Updated January 31st, 2020 at 19:01 IST

Protest in West Bank over Trump peace plan

Groups of Palestinians gathered on Friday in the West Bank village of Bilin to protest US President Donald Trump's plan to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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Groups of Palestinians gathered on Friday in the West Bank village of Bilin to protest US President Donald Trump's plan to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

They burned tyres by the separation barrier and one protester climbed a ladder to place a Palestinian flag atop the barrier.

Both Hamas and the Palestinian Authority have rejected Trump's plan, which would allow Israel to annex all of its Jewish settlements, along with the Jordan Valley, in the occupied West Bank.

The Palestinians were offered limited self-rule in Gaza, parts of the West Bank and some sparsely populated areas of Israel in return for meeting a long list of conditions.

Hamas has vowed that "all options are open" in responding to the proposal, but is not believed to be seeking war with Israel.

 

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Published January 31st, 2020 at 19:01 IST