Thirteen Palestinians have been injured by Israeli forces as thousands demonstrated against the US president’s so-called peace plan in the occupied West Bank.
Protesters walked through the streets of Gaza city, chanted slogans to show their rejection to the deal. They lifted banners such as “The one who doesn’t own [USA], grants who doesn’t deserve [Israel],” and “The deal of shame shall not pass.”
One person was taken to the hospital after being hit with a rubber bullet in the city of Ramallah and 12 others suffered exposure to tear gas.
Information Commissioner of Fatah, Munther Al-Hayek, called on the Palestinian people to ” to be present to announce the days of anger before the world.”
Palestinians have denounced Trump’s so-called ‘deal of the century’ to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas calling on all Palestinian factions for a meeting on Tuesday to coordinate a unified action.
Trump unveiled his set of proposals for the Middle East peace process in a joint statement with Israel Prime Minister in Washington DC on Tuesday.