RAMALLAH, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Palestinians will not accept any solution for settling the Palestinian-Israeli conflict without Jerusalem being the capital of Palestine, the Palestinian presidency said Tuesday.
Any attempt to circumvent the Arab Peace Initiative and legitimate international resolutions by proposing vague ideas or slogans is doomed to fail, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh said in a statement published by the official Palestinian news agency WAFA.
The Palestinians will not accept it without establishing an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital on the 1967 borders and a just solution to the refugee issue, it said.
Jerusalem will be the key to peace, security and stability in the region and the world, it said.
The statement came amid media reports on the "century deal" to be presented by U.S. President Donald Trump to end the Palestinian-Israeli conflict without seeking the acceptance of the Palestinian Authority.
Ties between Palestine and the United States have witnessed rising tensions since last December, when Trump announced to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital and ordered the relocation of the U.S. embassy in Israel to the city.
On Feb. 20, speaking before the UN Security Council, Abbas proposed to hold an international peace conference in mid-2018 for final status negotiations based on the two-state solution and international resolutions.
