Trump's fake 'peace plan' is permanent apartheid for Palestine

01/29/20 • 14 min

President Trump was joined by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to unveil the so-called "deal of the century" at the White House. Attorney and author Noura Erakat says Trump's so-called "peace plan" is a con that seeks to cement Israeli apartheid for Palestinians in the Occupied Territories. Guest: Noura Erakat. Human rights attorney, legal scholar, Assistant Professor at Rutgers University, and author of Justice for Some: Law and in the Question of Palestine.

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