US Senator Ron Wyden with Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayeh in Ramallah. (WAFA Images)  

RAMALLAH, Tuesday, April 23, 2019 (WAFA) - Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayeh said today that the actions and decisions of the US administration regarding the Palestinians and their cause including cutting aid to UNRWA, moving the embassy to Jerusalem, and recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel are worse than the text of the deal of the century.

This came during a meeting Shtayeh had today at his office in Ramallah with US Senator Ron Wyden (D-Or) where he discussed with him the latest political developments.

"Talking about annexing parts of the West Bank under the so-called settlement blocs destroys the two-state solution and eliminates any chance of establishing an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 borders," he said.

"We must separate the Palestinian-American relations from the peace process or the political process that is going on. The stalemate of the peace process must not be met with punishment or blackmail from the American administration of the Palestinian people. We want it to be an honest peace broker,” added the Prime Minister.

Shtayeh called on the US Congress to follow suit of many other world parliaments and vote to recognize the state of Palestine and to lift the sanctions imposed on the Palestine Liberation Organization.

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