Published : 08-02-2020
Palestinian refugees in Syria’s AlSabina camp joined a vigil staged on Friday to protest the US President Donald Trump’s peace deal, which he announced last week.
The rally-goers denounced the silence maintained by a number of Arab governments over the one-sided deal and reiterated Palestinians’ firm commitment to their right to return to their homeland and establish an independent, sovereign, and democratic Palestinian State.
U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled the controversial proposal a couple of weeks ago in Washington. It would allow Israel to annex all its West Bank settlements — which the Palestinians and the international community view as illegal — as well as the Jordan Valley, which accounts for roughly a quarter of the West Bank.
In return, the Palestinians would be granted statehood in Gaza, scattered chunks of the West Bank and some neighborhoods on the outskirts of Jerusalem, all linked together by a new network of roads, bridges and tunnels. Israel would control the state’s borders and airspace and maintain overall security authority. Critics of the plan say this would rob Palestinian statehood of any meaning.
The plan would also abolish the right of return for Palestinian refugees displaced by the 1948 war and their descendants, a key Palestinian demand.
Palestinian refugees in Syria’s AlSabina camp joined a vigil staged on Friday to protest the US President Donald Trump’s peace deal, which he announced last week.
The rally-goers denounced the silence maintained by a number of Arab governments over the one-sided deal and reiterated Palestinians’ firm commitment to their right to return to their homeland and establish an independent, sovereign, and democratic Palestinian State.
U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled the controversial proposal a couple of weeks ago in Washington. It would allow Israel to annex all its West Bank settlements — which the Palestinians and the international community view as illegal — as well as the Jordan Valley, which accounts for roughly a quarter of the West Bank.
In return, the Palestinians would be granted statehood in Gaza, scattered chunks of the West Bank and some neighborhoods on the outskirts of Jerusalem, all linked together by a new network of roads, bridges and tunnels. Israel would control the state’s borders and airspace and maintain overall security authority. Critics of the plan say this would rob Palestinian statehood of any meaning.
The plan would also abolish the right of return for Palestinian refugees displaced by the 1948 war and their descendants, a key Palestinian demand.
