Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called for holding an international peace conference to save the political process in the region. During his meeting with Oman’s Foreign Minister Yusuf Bin Alawi in Ramallah, Abbas said: “We want this conference to lead to the establishment of a new multilateral international mechanism based on the resolutions of the international legitimacy, in order to save the political process and achieve peace in our region.” Abbas accused the United States of putting the entire political process in an impasse because of its decision to consider Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and its support for Israeli occupation practices against the defenseless Palestinian people. Abbas’ demand for an international peace conference came a few days after his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the same matter. He hopes that Moscow will launch an international peace conference, or push towards this direction as a possible alternative to the United States’ mediating role. Palestinian Prime Minister Rami al-Hamdallah said on Thursday that Abbas’ demand enjoyed broad Palestinian support. “This mechanism must act in accordance with international legitimacy and guarantee the end of the occupation and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders,” he said. The PA cut ties with the US administration following Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The Palestinians declared that the US Administration has lost its eligibility as a mediator and sponsor of the peace process and rejected any meetings with US officials, accusing the country of turning into an official sponsor of Israel. Member of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Hanan Ashrawi, said on Thursday that the US Administration encouraged Israel to “continue its flagrant violations, and total disregard for international law,” in a manner that constituted “an obvious breach of the peace process and the principle of a two-state solution.”