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Trump and hardliners surrounding him are no friends of Palestinians or ordinary people anywhere, not at home or abroad.
Information leaked last month about his no-peace/peace plan revealed it excludes 70% or more of West Bank land controlled by Israel, including the Jordan Valley, closed military zones, exclusive Jewish commercial areas, tourist sites, no-go areas, and illegal settlements on stolen Palestinian land.
Jerusalem is to remain undivided, the city "shared between Israel and New Palestine" Israel maintaining exclusive control, the way it's been for over half a century.
On July 30, 1980, the Knesset Jerusalem Law officially annexed the city as Israel's exclusive capital breaching Security Council Res. 465 (March 1980).
It declared actions taken by Israel "to change the physical character, demographic composition, institutional structure or status of the Palestinian and other Arab territories occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem, or any part thereof, have no legal validity..."
In July 2004, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that "Israeli settlements in the Occupied Territory, including East Jerusalem, are illegal and an obstacle to peace and to economic and social development (and) have been established in breach of international law."
Time and again, the US and Israel breach Security Council resolutions and other international laws.
Trump's no-peace/peace plan is all about serving US and Israeli interests at the expense of regional peace, stability, and fundamental Palestinian rights.
According to Mike Pence on Thursday, Netanyahu and his chief political rival Benny Gantz will meet with Trump in the White House next week to discuss regional issues and what PA official Saeb Erekat called Trump's "deal of the next century," a conspiracy against Palestinian rights.
Reuters reported that the Trump regime will release his no-peace/peace plan ahead of the January 28 meeting with Netanyahu and Gantz.
DJT calling it "a great plan" defies reality. PA spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh reaffirmed the Palestinian demand for an independent state within June 1967 borders free from Israeli occupation and control.
On Thursday, Israel's Channel 12, citing unnamed Netanyahu regime sources, said Trump's plan includes exclusive Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem, illegal settlements, and the Jordan Valley adding:
It supports the illusion of Palestinian self-determination, demanding a demilitarized Hamas, along with Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish state, Jerusalem its capital.
It also reportedly stipulates that if Palestinians reject the so-called plan, the Trump regime will support Israeli annexation of illegal settlements unilaterally.
According to the Wafa PA news site, Rudeineh said the following:
"If the announcement of this deal, with these unacceptable formulas, is made, the (PA) leadership will announce a series of measures to preserve our legitimate rights, and we will call on Israel to assume its responsibilities as an occupying power," adding:
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