Trump-Gulf-Israel ‘Peace’ Plan Seeks Palestinian Surrender

• Trump-Gulf-Israel ‘Peace’ Plan Seeks Palestinian Surrender
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  Through violence, coercion, and bribery, Israel, the U.S., U.A.E., and Saudi Arabia want Palestinians to give up their rights under international law, and accept limited sovereignty in a weak, divided territory. But, growing non-violent resistance in the Occupied Territories and solidarity efforts around the world — such as a new settlement boycott in Ireland — make Palestinian surrender a pipe dream, says Rami Khouri.
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  TRNN video & transcript:
  AARON MATE: It’s The Real News. I’m Aaron Mate. This is Part 2 with Rami Khouri. He is a syndicated columnist, professor of journalism at the American University of Beirut, and Nonresident Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School.
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  Rami, so in Part 1 we spoke about this growing alliance between Israel, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and the Trump administration trying to put pressure on Iran. Let’s speak now about how this dynamic fits into the issue of the Palestinians, with Israel growing closer to the Gulf monarchies. We’re speaking today on the hundredth day of the Great March of Return in Gaza, where Palestinians have gone out every week in these nonviolent protests, have been gunned down en masse by Israeli forces. And this coincides with reports that the UAE and Saudi Arabia and Israel have been teaming up to put pressure on the Palestinians. There have been reports of proposals, including Egypt being pressured to take on Gaza residents as citizens; also of the Gulf monarchies funding massive humanitarian projects in Gaza as a way to sort of try to convince Palestinians to give up on Hamas, and also pressure the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank. Your sense of how all these players now, what their designs are when it comes to Palestine?
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