'Will not pass': Palestinian leader Abbas rejects Trump's plan 2020-01-29 12:54:29 NEWS CENTER - Abbas said Palestinians remain committed to ending the Israeli occupation. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has pledged that the Middle East plan unveiled by US President Donald Trump will "not pass" as it aims to end the Palestinian cause.   "After the nonsense that we heard today, we say a thousand no's to the 'Deal of The Century'," Abbas said on Tuesday at a news conference in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah.   He said the Palestinians remain committed to ending the Israeli occupation and establishing a state with its capital in East Jerusalem.