Many in the international community are deeply alarmed by the Trump/Kushner plan.
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump revealed the remaining details of his much-anticipated diplomatic plan for Israel and the Palestinians, long marketed to the press as the"Deal of the Century." Trump made the announcement as the country and much of the world were glued to his impeachment trial in the Senate, and after White House meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his rival, Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz.
Let's be absolutely clear: rather than paving the way to peace between Israel and the Palestinians, Trump's grotesque farce of a plan is a gift for his close ally Netanyahu, and a blueprint for permanent Palestinian subjugation and apartheid. According to the plan as laid out at Trump's press conference with Netanyahu, the U.S. will recognize Israeli annexation of most of the occupied Palestinian West Bank, including the Jordan Valley and Jewish-only settlements built on occupied Palestinian land in violation of international law. All of Jerusalem, including the occupied Palestinian eastern part of the city, will remain under Israeli control.
In the run up to the launch, we've been hearing about how the plan was being drafted by Trump's top Middle East advisor and son-in-law, Jared Kushner. But in fact, the Trump administration been implementing aspects of this supposedly new vision since soon after taking office three years ago.
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