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When the outgoing President of the United States, Donald Trump, leaves the White House next January, the Palestinians will have to remember the most important decisions he made, which had a great impact on the course of the Palestinian question today.
Although traditional American politics have been fully and unabashedly supportive of Israel since its establishment in 1948; However, the Palestinians consider Trump the worst of all.
The Palestinians do not believe that the new president, Joe Biden, will do them justice and fulfill their national aspirations. However, at least he will not take “crazy” positions, like those adopted by his predecessor, which would have exploded the fragile political and field situation, according to statements issued by Palestinian leaders.
US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, known for his strong support for Israel, confirmed earlier this November that Trump would work – if he wins a second term – to develop policies that change the Middle East.
“We are in a position to change things in the Middle East, within the next 100 years,” Friedman said in an interview with the Israeli newspaper “Jerusalem Post.”
Anadolu Agency monitors the most prominent decisions made by the Trump administration against the Palestinian question and in favor of Israel:
1- Recognition of Jerusalem as the united capital of Israel
On December 6, 2017, Trump announced that his administration would recognize occupied Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and would move its embassy to Jerusalem.
Recognizing Jerusalem as the united capital of Israel and moving the US embassy to it is one of the most prominent decisions of Trump (Al Jazeera)2- Transfer from the United States Embassy to Jerusalem
On May 14, 2018, the US administration moved its embassy from Tel Aviv to occupied Jerusalem, and Trump said at the time that moving the embassy “removes the Jerusalem file from any (Palestinian-Israeli) negotiations.”
3- Cut all aid to the Palestinian government
On August 2, 2018, the US administration decided to cut off all aid to the Palestinians, including direct and indirect aid to the treasury.
4- Cut US aid to UNRWA
On August 3, 2018, Washington cut all aid to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), worth $ 365 million, after it froze about $ 300 million in January of that year. A great financial crisis for the agency.
5- Stop supporting Jerusalem hospitals
On September 7, 2018, the US State Department announced that it had withheld $ 25 million, intended to provide assistance to the 6 Palestinian hospitals in Jerusalem. It provides medical services to Palestinian residents of the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and Gaza.
6- Closure of the office of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Washington
On October 11, 2018, the US administration closed the office of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Washington, after the latter presented an official notification to the Palestinian leadership, on September 10 of the same year.
Days after that notification, the US administration expelled, on September 16, the Palestinian ambassador to it Husam Zomlot and his family from their country.
Prior to this, on September 10, 2018, the bank accounts of the Palestine Liberation Organization were closed.
7- Merger of the US consulate with the embassy in Jerusalem
On October 18, 2018, the Trump administration decided to merge its consulate general in occupied Jerusalem, which is considered a channel of communication with the Palestinians, with its embassy in the city (the channel of communication with the Israelis).
8- Recognition of Israel’s sovereignty over the Syrian Golan Heights
As part of Trump’s support for Israel, on March 25, 2019, he recognized Israel’s sovereignty over the Syrian Golan Heights, occupied since 1967.
The Trump administration had an “undeclared” intention to change the Palestinian leadership (Anatolia)9- Legalization of settlements
In a move against the resolutions of international legitimacy, the Secretary of State of the United States, Mike Pompeo, announced on November 19, 2019 that his country no longer considers that the Israeli settlements in the occupied territories “violate international law.”
10: Announcing the Deal of the Century
In January 2020, Trump announced the Middle East peace plan known as the “Deal of the Century,” which the Palestinians said sought to liquidate their cause, and they categorically rejected it.
The plan includes a major violation of Palestinian national rights and calls for the establishment of self-government, under the name of a “state”, over residential areas that are not geographically connected and that will divide Israeli settlements.
11: Support the Israeli annexation plan without issuing a decision
The Trump administration supported Israel’s annexation of much of the occupied West Bank to its sovereignty, as Tel Aviv was scheduled to begin this operation on July 1, 2020; But he postponed it for undisclosed reasons.
On October 29, the United States said, according to the US president’s envoy to the Middle East, Avi Berkowitz, that the Israeli plan to annex Palestinian land in the West Bank was postponed until the completion of normalization processes between Israel and the Arab countries.
The Israeli plan includes the annexation of the Jordan Valley and all the settlements, which is equivalent to approximately 30% of the occupied West Bank.
12: Replacement of Jerusalem with Israel as “the birthplace of its citizens.”
On October 30, the US State Department announced that it would allow US citizens born in Jerusalem to choose to include Israel or Jerusalem as their place of birth.
In compliance with this decision, the US Embassy in Israel issued, on the 31st of the same month, the first US passport, which replaced the place of birth with Israel, instead of Jerusalem.
13: An “unspoken” intention to change the Palestinian leadership
On September 19, the Israel Today newspaper, close to Netanyahu, quoted US Ambassador Friedman as saying that Washington is considering replacing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas with the ousted leader of the Fatah movement, Muhammad Dahlan.
But the newspaper denied, after about 9 hours, that Washington intended to change the Palestinian leadership.
14: Leading Arab Normalization with Israel
Starting in mid-September, the Trump administration led the official normalization processes between the Arab countries and Israel, which the Palestinians see as an attempt to destroy the Arab and Islamic incubator for them, especially since it takes place before the end of the occupation. Israeli.
As of the end of last month, the number of countries printed with Israel, sponsored by the United States, reached 3: the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain (on September 15) and Sudan (October 23).
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