Washington had hoped to launch their long-awaited peace plan this week to help ease tensions between Israel and Palestine in the region. But the 96-page document – masterminded by Mr Trump’s adviser Jared Kushner – was slammed for its alleged pro-Israel bias and lack of political focus. The full details will be presented in Bahrain at a summit on Tuesday – but the plan is still unlikely to gain any semblance of Palestinian approval.
Mr Kushner unveiled the plan as an ambitious – but feasible – path to peace in the contested region.
He added: “For too long the Palestinian people have been trapped in inefficient frameworks of the past.
“The Peace to Prosperity plan is a framework for a brighter, more prosperous future for the Palestinian people and the region and a vision of what is possible if there is peace.”
Hinging on a $50billion investment in the country over the next 10 years, the plan aims to create over one million jobs in Palestine and reduce the poverty rate by half.
One furious Gazan demonstrator said: “The Manama conference is a comedy show, a wedding without the bride.
“It will not succeed.”
Protests have gripped Palestine once again (Image: GETTY)
Mahmoud Abbas slammed the plan as unfeasible (Image: GETTY)
Another labelled the attending Arab states as “treasonous” and accused them of playing into the hands of Mr Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
However, protestors – marching in both the West Bank and Gaza – were quickly echoed by Palestinian leaders and allies.
Fatah boss Mahmoud Abbas rallied against the economic deal and said: "There will not be normalization with Israel before there is a political solution between the Palestinians and Israel.
"We will not be slaves or servants to Jared Kushner, (US
