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Palestinian Authority slams 'colonial' Trump letter 'endorsing Israel's West Bank annexation'

Palestinian Authority slams 'colonial' Trump letter 'endorsing Israel's West Bank annexation'
The Trump letter appears to endorse Israeli plans to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank.
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15 August, 2022
The Ramallah based PA rejected Trump's so-called 'Vision for Peace' [Getty]

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has slammed a that appears to show former US President Donald Trump's endorsing Israel's plans for theÌý.

The letter, released by The Jerusalem Post on Sunday, appeared to contradict claims by Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner that hinted former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced plans to annex the occupied Palestinian territories unilaterally.

In the letter - which has been condemned by the PA - Trump allegedly gave Netanyahu the gren light to annex the West Bank territoriesÌýtwo days before the then US president his so-called peace plan.

The PA foreign ministry said Trump's 'Vision for Peace'Ìýwas: "official piracy and extension of the ominous Deal of the Century".

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"[It is] an integral part of the previous US administration’s endorsement of, and absolute support for, the occupation and its racist expansionist colonial projects," it added.

It added that Trump's "anti-peace plan" gaveÌýno legal validity to Israel's plannedÌýannexation of West Bank settlements, which the roadmap envisioned.

Trump's so-called Deal of the Century would give Israel huge tracts of the occupied West Bank - including illegal settlement lands and the Jordan Valley - leaving Palestinians withÌýslivers of land that were effectively controlled by Israel.

The deal was unanimously denounced by Palestinians and led to worsening relations between the PA and Washington.

The international community were also sceptical of the planned deal, viewing two states based on Israeli-PalestinianÌý1967 boundaries as the most credible solution to the crisis.

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