‘What Trump Is Proposing Is No More Than An Apartheid System’ – Palestinian PM

Riyaz Patel

Israeli fighter jets carried out several airstrikes on the Gaza Strip Wednesday, with Israel’s army announcing an increased presence in the West Bank and around Gaza.

This as President Donald Trump’s controversial peace plan continue to spark outrage among Palestinians and beyond.

It’s reported that successive airstrikes were carried out in southern and northern Gaza Strip, with Israeli warplanes hovering over Gaza. Several explosions were heard. There has yet been no word on casualties or injuries.

Israel’s hawkish defense minister Naftali Bennett, called for Israel to establish sovereignty over nearly a third of the occupied West Bank, seemingly emboldened by Trump’s plan.

“Last night history knocked on the door of our home and gave us a one-time opportunity to apply Israeli law on all settlements in Samaria, Judea, the Jordan Valley and the northern Dead Sea,” Bennett said, using the Hebrew names for areas in the West Bank