Author Bishara concludes this story: “For decades the Palestinians were seen as the torchbearers in the fight against colonialism throughout the world. Today, their struggle for freedom and justice symbolizes the struggle against US-supported tyranny throughout the Middle East.”
We Hold These Truths agrees, and we urge readers to consider the truth and wisdom of Bishara’s words as he asks the suffering Gazans not to accept a phony state when it is offered to them as part of a plan that will destroy the Middle East. That plan is all but being revealed in events of this past week.
A plan for what could lead to perpetual war has been unfolded this week in the acts of the current US political leadership.  And we sense, where we can not see, a more powerful hand at work for war behind our President. This “unseen hand” is forcing us toward war, first in the Middle East and then in Russia, by the placement of unfair and illegal sanctions and tariffs on Turkey and Russia.  This will be the subject of our series on the International Bankers, and how they control our President.
Here is a hint to think about. The key lies in our President’s undisclosed tax returns that neither he, nor the international bankers who lend money to him, want you to see.  A possible title for the series to come is: The Trumped-Up Criminal Assault on World Peace.
The Palestinians who continue to revolt against their open air jailers are brave indeed.  May we, as Christ followers, be so courageous when our turn comes, even as Jesus and the 13 were.                      –  Editor CECarlson
Palestinian demonstrators hold a representation of an Israeli flag with pictures of Donald Trump and Mohammed bin Salman during a protest in the Gaza Strip, on April 13 2018 [Abu Mustafa/Reuters]

, Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst

What are Palestinians to do if “deal of the century” offers them a state?

The “deal of the century” that President Trump has promised will resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict may be easily dismissed in terms of its substance, considering the extremist views of its authors, but it will have to be dealt with eventually – one way or another.
For the past 18 months, the president’s senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner, along with his cohorts, Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and Middle East Special Envoy Jason Greenblatt, have been preparing the grounds for a great bargain between Israel and “moderate” Arab regimes, notably Egypt and Saudi Arabia – one that would end the Palestinian problem, allow for normalization of relations, and pave the way for a new strategic alignment against a surging Iran.
Judging by their smirks and statements, Kushner and Company have succeeded in tightening the noose around Palestine in complicity with Egyptian and Saudi leaders and are now waiting for the right time to unleash a diplomatic blitzkrieg.
But how could such a trio of staunch supporters of Israeli settlement expansion come up with a deal that merits the moniker “deal of the century?”  One that is comprehensive and acceptable to both Israel and the Arabs, who insist on a two states solution that includes East Jerusalem?…

But how could the Palestinian leadership accept a demilitarized half state on half of the West Bank and an isolated Gaza Strip, one that lacks contiguity and sovereignty – a state that looks more like Swiss cheese than it does the Swiss federation?  And how can they forego a fair solution for the millions of refugees?
Palestinian and Arab pragmatists argue, as they did in favor of the Oslo accords a quarter of a century ago, that inaction means isolation and irrelevance, and that there’s no choice but to take-and-build, engage and try to extract as many compromises as possible.
The realists counter that it’s the Oslo logic that led the Palestinians to the present dire circumstances, and that the biased Trump administration cannot be trusted as a sponsor of any deal.
But as the debate on the merits and mockeries of Trump’s “deal of the century” continues, the Palestinians must first and foremost unite and remain steadfast until the political shock waves of what appears to be a shockingly bad deal withers.  Fingers crossed, Trump and Company could be gone in two years.
For decades the Palestinians were seen as the torchbearers in the fight against colonialism throughout the world.  Today, their struggle for freedom and justice symbolizes the struggle against US-supported tyranny throughout the Middle East.
It is their historical calling.  How will they answer?

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