those two have been openly critical of the palestinians. what is interesting, he didn't stop there with criticizing other countries. abbas went on to criticize the arab states saying we don't interfere in your affairs. stay out of ours, basically. and that appears to be a reference, a although he didn't mention any countries to saudi arabia which is working hand in hand with the trump administration on an israeli-palestinian peace deal. abbas very clearly rejecting whatever it is the u.s. would put on the table. the peace plan had been largely mysterious, but abbas appeared to confirm part of it when he said that the u.s. was proposiig abudis. a palestinian neighborhood near jerusalem. but that is not what the international consensus is on what a future palestinian state should look like. natalie, the question now is what follows this very harsh rhetoric, this powerful language that comes from abbas. he didn't make any decisions. he doesn't have the authority to do that. now is the second day of the central council meeting. this is where the decisions are