Hundreds flock to US diplomatic compounds in Ankara & Istanbul to protest Trump’s Middle East peace plan (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)
Demonstrators have flooded the streets outside the US Embassy in Ankara and the consulate in Istanbul, venting their rage over the newly-unveiled ‘deal of the century’, which Turkey has slammed as an “annexation plan.”
Hours after the much-hyped Middle East peace plan was announced by US President Donald Trump, demonstrators in Turkey’s two biggest cities came out in force to protest the roadmap to peace that many argue is skewed in favor of Tel Aviv.
Videos posted on social media show demonstrators chanting slogans and waving Palestinian and Turkish flags as they march towards the US Embassy in the Turkish capital. The rally, organized almost on the spot shortly after Trump’s announcement, drew in a huge crowd. Many could be seen holding their smartphones up to the night sky, turning the streets into a sea of light.
YÜZYILIN ANLAŞMASINI REDDEDİYORUZ!Filistin için kıyama kalkıyoruz.📍İSTANBUL- ABD Başkonsolosluğu#FreePalestinepic.twitter.com/D6X9BqqWJA
— AGD Anadolu Gençlik (@agdorgtr) January 28, 2020
İstanbul, Filistin için kıyama durdu!#FreePalestinepic.twitter.com/46nCRLWZEP
— Saadet İstanbul (@SaadetIstanbul) January 28, 2020
Amerika’nın İstanbul Başkonsolosluğu önü... القنصلية الأمريكية في اسطنبول....#FreePalestine@PalinfoArpic.twitter.com/kUGM1dUbpx
— Ramazan Bursa (@RBursa) January 28, 2020
Hundreds turned out in Istanbul as well, voicing support for Palestinians who have already rejected the plan. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called it a “conspiracy deal,” adding that it would be impossible for Palestinians to accept a solution in which Jerusalem remains the US-recognized capital of Israel.
Genel Başkanımız Salih Turhan, ABD Büyükelçiliği önünde gerçekleştirilen basın açıklamasında konuşmalarını gerçekleştirdi.📍ANKARA - ABD Büyükelçiliği#FreePalestinepic.twitter.com/aMzkVAAimH
— AGD Anadolu Gençlik (@agdorgtr) January 28, 2020
ABD Büyükelçiliği önünde Filistin protestoları başladı pic.twitter.com/BryI493ob6
— Pvt III (@Tacticalprm) January 28, 2020
While the majority of US allies in the region have either expressed cautious optimism about the arrangement or endorsed it, Turkey has lambasted the “stillborn” plan, calling it an “attempt to kill the two-state solution” and annex Palestinian territory.
"We will always stand by the brotherly people of Palestine. We will continue to work for an independent Palestine within Palestinian lands,” the Turkish Foreign Ministry said.
Also on rt.com ‘Jerusalem is not for sale, your conspiracy deal will not pass’ – Abbas reacts to Trump's Middle East peace dealJordan is another regional power to staunchly oppose the plan as inherently flawed, noting that the only viable two-state solution is one that envisions a Palestinian state with pre-1967 borders and a capital in East Jerusalem. Trump’s deal predictably drew wrath from Iran, which called it the “treason of the century” and said it is doomed to fail.
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