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The Embassy of the State of Palestine, in Jakarta on Wednesday (05/02/2020), held an event in support of the Palestine cause and rejection of, what it terms, the “illegal deal of the century”. Speaking at the event, the Deputy Ambassador of the State of Palestine to Indonesia Taher Hamad, gave a passionate speech about the history of Palestine and told the audience how the "Deal of the Century" ignores many of the finer details.

“They keep the Jewish settlement on Palestinian land which was occupied in 1967. And there is around 136 settlements in West bank and Jerusalem with 720,000 settlers. The second reason, there is any United Nation resolution, the right of the refugees to return back to their homeland. We reject this deal because of the refugees,” he said.

He also noted that the deal doesn’t address the thousands of Palestinian prisoners who are currently held in Israeli jails. He said the history of Palestine provides for the rights of Muslims and Christians to peacefully practice their religion and called upon the Muslim and Christian communities from across the world to reject this deal.  He thanked the Muslim community of the world and the US Congress for their support and also thanked the American people who held protests in New York against this deal. (VOI/SAYEE SHREE L.R/AHM)