Abbas has once again demonstrated the unerring ability of the Palestinian Arabs to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory--as happened in 1922, 1937, 1947, between 1948 and 1967, 2000-2001 and 2008
Humiliating President Trump by declaring his decision recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel as being "null and void and must be rescinded" - spells financial and political trouble for the United Nations (UN), the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the European Union (EU) and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO).
The timing of Trump's decision can certainly be criticised--but questioning Trump's sovereign right to make that decision constitutes a flagrant attempt to undermine the offices of the democratically-elected US President and Congress.