RAMALLAH, Saturday, June 15, 2019 (WAFA) – The American so-called deal of the century is stumbling and is changing course, today said Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for President Mahmoud Abbas.

“The American conspiracy has stumbled and is changing course and the reason for that is the Palestinian rejection (of the deal) and the clear position of the President from Jerusalem, refugees and the national constants, which are the milestone that forced the conspiracy against the Palestinian people to stagger,” he said in a statement.

He said that the deal of the century has been scaled down to a workshop, in reference to the US-sponsored economic workshop planned to open in the Bahraini capital, Manama, on June 24.

“The true goal of the economic project is to circumvent political negotiations based on the international legality, which will definitely hit a dead-end,” said Abu Rudeineh, who is also Minister of Information in the Palestinian government.

“The US administration and the international community should not try solutions that were tested over the past 70 years and have failed,” he said.

Meanwhile, dozens of Palestinians representing political and civil groups gathered in downtown Ramallah today to protest the deal of the century and the Manama workshop and in support of the leadership’s strong rejection of the American plans.

They raised banners and shouted slogans denouncing the deal and the workshop, stressing that real peace comes only through the recognition of Palestinian rights in their historic homeland.

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