Today, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas gave a speech to the Palestinian Central Council, the Palestine Liberation Organization’s second highest decision-making body. It was glorious. Abbas might as well have spontaneously combusted. I’m going to rely on a string of tweets because I can’t find a single good source for the speech.

Abbas confirms Palestinians being offered Abu Dis as capital of future state https://t.co/VeOI59VlkB pic.twitter.com/pnw4mUrCtz

— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) January 14, 2018

When President Trump announced the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel he said it didn’t have any impact on the final status negotiations for Jerusalem. Earlier this month it was reported that the Egyptians had punted on supporting Jerusalem as a Palestinian capital and the Saudis were pushing for Abu Sis, a Jerusalem suburb. It seems that the US ambassador, David Friedman, is pushing the same idea.

Abbas: U.S. Amb David Friedman "is an offensive human being, and I will not agree to meet with him anywhere" https://t.co/gMSePaVJEl

— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) January 14, 2018

Abbas: David Friedman is an offensive human being; we will respond to Nikki Haley with the heel of a shoe; & Arab League, “you can all go to hell.” pic.twitter.com/ZeHrXtH0MY

— Noga Tarnopolsky (@NTarnopolsky) January 14, 2018

Palestinian Authority president Abbas calls Trump peace offer 'slap of the century' https://t.co/wgnEeSoML7 pic.twitter.com/AniILqUhg1

— FRANCE 24 (@FRANCE24) January 14, 2018

https://twitter.com/omriceren/status/952645979269984261

Abbas-where should we go.UN doesn't help.US is lost cause with Trump. What can we do? We will not surrender and will not accept occupation. Tell me what we should do? Abbas asks his public?We are a state occupied,an authority without authority. We cannot accept this.

— Gershon Baskin جرشون باسكين (@gershonbaskin) January 14, 2018

https://twitter.com/omriceren/status/952628608832548864

Wow: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas calls Israel "a colonialist project that has no connection to Jews." (Ynet)

— Avi Mayer (@AviMayer) January 14, 2018

Mahmoud #Abbas in a surrealistic speech, a complete freak-show.

Some pearls of wisdom: The British wanted to bring European Jews to Palestine to preserve their interests in the region. They asked the Netherlands, which had the largest fleet in the world, to transport the Jews.

— Shlomi Ben Meir (@shlomikliab) January 14, 2018

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is currently delivering an address in which he has threatened to "slap" the United States, denied the Jewish connection to Israel, and wished that the President of the United States' "house be destroyed."

— Avi Mayer (@AviMayer) January 14, 2018

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says the Palestinians will continue to provide financial rewards to convicted terrorists and their families. (Channel 14)

— Avi Mayer (@AviMayer) January 14, 2018

Abbas: "Today is the day that the Oslo Agreements end. Israel killed them." https://t.co/gMSePaVJEl

— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) January 14, 2018

To recap. Abbas wants the White House destroyed, he says he will respond to Nikki Haley with the “heel of a shoe,” he’s told the single biggest source of funding for the Palestinian Authority (that would be the United States) to FOAD, he told the Arab world to piss off, he rewrote the history of the region, proclaimed the Oslo accords dead, and announced he would continue paying pensions to the families of terrorists.

This is the act of a desperate and pathetic little man. He’s used intransigence and violence as his primary negotiating tools and now he’s finding his people are increasingly unwilling to die so Abbas and his cronies can sock away billions of UN dollars in Swiss bank accounts. The Arab world has bigger fish to fry, namely Iranian expansionism, and doesn’t have time for his shenanigans where their own survival is at risk.

I don’t know where the Middle East peace process goes from here, but it is doubtful Abbas can stuff this genie back in the jar.