RAMALLAH, West Bank — US President Donald Trump's announcement of the details of the US Middle East peace plan — known as the deal of the century — on Jan. 28 challenged the Palestinian Authority's (PA) ability to develop a national strategy to counter it.
The PA is in a race against time to take some steps within this strategy before the Israeli elections scheduled for March 2020, after which Israel is expected to start implementing the terms of the deal — especially with regard to annexing parts of the West Bank and declaring Israeli sovereignty over them.