Israeli border police disperse and detain Palestinian protesters during a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's Middle East Peace Plan, Jerusalem, Wednesday, January 29.
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READ MORE: Protesters voiced opposition to Trump's Middle East peace proposal that was announced Tuesday at the White House with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu present.
Notably absent was any representative of the Palestinians, who rejected the peace plan and who declined to participate in the discussions.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas denounced the plan in televised remarks directed at Trump from Ramallah in the West Bank.
Acceptance of the plan would lead to $50 billion of outside investment, a million jobs created for Palestinians over a decade, and a doubling or tripling of Palestinians' GDP, Trump promised.
Jerusalem would remain Israel’s capital, and the eastern part of the Holy City would be the Palestinian capital, where the United States would open an embassy to Palestine, said President Trump.
Netanyahu said if the Palestinians abide by the terms laid out, “Israel will be prepared to negotiate peace right away.”
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