TEHRAN (Iran News) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has firmly dismissed the US plan supposedly aimed at ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying it is in breach of UN resolutions and Palestinian sovereignty.

“I would like to say to Mr. Donald Trump that his plan cannot achieve peace and security as it cancels international legitimacy,” Abbas told the UN Security Council in a speech on Tuesday, referring to the US president.

“It cancels all the rights of the Palestinians. This does not meet the aspirations of a two-state solution,” he added.

Stressing that the plan would legitimize Israel’s illegal settlements and the annexation of occupied Palestinian land, Abbas said, “If you impose peace, it will not last, it cannot last. What gives you the right to annex these lands?”

The Palestinian president also called on the international community not to consider the plan as an international reference for negotiations, saying, “It is an Israeli-American preemptive plan in order to put an end to the question of Palestine.”

Trump unveiled the scheme’s outlines on January 28. The plan features the recognition of Jerusalem al-Quds as Israel’s “capital,” although Palestinians want the city’s eastern part as the capital of their future state.

The US president also said under the plan, Israel would be annexing the settlements that it has been building in the West Bank since occupying the Palestinian territory in 1967.

This is while all previous foreign-mediated draft agreements between the Palestinians and Israelis as well as repeated UN resolutions have mandated Tel Aviv to withdraw behind the 1967 borders, as opposed to the new US plan.

Demonstrations held in support of Abbas

The speech delivered by Abbas at the UN came as thousands of Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank once again protested against Trump’s so-called “deal of the century.”

The protesters, estimated to be 5,000 to 7,000 in number, gathered in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Tuesday.

Demanding the international recognition of Palestine with Jerusalem al-Quds as its capital, the demonstrators chanted “Palestine not for sale,” and “No to the deal of the century,” using Trump’s self-congratulatory description of the plan.

Similar mass demonstrations also took place elsewhere in the Gaza Strip, as some 2,000 people came out in support of the Palestinian president and to voice firm objection to the deal.

“As the world watches you and all these crowds that fill the streets of Ramallah and Gaza, they will understand the Palestinian reaction [to the plan],” said Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh while addressing the crowds in Ramallah.

“These people sent a message to President Abbas that we stand behind you to bring down the deal of shame,” he added.

Meanwhile, clashes broke out between Palestinians and Israeli forces after dozen of protesters marched to an Israeli military checkpoint north of Ramallah.

Palestine’s official Wafa news agency quoted witnesses as saying that Israeli soldiers “showered the Palestinians with teargas canisters,” and fired rubber bullets in an attempt to disperse the protesters.

The Palestinians responded by pelting the soldiers with stones and by burning tires.

The Palestinian Red Crescent said 12 Palestinians were injured in the clashes, including two shot by Israeli rubber bullets.

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According to Carter, deal of the century designated by Trump administration and its allies, “Breaches international law regarding self-determination, the acquisition of land by force, and annexation of occupied territories.”

In a statement issued by his office, Carter also affirmed, “The new US plan undercuts prospects for a just peace between Israelis and Palestinians. If implemented, the plan will doom the only viable solution to this long-running conflict, the two-state solution,” CNN reported.

Therefore, he urged UN member-states to adhere to UN Security Council resolutions and to reject any unilateral Israeli implementation of the proposal by grabbing more Palestinian land.

He argued, “By calling Israel ‘the nation-state of the Jewish people’, the plan also encourages the denial of equal rights to the Palestinian citizens of Israel.”

Trump’s so-called peace plan recognizes Israeli sovereignty over most of the Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and the Jordan Valley, as well as an undivided Jerusalem in the middle of it.

Jimmy Carter, 95, who is the longest-living president in the United States history, has frequently spoken out since losing re-election in 1980.

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TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Algeria and Kuwait foreign ministries in separate statements rejected Trump’s administration’s peace plan of ‘Deal of Century’ and emphasized the right of the Palestinian nation in setting up an independent state.

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According to Al-Mayadeen’s report on Monday, Trump’s so-called peace plan —which he calls the “deal of the century” — would see a trilateral agreement signed between Israel, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Gaza-based Hamas resistance movement.

New Palestine

Under the deal, a “new Palestinian state” would be established in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, excluding the Israeli settlement blocs that would remain part of the occupied territories.

Shared Jerusalem al-Quds

Additionally, Jerusalem al-Quds — whose eastern sector was occupied by Israel during the Six-Day War in 1967 and illegally annexed — would not be split in the agreement but would rather be “shared” between Israel and the Palestinian state, with the Arab population of the city becoming residents of Palestine.

The Jerusalem al-Quds municipality would become responsible for the entire city, while the Palestinian state would be responsible for education and would pay the Israeli municipality taxes and utilities.

Jews would not be allowed to purchase Arab homes and vice versa, while no additional areas would be annexed to Jerusalem al-Quds and the city’s holy sites would preserve their status quo.

Al-Aqsa custodianship shifts to Riyadh

Meanwhile, the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which is currently administered by the Waqf — an arm of the Jordanian Ministry of Sacred Properties — will be put under Saudi Arabia’s control.

Egypt gives territory to new Palestine

Regarding the Gaza Strip, the draft deal stipulates that Egypt would grant land to the new Palestinian state for the purpose of setting up an airport and factories in the Hamas-run coastal enclave, agriculture and for commercial use, “without permitting the Palestinians to live in them.”

Moreover, a highway and a pipeline for treated water would be built between Gaza and the West Bank.

$30bn funding

The wealthy Persian Gulf Arab states, the United States and the European Union would economically sponsor the Washington-crafted deal, providing 70, 20, and 10 percent of the funds, respectively.

“An amount of $30 billion will be allocated over a period of 5 years for projects related to the new Palestinian state,” the purported draft deal said.

The contribution provided by the Persian Gulf countries would be split between them based on their oil-producing capabilities.

Palestinians pay for protection

Furthermore, an agreement would also be signed between Israel and the new Palestinian state, with the Tel Aviv regime providing protection to Palestine from “external aggression,” while the Palestinians pay for it.

The amount that the Palestinians pay for protection would be negotiated between the Arab nations and Israel.

Timetable for ‘disarming’ Hamas, building Palestinian airport

Upon the signing of the so-called peace plan, Hamas would hand over its weapons to Egypt and its members would receive monthly salaries from Arab nations.

The Gaza borders would also be opened to international trade through the sea and the crossings with the occupied lands and Egypt.

A year after the agreement is implemented, elections would be held in Palestine.

All Palestinian prisoners would be gradually released from Israeli prison over a period of three years.

Within five years, a seaport and airport would be constructed for the Palestinian state. Until that time, Palestinians use Israeli ports.

The borders between Palestine and the occupied lands would be open to the passage of civilians and goods.

A Chinese company would build a highway that rises 30 meters above the ground connecting Gaza to the West Bank.

The Jordan Valley would remain under Israeli control. Highway 90 would be expanded to link the Palestinian state with Jordan.

Penalties for objection

If Israel rejects the deal, the US will end economic support for the regime.

If Hamas and the PLO oppose the agreement, Washington will end all financial support it provides to the Palestinians and prevents other countries from doing so.

If the PLO accepts the plan and Hamas or the Islamic Jihad dismiss it, then the two groups would bear the responsibility of their decision.

In any military confrontation between Israel and Hamas, the US will support Israel.

The yet-to-be-unveiled deal has already been unanimously rejected by all Palestinian factions.

That US plan on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — which is widely reported to be biased towards the Tel Aviv regime — has already been unanimously rejected by all Palestinian factions.

The US unveiled the economic potion of its initiative during a conference in Bahrain in June despite a Palestinian boycott.

Palestinians stopped recognizing the US as a mediator in the conflict with the Tel Aviv regime in 2017 after Trump recognized occupied Jerusalem al-Quds as Israel’s “capital” in defiance of international law.

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