UK Charities:

‘Deal of Century’ Serious Attack on Palestinians

Date: 21 May 2019 - 21:39

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LONDON (Dispatches) – Thirteen UK charities have issued a joint statement criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump’s so-called "deal of the century”, after it was announced that the early stages of the plan will be unveiled in Bahrain next month.
The statement, which was signed by 13 British charities including Christian Aid, Interpal and Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP), stressed that "the Palestinian people are facing a national emergency and urgently need our support”.
"Over the past two years,” the statement read, "the U.S. has begun attempts to erase the status of some five million Palestinian refugees from what is known by Palestinians as the Nakba of 1948”. The charities then went on to cite just some of the U.S.’ actions against Palestinians, including the cancellation of UNWRA funding, recognizing al-Quds as the "capital” of the Zionist regime, moving the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to -Quds, and, more recently, effectively okaying the occupying regime’s annexation of the occupied West Bank.
Commenting on the "deal of the century” – the U.S. plan crafted by President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt – the charities said that, "since the plan was first proposed, the U.S. has already acted to support and embed a vision of annexation of Palestinian land and perpetual Israeli occupation, heralding the negation of the Palestinian people’s fundamental and inalienable rights to self-determination and return under international law”.
Meanwhile, the Islamic Action Front has called on the Jordanian government not to participate in a U.S.-led conference in Bahrain next month in support of Trump’s controversial proposal for "peace” between the regime and Palestinians.
The political party, which is the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, said in a statement on Tuesday that the forthcoming conference falls within the framework of the so-called deal of the century that is aimed at liquidating the Palestinian cause.
"Jordan’s official and popular position is to refuse any deal, which would undermine the rights of the Palestinian nation and interests of the Jordanian state,” the statement pointed out.
The U.S. will host the economic conference on June 25 and 26 to purportedly encourage investment in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
Mounir Rashid, a member of the Islamic Action Front, said the meeting represents a dangerous attempt to suffocate the Palestinian cause, and is in line with Trump administration’s anti-Palestinian policies
Trump’s "peace plan” has already been dismissed by Palestinian authorities ahead of its unveiling at the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan and the formation of the new Israeli cabinet, most likely in June.
Palestinians stage a protest against the so-called 'Deal of the Century', planned by U.S. President Donald Trump to solve the conflict between Palestine and the Zionist regime, in Ramallah, West Bank on 2 July 2018.