Palestinians planning ‘popular uprising’ against Trump’s plan The Palestinians said on Sunday that they are planning a “popular uprising” later this month to protest US President Donald Trump’s upcoming plan for peace in the Middle East. The protests, scheduled for June 25 and 26, will coincide with the launching of the US-led economic workshop in Bahrain – where the US administration plans to unveil the economic portion of its long-awaited plan. The Palestinian Authority leadership has called on Palestinians and Arabs to boycott the Bahrain conference. Representatives of PLO factions, Palestinian civil society organizations and independent Palestinian personalities called on all Palestinians to participate in the protests against Trump’s peace plan and the Bahrain conference. They issued the call after a meeting in el-Bireh, the twin city of Ramallah. Wasel Abu Yusef, member of the PLO Executive Committee, said that Sunday’s meeting was the first in a series of gatherings to arrange “popular activities to confront American-Israeli schemes aimed at eliminating the rights of the Palestinian people.” The Palestinians, he said, need to engage in “struggling action to foil the ‘Deal of the Century’ and its economic aspect, and voice their rejection of all American policies.” Abu Yusef pointed out that the Palestinians were in agreement about boycotting the Bahrain workshop and urging Arabs to follow suit, “because the rights of the Palestinian people can’t be traded for money.” The planned protests will take place at “friction points” and not inside Palestinian cities, he added, implying that Palestinians should protest at IDF checkpoints. The protests will be coordinated with Arab-Israeli leaders and Palestinians living in refugee camps and communities around the world, the PLO official said. Tayseer Khaled, another senior PLO official, said it was time for the Palestinians to “change the rules of engagement with the policy of the US administration and the Israeli government.” Khaled called for a “comprehensive national revolt” against Israel. “The political options the Palestinians are facing have become clearer than ever,” he added. “The big changes in the policy of the US administration and its unprecedented and unlimited support for Israel’s hostile settlement policy and absolute denial of the national rights of the Palestinian people, require us to change the rules of engagement with the policies of the US administration and the government of Benjamin Netanyahu.” -Fair use- Their desperate at this point. When all else fails, violence and name calling is in order. Their worn out tactics don't play well with America or Israel. They can't be the bully on the block any longer! TR orthodox pentecost this year is this coming sunday, june 16... Thanks Sis, good to know! Blessings to you and may leave together this next weekend. It's also Father's Day! TR This certainly revives our hope in a short term date! Now I'm excited again. Either way I'll be jumping up and down Sat night and see if I get stuck on a cloud! Funny the old Roy Rogers and Dale Evans song "Happy Trails" just popped into my mind. Can't explain it, so I'll just go with it! TR Is Roy Rogers the owner of the hamburger restaurant? We used to have one right down the road from us in NJ. Thank you Regina for pointing that facto about this Sunday being the Orthodox Pentecost day! And it just so happens to fall on Father’s Day, wow ... kind of fits in with “a day you think not” since most people will be busy planning their fellowship day with their earthly fathers .... could it be we will finally be caught up in the presence of our Heavenly Father on that day? Woohoo .. I’m getting excited! Roy Rogers was a television cowboy, with his own t.v. show. He was the king of the cowboys and he sang. And his horse was a golden palamino called Trigger. His dogs name was bullet. He and his wife Dale were believers. Google him and his song. TR :mail: for TR and family in Christ. maybe pentecost. maybe today... Thanks for the memories. TR Thank you TR and Regina for the memories! Roy Rogers and Dale Evens were role models for a generation of children looking up to them...including me! I read that as he was dying, he suddenly opened his eyes, smiled and lifted up his arms...and was gone. How beautiful...that's the way to go if the rapture doesn't come first...which I really believe it will...maybe this month!!!!! :flyup:
The protests, scheduled for June 25 and 26, will coincide with the launching of the US-led economic workshop in Bahrain.
By Khaled Abu Toameh
June 10, 2019
As the song says, happy trails to until we meet again!
