BETHLEHEM, Friday, January 31, 2020 (WAFA) – Kairos Palestine, a leading Christian organization in Palestine, condemned today the so-called “deal of the century” plan announced by US President Donald Trump, describing it “an insult to history, humanity, the Palestinian people, and the American dignity itself.”

It said the American-Israeli proposal is in fact premised on consolidating Israeli control over all of Palestine‘s land, “making sure that the Palestinian people are subjected to this control, in return for economic promises that are closer to a deal for buying the people and their spirit with money.”

“This proposal seeks to legitimize the Israeli occupation and revoke the history of the Palestinian people and their legitimate inalienable rights, particularly the right of return for the Palestinian refugees and the right to self-determination in an attempt to eliminate the Palestinian question completely and definitively,” Kairos Palestine said in a statement.

It continued, “Jerusalem, the core of the conflict, cannot be declared by any human authority as being solely the capital of Israel. It is the capital of God and humankind as a whole, it is the capital for its Palestinian population as well. There can be no solution if that solution did not clearly reiterate the Palestinian right to the city.”

“In his declaration on Tuesday, President Trump did not offer anything towards this equality but rather consolidated further Israeli hegemony and Palestinians subjugation to it. This means that the conflict will continue, bloodshed will continue, hatred and inhumane treatment will persist,” added the organization.

The Christian group described the money offered to Palestinians under the deal as a “slap of insult to every Palestinian and to humanity as a whole, because it is reminiscent of the age of slavery when human beings were being traded, bought and sold for money.”

“Peace-making requires Mr. Trump and Israel‘s leadership to respect their own humanity, and respect the humanity of Palestinian people, dealing with them on the basis of shared humanity.”

The organization called upon churches and Christians across the globe to “stand up in the face of injustice against the Palestinian people and demand their countries to reject categorically the so-called ‘deal of the century‘, reiterating that neither peace nor justice can prevail unless justice is fulfilled, occupation is ended, and Palestinians are granted their full rights.”

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