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i24NEWS - AFP
February 01, 2020, 04:14 PM
2 min read
AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File
FILE - Israeli Arabs wait to vote in Israel's general election at a polling station in the northern Israeli Arab village of Umm Al-Fahm Tuesday Feb. 10, 2009
'This situation is very serious, and it makes me very afraid,' says resident of Umm al-Fahm
In the Israeli Arab town of Umm al-Fahm residents are scared and angry over US President Donald Trump's peace plan which provides an option to have them as part of a future Palestinian state.
At the same time, the "deal of the century" would give the Jewish state a green light to annex territory in the West Bank, where more than 400,000 Israelis live in settlements.
In Umm al-Fahm, a hilltop town of over 50,000 people in northern Israel, locals are aghast at a clause on page 13 of the 181-page plan, which would barter their Israeli citizenship.
As part of an exchange of territory, the Trump deal, entitled Peace To Prosperity, could transfer control of the Arab "triangle" -- a cluster of 14 towns and villages where more than 260,000 Israeli Arabs live -- from Israel to a mooted Palestinian state.
"The Vision contemplates the possibility, subject to agreement of the parties, that the borders of Israel will be redrawn such that the Triangle Communities become part of the State of Palestine," reads the text published by the White House.
But triangle residents find it a bitter pill to swallow.
"We don't take this lightly. This situation is very serious, and it makes me very afraid," said Rosine Zaid, sitting in an Umm al-Fahm cafe. "We're not going to let that happen," adds her friend Lubna Asali, between sips of coffee.
"We are ready to defend our land. We are against this program," said 16-year-old Abdel.
https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/isra...dr0Ww-I-2x9l2aEJciG85NgiRNTivhouSPJGIAYX2EebI
February 01, 2020, 04:14 PM
2 min read
AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File
FILE - Israeli Arabs wait to vote in Israel's general election at a polling station in the northern Israeli Arab village of Umm Al-Fahm Tuesday Feb. 10, 2009
'This situation is very serious, and it makes me very afraid,' says resident of Umm al-Fahm
In the Israeli Arab town of Umm al-Fahm residents are scared and angry over US President Donald Trump's peace plan which provides an option to have them as part of a future Palestinian state.
At the same time, the "deal of the century" would give the Jewish state a green light to annex territory in the West Bank, where more than 400,000 Israelis live in settlements.
In Umm al-Fahm, a hilltop town of over 50,000 people in northern Israel, locals are aghast at a clause on page 13 of the 181-page plan, which would barter their Israeli citizenship.
As part of an exchange of territory, the Trump deal, entitled Peace To Prosperity, could transfer control of the Arab "triangle" -- a cluster of 14 towns and villages where more than 260,000 Israeli Arabs live -- from Israel to a mooted Palestinian state.
"The Vision contemplates the possibility, subject to agreement of the parties, that the borders of Israel will be redrawn such that the Triangle Communities become part of the State of Palestine," reads the text published by the White House.
But triangle residents find it a bitter pill to swallow.
"We don't take this lightly. This situation is very serious, and it makes me very afraid," said Rosine Zaid, sitting in an Umm al-Fahm cafe. "We're not going to let that happen," adds her friend Lubna Asali, between sips of coffee.
"We are ready to defend our land. We are against this program," said 16-year-old Abdel.
https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/isra...dr0Ww-I-2x9l2aEJciG85NgiRNTivhouSPJGIAYX2EebI
