From the Palestinian perspective, East Jerusalem comprises the old city and 16 neighboring areas, but U.S. President Donald Trump's so-called peace plan says otherwise. According to the plan, known as "Deal of the Century," which was announced by Trump on Jan. 28 during a press conference at the White House alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the old city and 14 Palestinian neighborhoods are annexed to what they called the ...
![Netanyahu on Monday invited Abbas to address the Israeli parliament and publicly recognize Jewish links to the land of Israel. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/185638749.jpg?itok=jrT5fIlt "Netanyahu on Monday invited Abbas to address the Israeli parliament and publicly recognize Jewish links to the land of Israel. [AFP]")
![John Fitzgerald Kennedy giving a speech during the election campaign. Boston, 1960. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/141554742.jpg?itok=IZJP95YE "John Fitzgerald Kennedy giving a speech during the election campaign. Boston, 1960. [Getty Images]")
![Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) executive committee member Hanan Ashrawi speaks during a press conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/159917248.jpg?itok=OBhXzX7_ "Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) executive committee member Hanan Ashrawi speaks during a press conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah. [Getty Images]")
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![Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and French President Francois Hollande hold a joint press conference on November 18, 2013 in Ramallah, West Bank. [Thaer Ghanaim/GPO via Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/450376705.jpg?itok=wGvI6yVN "Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and French President Francois Hollande hold a joint press conference on November 18, 2013 in Ramallah, West Bank. [Thaer Ghanaim/GPO via Getty Images]")
![Former US President Bill Clinton , Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (R) shake hands before a meeting in the residence of the US ambassador to Norway, 02 November 1999. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/156970601.jpg?itok=qMf4kH5s "Former US President Bill Clinton , Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (R) shake hands before a meeting in the residence of the US ambassador to Norway, 02 November 1999. [Getty Images]")
![Israeli riot police walk at Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque compound during clashes with Palestinian demonstrators following Friday prayers on March 8, 2013. [Ahmad Gharbali/Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/163350459.jpg?itok=Q6PowcFJ "Israeli riot police walk at Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque compound during clashes with Palestinian demonstrators following Friday prayers on March 8, 2013. [Ahmad Gharbali/Getty Images]")
![Israeli security guard peering through a hole of Israel's separation barrier by Palestinian youth in the Abu Dis neighrbood, bordering Jerusalem on July 9, 2013. [Abbas Momani/Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/173174994.jpg?itok=hsdbvPy2 "Israeli security guard peering through a hole of Israel's separation barrier by Palestinian youth in the Abu Dis neighrbood, bordering Jerusalem on July 9, 2013. [Abbas Momani/Getty Images]")
