Palestinians protest Arab normalisation deals with Israel

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Palestinians in the the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah protest against the normalisation agreements on Tuesday [Atef Safadi/EPA] Palestinians in the the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah protest against the normalisation agreements on Tuesday [Atef Safadi/EPA]
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Hundreds of Palestinians protested Tuesday in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip, denouncing the Emirati and Bahraini normalisation agreements with Israel as rockets were fired into the country.

The deals, brokered by the United States, were signed on Tuesday at the White House, where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Bahraini and Emirati officials.

Clutching Palestinian flags and wearing face masks for protection against the coronavirus, demonstrators rallied in the West Bank cities of Nablus and Hebron and in Gaza. Dozens also took part in a demonstration in Ramallah, home of the Palestinian Authority (PA).

Banners were displayed reading "Treason", "No to normalisation with the occupier", and "The agreements of shame".


UAE and Bahrain sign historic deals in US with Israel

Palestinian demonstrator Emad Essa from Gaza said if people walk through the coastal enclave "you'll see hundreds of Gazan youth who have lost their legs and got crippled for life for just for merely protesting against the Israeli blockade".


"And in the West Bank and Jerusalem, the Israeli bulldozers continue to demolish Palestinian homes and ethnically cleanse the Palestinians out of their villages and cities on a daily basis," Essa told Al Jazeera.

"That's just the tip of the iceberg of Israeli crimes against the Palestinians, and the UAE and Bahrain somehow chose to reward Israel for these crimes by making agreements with it. The deals are stains of shame on the forehead of those leaders who sold the Palestinian cause for a very cheap price."

Protesters trampled pictures of Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump, Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan before they were burned.

The ceremony in Washington, DC marked the first such significant agreement between Arab countries and Israel in a quarter-century.

PA President Mahmoud Abbas said that only Israel's withdrawal from occupied territories can bring peace to the Middle East.

"Peace, security, and stability will not be achieved in the region until the Israeli occupation ends," he said in a statement after the signing ceremony, condemned by Palestinians as a "betrayal" of their cause.

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Palestinians in Gaza City attend a protest against the agreement between Israel and the UAE and Bahrain [Mohammed Saber/EPA]

The Palestinian Unified National Command of Popular Resistance called for protests to reject the normalisation deals. In a statement, it called for Friday to be considered "a day of mourning in which black flags are raised in all squares, buildings and homes".

Activists on social media launched the hashtag "Black Day" in Arabic to mark the two Gulf states' official recognition of Israel.


Sami Abu Zuhri, a Hamas spokesman, said the Bahrain and UAE agreements would not bring Israel peace in the region. "Peoples of the region will continue to deal with this occupation as their true enemy," he said.



In Ramallah, the de facto capital of the PA, there was a small protest at which 200 people gathered in a central square.

Mohammad Mohanna, a Palestinian protester from Hebron, said: "We call on the UAE and Bahrain to backtrack from the agreement with Israel and go back to being supportive of the Palestinians in the same way we've always known them to be, and we wish no other Arab country would ever make an agreement with Israel.


"At a time where companies in the West are boycotting Israel, two Arab countries are about to make trade agreements with it."

The secretary of the central committee of the Fatah Party, Jibril Rajoub, told reporters "what is happening today in Washington is a form of collapse of the official Arab order".


Translation: On this black day, the traitors' signatures on the agreements of shame and humiliation is not worth the ink they wrote in. Palestine is the cause of the free people and will remain the compass of revolutionaries.

Rockets fired from Gaza

Two rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel at the same time the ceremony was being held. Sirens sounded in the cities of Ashkelon and Ashdod just north of the Gaza Strip.

The Magen David Adom emergency service said paramedics treated and evacuated two people with non-life-threatening wounds from shrapnel. No group claimed responsibility.

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Protesters burn mock coffins of the UAE and Bahraini agreements in front of the United Nations office in Gaza City [Adel Hana/AP]

Osama Hasan, who took part in the protests in Hebron, called the normalisation agreement a "stab in the back of the Palestinians".

"Despite the heartbreak over it, we have always known the road to freedom is long and hard, and needs patience and sacrifice," he said. "We will keep walking that road and keep fighting until we earn our freedom and establish the Palestinian state.

"The Palestinian people are here to stay ... Our resolve, resilience, and steadfastness will not be affected by those who let us down and abandoned us."

Demonstrator Ibrahim Ouda told Al Jazeera that the Palestinian people are uniting against "all the conspiracies that are meant to undermine Palestinians' rights".

"If Israel wants peace, then the only way real peace can happen in the region is through giving us our freedom and ending the occupation," Ouda said.

Meanwhile, dozens of Bahrainis took to the streets to protest the deal the kingdom signed with Israel. There were at least two small demonstrations in northern areas of Bahrain, where protesters chanted anti-Israel slogans and stepped on Israeli flags amid a heavy police presence.


The Bahraini opposition Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society wrote on Twitter: "At the moment of treason and when they sign on the conspiracy against al-Quds [Jerusalem] and Palestine, we shout God is Great, God is Great."

Ali Adam in Gaza City contributed to this report

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It is a failed cause, Palestinians can't have their cake, and eat it too. They are too demanding, they must be willing to settle for less than what they can get or be stuck in the status quo.
 

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Short of the story: Arab countries have sold palestine for whatever they are going to receive in next years, it is not money obviously, they have plenty of it.
Win -win for all sides, US will sell weapons, Israel secures herself with new allies+ creates a proper buffer zone against Iran, Arab leaders can buy cutting edge weapons to secure themselves against Iran.
I am even surprised why the deal was this delayed, i rather assumed it to be done decades ago.

Syria is gone, Iraq is gone, Libya is gone, Egypt is pro-israel, Arab peninsula is pro-israel guess the only remaining is Iran.
 

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What this confirms that Israel officially won.

Palestinians got backstabbed by their own Arab brothers and sisters.
 

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Then al Quds, they said:
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A nation of 8.8 million has checkmated hundreds of millions of Arabs. It's astonishing.

Well the Arabs had many chances to destroy Israel they failed hard.

What can I say to be honest they have no chance in beating israel as USA behind the country not to mention they have nukes.

Palestinians lost hard as their arab brothers failed them for decades.
 

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It is a failed cause, Palestinians can't have their cake, and eat it too. They are too demanding, they must be willing to settle for less than what they can get or be stuck in the status quo.
The Jordanian Kingdom from the beginning betrayed the Palestinian cause. Jordan and Israel cooperated during Yom Kippur War. Documents reveal King Hussein of Jordan had to keep up appearances in Arab world, but he secretly worked with Israel to help them win the war.
 

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Well the Arabs had many chances to destroy Israel they failed hard.

What can I say to be honest they have no chance in beating israel as USA behind the country not to mention they have nukes.

Palestinians lost hard as their arab brothers failed them for decades.
So true. The Arabs betrayed each other to the benefit of Israel so many times.
 

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It is a failed cause, Palestinians can't have their cake, and eat it too. They are too demanding, they must be willing to settle for less than what they can get or be stuck in the status quo.
"It is a failed cause, Palestinians can't have their cake, and eat it too. They are too demanding, they must be willing to settle for less" : Wow. The most disgusting comment of treason I've ever heard. A reflection of your king Hussein's treason who in 1973 called Golda Meir to warn her about the upcoming Arab attack on Israel, therefore granting Israel a victory in that war. Palestine obviously doesn't need people who make comments such as yours, but at least be quiet when you can't have in you the courage and bravery to defend just causes. Yours is a language that describes the submission and weakness of the Arab regimes of today. Surrender and obedience to their occupier and master Israel.
 
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"It is a failed cause, Palestinians can't have their cake, and eat it too. They are too demanding, they must be willing to settle for less" : Wow. The most disgusting comment of treason I've ever heard. A reflection of your king Hussein's treason who in 1973 called Golda Meir to warn her about the upcoming Arab attack on Israel, therefore granting Israel a victory in that war. Palestine obviously doesn't need people who make comments such as yours, but at least be quiet when you can't have in you the courage and bravery to defend just causes. Yours is a language that describes the submission and weakness of the Arab regimes of today. Surrender and obedience to their occupier and master Israel.
Some people really enjoy the suffering of others.
 

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It is a failed cause, Palestinians can't have their cake, and eat it too. They are too demanding, they must be willing to settle for less than what they can get or be stuck in the status quo.
Send this National Anthem to your half-British king :

"We are soldiers in revolt for truth
And we have fought for our independence.
So we have taken the noise of gunpowder as our rhythm
And the sound of machine guns as our melody,
We are determined that Algeria should live,
So be our witness -be our witness -be our witness!"

And send me your National Anthem to compare if you may. :)

What a world we are living in.
 

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It is a failed cause, Palestinians can't have their cake, and eat it too. They are too demanding, they must be willing to settle for less than what they can get or be stuck in the status quo.
You are the perfect Apologist for Israel. If Israel was on Algeria's border, it would have been defeated a long time ago. Real men make wars, not big talk.
 

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You are the perfect Apologist for Israel. If Israel was on Algeria's border, it would have been defeated a long time ago. Real men make wars, not big talk.
Iraq does not border Israel yet it send lots of its forces in 1948, 1967 and 1973 wars. Algeria has not.
 
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