomatic and make it more hard for the U.S.to have serious conversations about serious issues".
Palestine's Fatah movement, for its part, said the US ambassador should stop acting in the interests of Jewish settlers.
Following Trump's declaration, the Palestinians announced that the United States is no longer a sponsor for the Middle East peace process and called for an worldwide peace conference with a mechanism that ends the occupation and establish an independent Palestinian state on 1967 territories with East Jerusalem as its capital.
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It was unclear whether Friedman was calling for Abbas to be replaced as leader of the Palestinians, or whether he was implying that the negotiations would simply bypass Ramallah completely.
"It is for the Palestinian people to choose its leadership", he added.
Earlier this month, a senior Palestinian official told the London-based Al Hayat newspaper that the U.S. administration is preparing for the day when there will be Palestinian leaders in the West Bank and Gaza Strip who "would not be able to reject the peace plan and would have to deal with it gradually".
The Trump administration reportedly has delayed the announcement of a Middle East peace plan over this move.
Meanwhile, Abbas' Fatah Party had also condemned in an official emailed press statement on Thursday Friedman's remarks and his threats to find a Palestinian alternative that would agree to hold peace talks with Israel.
Friedman also told the newspaper about the Taylor Force Act, signed last week by Trump as part of an omnibus budget.
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