[rad-green] Denouncing Trump Plan as 'Unacceptable,' Sanders Declares It Is Time to 'End the Israeli Occupation'

*https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/01/28/denouncing-trump-plan-unacceptable-sanders-declares-it-time-end-israeli-occupation
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Dreams          January 28, 2020Denouncing Trump Plan as 'Unacceptable,'
Sanders Declares It Is Time to 'End the Israeli Occupation'"Trump's
so-called 'peace deal,'" warned the White House hopeful, "will only
perpetuate the conflict, and undermine the security interests of Americans,
Israelis, and Palestinians."by Jessica Corbett, staff writer*

[image: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)]

*Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate,
speaks during a press conference to introduce college affordability
legislation outside the U.S Capitol in Washington, D.C on June 24, 2019.
(Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)*

After U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday unveiled
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his
long-awaited "peace deal" for the Israel-Palestine conflict, Sen. Bernie
Sanders condemned the proposal as "unacceptable" and called for an end to
Israel's decades-long occupation of Palestinian territories.

Sanders (I-Vt.), a top candidate in the Democratic Party's 2020
presidential primary race, responded to Trump's plan in pair of tweets,
envisioning a U.S. policy that promotes "a just and durable agreement."

The tweets aligned closely with a statement from the senator's office, in
which Sanders said any acceptable deal "must end the Israeli occupation
that began in 1967 and enable Palestinian self-determination in an
independent, democratic, economically viable state of their own alongside a
secure and democratic state of Israel."

Sanders, who would be the first Jewish president, added that "Trump's
so-called 'peace deal' doesn't come close, and will only perpetuate the
conflict, and undermine the security interests of Americans, Israelis, and
Palestinians."

The White House hopeful's comments Tuesday were not the first time Sanders
has spoken out in recent months for the Palestinian people. In October
2019, the senator suggested
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using
the billions of dollars in military aid that the United States supplies to
Israel each year to pressure Netanyahu's government to end its horrific
treatment of Palestinians.

The following month, Sanders was praised
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by
progressives for saying during the Democratic presidential debate that "we
must treat the Palestinian people with the respect and dignity they
deserve."

Sanders was far from the only lawmaker to decry
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Trump's
new plan, which was drafted under the direction of Jared Kushner—the
president's son-in-law and senior adviser—and unveiled
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at
the White House with Israeli Prime Benjamin Netanyahu.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), one of Sanders' rivals in the primary
race, tweeted <https://twitter.com/ewarren/status/1222235684708196353> Tuesday
that "Trump's 'peace plan' is a rubber stamp for annexation and offers no
chance for a real Palestinian state."

"Releasing a plan without negotiating with Palestinians isn't diplomacy,
it's a sham," Warren added. "I will oppose unilateral annexation in any
form—and reverse any policy that supports it."

As Warren noted, Palestinian leaders have not been involved with crafting
Trump's deal. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said
<https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51288218> in a televised
address Tuesday: "I say to Trump and Netanyahu: Jerusalem is not for sale,
all our rights are not for sale and are not for bargain. And your deal, the
conspiracy, will not pass.

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