Palestinian PM: Trump’s Mideast plan ‘will be buried’
The Palestinian prime minister lashed out Sunday at
U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to end the Mideast conflict, saying it
would be “buried very soon.”
Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Mohammad
Shtayyeh said the U.S. plan was “no more than a memo of understanding between
(Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu and Trump.”
Shtayyeh criticized the fact that the proposal would
leave a future Palestinian state fragmented and with “no sovereignty,” allowing
Israel to annex large parts of the West Bank. He urged other countries to
reject the Trump proposal while maintaining that Palestinians “are open to
serious negotiations.”
Shtayyeh suggested the Palestinians would seek to
increase pressure on Israel through international organizations, citing the
recent release by the U.N. human rights office of a list of more than 100
companies allegedly complicit in violating Palestinian human rights by
operating in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Referring to the upcoming Israeli election, Shtayyeh
said the difference between Israeli opposition leader Benny Gantz and Netanyahu
was “not more than the difference between Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola.”
