In the aftermath of Trump’s announcement of the so called ‘deal’ in January 2020, we are faced with an unprecedented situation that resurrects from the dead a South African style apartheid system and aims to give it legitimacy on the international level. The announcement will have serious ramifications on Palestinian lives and rights, and on the global order. This paper will reveal the dehumanizing and unlawful aspects of the "deal", including its implications for Palestinian sovereignty, the fate of the Palestinians in Israel in the area known as the Triangle, of Palestinian refugees, and those living in Gaza or in Jerusalem.
This paper should cogently answer what the deal says and what it doesn’t say, and act as a legal commentary for use by Palestinian movements, scholars, legal experts, policy makers, and human rights organizations.
