Rotten plan

Once again, Donald Trump stunned the world, especially Muslims, by unveiling his Middle East peace plan. By no means will this plan help restore peace and stability to the region because it is biased to the core towards Israel. Instead of ameliorating the suffering of the persecuted Palestinians, this deal has added to their miseries. Israeli PM Netanyahu welcomed the move and thanked Trump for showering Israel more than what it deserves whereas the Palestinian authority President Mahmoud Abbas rejected the lopsided plan which is squarely against the hopes and aspirations of Palestinians. It seems that this plan has offered all the disputed territories to Israel on a platter, from the Golan Heights to Jerusalem and almost half of the West Bank. Furthermore, Palestinian refugees will be denied the right to return to their homeland. In short, the plan has paved the way for the Israeli colonization of Palestinian lands.

The only solution to the longstanding Palestine conundrum is to implement the UN Security Council Resolution 242 in letter and spirit which stipulates that Israel must confine itself to its 1967 borders. Surprisingly, in all this drama, staged by Donald Trump and the Zionist lobby, the entire Islamic world and the European nations are acting as silent spectators. It is time that the OIC, which was established to safeguard the rights of Islamic states, also intervened and pressured Washington to revisit this unfair plan so that the Palestinians may be allowed to live freely in their own state.

Muhammad Fayyaz Nawrha

Mianwali