*RAMALLAH: Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas labelled the US ambassador toIsrael David Friedman a “son of a dog” on Monday during a scathing attackon Donald Trump´s policies.*

“The US ambassador in Tel Aviv is a settler and a son of a dog,” Abbas saidin comments to Palestinian leaders in Ramallah.

Relations between Abbas´s government and President Trump´s USadministration have broken down since the White House recognised Jerusalemas Israel´s capital in December.

The Palestinians also see the disputed city as the capital of their futurestate.

Friedman, who was Trump´s personal lawyer before being appointed last year,is a longstanding supporter of settlement building in the occupied WestBank, considered illegal under international law.

On Monday, Friedman referred to an attack in the West Bank as “in thenorth”, raising questions over whether he views it as part of Israeliterritory, and accused Abbas´s Palestinian Authority (PA) of failing tocondemn it.

“Such brutality and no condemnation from the PA!” he tweeted, referring toa Friday car ramming that killed two soldiers and a Sunday stabbing inJerusalem that left an Israeli dead, both carried out by Palestinians.

Israel has militarily occupied the West Bank since 1967 but Abbas´sgovernment has limited autonomy in parts of it. AGENCIES