RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian leaders are counting on the European Union to renew its commitment to a two-state solution for resolving the conflict with Israel. This comes after US President Donald Trump on Jan. 28 revealed the details of his so-called deal of the century for peace, which threatens the approach and which the Palestinians have rejected.

In a speech following a meeting of the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah on the day of the plan's release, President Mahmoud Abbas noted that the EU still advocates the two-state solution based on its international legitimacy. He also stated, “Europe is becoming aware that it has done us great injustice in the past and must rectify some of the mistakes it made over the past one hundred years.”

Saeb Erekat, secretary-general of the PLO Executive Committee, met on Jan. 29 in Ramallah with EU diplomats and in a tweet afterward remarked, “Today’s meeting with the EU Heads of Mission focused on concrete measures that have to be taken. The Annexation Plan is an attack against international law and the international system as a whole. This is a moment of truth #PeaceNotApartheid.”

In the days preceding Trump’s unveiling of his plan, the Palestinian leadership had intensified pressure on the EU to take a bolder stance toward Israeli actions in the Palestinian territories, the peace process and a two-state solution. The Palestinian Foreign Ministry lashed out at the EU in a Jan. 21 statement, accusing it of “shy, insufficient and late” responses in regard to measures taken by Israel and of failing to rise to the level of those actions and shouldering its own responsibility.