[[{"content_id":"3609","domain_id":"0","lang_id":"en","portal_id":"2","owner_id":"83","user_id":"2","view_accesslevel_id":"0","edit_accesslevel_id":"0","delete_accesslevel_id":"0","editor_id":"0","content_title":"Trump\u2019s 'deal of century' meant to liquidate Palestinian cause","content_number":"","content_date_event":"2020-02-16 20:25:18","content_summary":"US President Donald Trump's so-called deal of the century on the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict is meant to liquidate the Palestinian cause, says the secretary general of Lebanon's resistance movement Hezbollah.","content_summary_fill":"1","content_body":" \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n“It is not a deal. It is Trump’s proposal in order to eradicate the Palestinian cause. None of the Palestinian factions would approve the plan. This is fundamental to frustrating the US scheme,” Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised speech broadcast live from the  Lebanese capital city of Beirut as he addressed supporters on Sunday afternoon.\r\n\r\n\r\nHe hailed the Lebanese nation’s outright rejection of Trump’s Middle East plan, and described it as a danger to Lebanon.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nHamas lauds West Bank resistance against deal of century, urges unified front\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\nHamas has lauded the actions of West Bank Palestinians in rejecting the so-called "deal of the century".\r\n\r\n\r\nNasrallah said the most perilous element of the deal is the naturalization of Palestinian refugees in Arab countries such as Lebanon, urging that the plan only serves Trump’s interests and advances his plans in favor of the Israeli regime.\r\n\r\n“The Trump administration has recently committed two crimes: Firstly, the assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) and their companions (near Baghdad International Airport on January 3); and secondly, the announcement of the deal of the century.”\r\n\r\n\r\nNasrallah described the Trump administration as the most arrogant, unjust and corrupt in the history of the United States, emphasizing that Washington’s crimes have ushered in the beginning of direct confrontation with resistance forces in West Asia.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nUS deal violates UN resolutions, Palestinian sovereignty: Abbas\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\nPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says the plan proposed by the US for the Middle East is in breach of UN resolutions and Palestinian sovereignty.\r\n\r\n\r\n“Arabs and Muslims need to forge a united resistance front in order to confront the Great Satan (an epithet for the United States of America),” Nasrallah stated.\r\n\r\nElsewhere in his remarks, the Hezbollah secretary general called on the people of Lebanon to boycott products made in the US as Washington is trying to use the economic leverage to make the Arab country give in to its demands.\r\n\r\nHe also urged Arab and Muslim nations to stop pegging their currencies to the US dollar, and move toward devaluation of the American currency.\r\n\r\nMoreover, Nasrallah urged all Iraqis to give a befitting response to the assassination of Soleimani and Muhandis, fully support the PMU – better known by the Arabic word Hashd al-Sha’abi – in the face of US plots to pull the plug on the forces, expel American forces from Iraq and expand Baghdad’s role in the region.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nUS crossed ‘all red lines’ by assassinating Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, Nasrallah says\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\nNasrallah says Washington crossed all red lines by assassinating top Iranian military commander Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani.\r\n\r\n\r\nIn retaliation for the cowardly airstrike by US terrorists that assassinated General Soleimani, Abu Muhandis and their companions, the IRGC on January 8 fired a number of ballistic missiles at Ain al-Asad air base in Iraq’s western province of Anbar, which houses American troops.\r\n\r\nTrump initially reported that "no Americans were harmed" but subsequent reports revealed that troops were injured in the attack, largely with concussions from the missile blasts.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nOver 100 US forces diagnosed with brain injuries from Iran strikes: US officials\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\nThe Pentagon had stated weeks after the strikes that the numbers were expected to increase.\r\n\r\n\r\nThe US military on February 10 disclosed a more than 50% jump in cases of traumatic brain injury stemming from Iran’s missile attack, with the number of the soldiers diagnosed climbing to over 100.\r\n\r\nThe Pentagon, in a statement, confirmed that so far 109 US service members had been diagnosed with the injury. It claimed that 76 of them had returned to duty.\r\n\r\nOn January 5, Iraqi lawmakers unanimously approved a bill demanding the withdrawal of US troops.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nIraqi lawmakers approve bill to expel US forces from country\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\nThe lawmakers, in line with their national and regulatory responsibilities, singed the four-point draft.\r\n\r\n\r\nLater on January 9, former Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi called on the United States to dispatch a delegation to Baghdad tasked with formulating a mechanism for the move.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nIraq wants US to set up mechanism for withdrawal of troops\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\nIraq\r\n\r\n\r\nThe 78-year-old politician said at the time that Iraq rejects violation of its sovereignty, particularly the US military's violation of Iraqi airspace in the act of terror.\r\n\r\nThe US State Department bluntly rejected the request the following day.","content_html":"

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\u201cIt is not a deal. It is Trump\u2019s proposal in order to eradicate the Palestinian cause. None of the Palestinian factions would approve the plan. This is fundamental to frustrating the US scheme,\u201d Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised speech broadcast live from the\u00a0 Lebanese capital city of Beirut as he addressed supporters on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

He hailed the Lebanese nation\u2019s outright rejection of Trump\u2019s Middle East plan, and described it as a danger to Lebanon.<\/p>\n\n

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Hamas lauds West Bank resistance against deal of century, urges unified front<\/a><\/div>\n\n

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Hamas has lauded the actions of West Bank Palestinians in rejecting the so-called \"deal of the century\".<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

Nasrallah said the most perilous element of the deal is the naturalization of Palestinian refugees in Arab countries such as Lebanon, urging that the plan only serves Trump\u2019s interests and advances his plans in favor of the Israeli regime.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cThe Trump administration has recently committed two crimes: Firstly, the assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) and their companions (near Baghdad International Airport on January 3); and secondly, the announcement of the deal of the century.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

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Nasrallah described the Trump administration as the most arrogant, unjust and corrupt in the history of the United States, emphasizing that Washington\u2019s crimes have ushered in the beginning of direct confrontation with resistance forces in West Asia.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

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US deal violates UN resolutions, Palestinian sovereignty: Abbas<\/a><\/div>\n\n

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says the plan proposed by the US for the Middle East is in breach of UN resolutions and Palestinian sovereignty.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

\u201cArabs and Muslims need to forge a united resistance front in order to confront the Great Satan (an epithet for the United States of America),\u201d Nasrallah stated.<\/p>\n\n

Elsewhere in his remarks, the Hezbollah secretary general called on the people of Lebanon to boycott products made in the US as Washington is trying to use the economic leverage to make the Arab country give in to its demands.<\/p>\n\n

He also urged Arab and Muslim nations to stop pegging their currencies to the US dollar, and move toward devaluation of the American currency.<\/p>\n\n

Moreover, Nasrallah urged all Iraqis to give a befitting response to the assassination of Soleimani and Muhandis, fully support the PMU \u2013 better known by the Arabic word Hashd al-Sha\u2019abi \u2013 in the face of US plots to pull the plug on the forces, expel American forces from Iraq and expand Baghdad\u2019s role in the region.<\/p>\n\n

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US crossed \u2018all red lines\u2019 by assassinating Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, Nasrallah says<\/a><\/div>\n\n

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Nasrallah says Washington crossed all red lines by assassinating top Iranian military commander Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

In retaliation for the cowardly airstrike by US terrorists that assassinated General Soleimani, Abu Muhandis and their companions, the IRGC on January 8 fired a number of ballistic missiles at Ain al-Asad air base in Iraq\u2019s western province of Anbar, which houses American troops.<\/p>\n\n

Trump initially reported that \"no Americans were harmed\" but subsequent reports revealed that troops were injured in the attack, largely with concussions from the missile blasts.<\/p>\n\n

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Over 100 US forces diagnosed with brain injuries from Iran strikes: US officials<\/a><\/div>\n\n

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The Pentagon had stated weeks after the strikes that the numbers were expected to increase.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

The US military on February 10 disclosed a more than 50% jump in cases of traumatic brain injury stemming from Iran\u2019s missile attack, with the number of the soldiers diagnosed climbing to over 100.<\/p>\n\n

The Pentagon, in a statement, confirmed that so far 109 US service members had been diagnosed with the injury. It claimed that 76 of them had returned to duty.<\/p>\n\n

On January 5, Iraqi lawmakers unanimously approved a bill demanding the withdrawal of US troops.<\/p>\n\n

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Iraqi lawmakers approve bill to expel US forces from country<\/a><\/div>\n\n

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The lawmakers, in line with their national and regulatory responsibilities, singed the four-point draft.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

Later on January 9, former Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi called on the United States to dispatch a delegation to Baghdad tasked with formulating a mechanism for the move.<\/p>\n\n

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The 78-year-old politician said at the time that Iraq rejects violation of its sovereignty, particularly the US military's violation of Iraqi airspace in the act of terror.<\/p>\n\n

The US State Department bluntly rejected <\/a>the request the following day.<\/p>\n<\/div>","content_source":"","content_url":"","content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2020-02-16 20:25:18","content_date_finish":"2020-02-16 20:25:18","content_date_register":"2020-02-16 20:28:18","content_date_last_edit":"2020-02-16 20:28:18","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"0","content_show_related_img":"0","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"1","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"0","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","tag_id":null,"tag_word":null,"tag_service":null,"tag_total":null,"tag_soundex":null,"attach_token":"2488262392","attach_date_register":"2020-02-16 20:28:16","attach_id":"7327","attach_file_ext":"jpg","attach_file_header":"image\/jpeg","attach_img_type":"2","attach_img_width":"869","attach_img_height":"484","attach_file_media":"1","attach_show_watermark":"0","score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"582","visit_date_last":"2024-11-02 09:59:07","attach_title":"Trump\u2019s 'deal of century' meant to liquidate Palestinian cause\r\n 2","node_title":"News,Ordinary","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":98, \"left\":2, \"right\":11},{\"node_id\":127, \"left\":66, \"right\":67}]","node_number":"2","allowable_node":"2"}]]