The United States is demanding the Palestinian people to “deny their own nation” by recognizing Israel as “the national homeland of the Jews,” an analyst says.
“The proposal by Secretary of State John Kerry that the Palestinian people recognize Israel as “the national homeland of the Jews” is a demand that the Palestinians liquidate their own aspirations and deny their own nation and its origins,” said Ralph Schoenman, author, “Hidden History of Zionism.”
“This is a relentless continuous elimination of the Palestinian people,” he told Press TV on Sunday.
The London-based Arabic al-Hayat newspaper reported Saturday that Kerry is trying to find a solution by changing the definition of Israel.
The Obama administration has been trying to nudge Israelis and Palestinians towards a peace framework.
The latest US quest for a long-elusive “peace deal” between Israel and Palestine has shown little sign of progress since the top US diplomat revived direct talks in July 2013 after a three-year deadlock.
In January, Kerry arrived in Tel Aviv and immediately headed for al-Quds (Jerusalem) to broker negotiations aimed at creating a Palestinian state alongside Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accuses the Palestinian leaders of not being committed to negotiations.
However, Palestinian authorities say that Israel’s refusal to stop building settlements in the occupied territories is one of the stumbling blocks to the US-brokered direct talks.
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