Palestinian Leader Moves Away From US-Led Peace Talks

The Palestinian Authority president  demanded  that the United Nations take over peace negotiations and said the United States is too biased toward Israel.

Last week, President Donald Trump  officially recognized  Jerusalem as Israel's capital, breaking decades of U.S. tradition.

But Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas went further, saying Trump broke  international law .

Abbas is likely pointing back to 1980, when  Israel declared , "Jerusalem, complete and united, is the capital of Israel." Not long after, the  U.N.

Security Council  ruled Israel's decree was null and void.

SEE MORE: Israelis And Palestinians Clash After Trump's Jerusalem Decision That "complete and united" part is important because Palestinians want East Jerusalem to be the capital of their future state.

Israelis, on the other hand, have long argued Jerusalem isn't a city that can be divided.

In his announcement, Trump didn't explicitly weigh in  on how , or if, the city would be divided.

But Jerusalem is such a hot-button issue, American administration officials expected Palestinians to step away from the U.S.-led peace effort.

Trump  has said  the U.S. would still support a two-state solution "if agreed to by both sides."