Palestinian messages to Trump

On the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration as the new President of the United States, in his long speech he addressed the exchange deal, and was content to say that the prisoners had returned to their homes in the Middle East one day before he arrived at the White House, without referring to the fundamental issues in our region, foremost among which is the need to stop the aggression against our Palestinian people in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and to establish a Palestinian state.

Trump is excused if he does not realize the fact that there is a defenseless people who are still suffering from the occupation’s measures and oppressive practices over many years. However, if Trump really wants the world and history to remember him as a peacemaker, he must deal with the urgent Palestinian messages directed at him from under the rubble of Gaza, most notably the presence of more than 11,000 missing persons as a result of the devastating Israeli war, and that the Gaza Strip needs 600 trucks to enter daily to secure food and medicine for the population. Does Trump know that hundreds of thousands of families in the Strip are homeless, and that they immediately and urgently need more than 200,000 tents and 60,000 homes? Does Trump know that 800,000 male and female students are still deprived of education due to the destruction of educational bodies and institutions, most notably schools, institutes, colleges and universities? Does Trump know that Gaza has no mosques, minarets or churches to hold prayers?

Trump must acknowledge and admit that Israel has committed a genocidal war against the Palestinian people, resulting in more than 47,000 martyrs, thousands under the rubble, more than 11,000 injured citizens, and tens of thousands disabled, amputated, and in need of emergency operations.

We will keep your statements, Mr. President, and keep them in the records, that you said yesterday that your strength will stop wars in the world forever, and that it will bring a new spirit of unity to a world that was angry, violent and completely unpredictable, and that you want your legacy to be that you are makers of peace and unity, and on this basis we say to you, here is Mr. President Mahmoud Abbas, the President of our State, our Authority and our Organization, which is considered the sole legitimate representative of our Palestinian people, and on behalf of our people, he was one of the first presidents in the world to send you warm congratulations on assuming your duties, addressing you with readiness to work with you to achieve peace during your term, according to the two-state solution based on international legitimacy, the State of Palestine and the State of Israel to live side by side in security and peace, and to achieve security and stability in our region and the world.

Our Palestinian messages to Trump are messages to the core. The national, humanitarian and moral duty requires that they be presented based on the values, customs and traditions of our people who love justice, peace, security and reassurance. We hope that the elected American president will keep his promises and that the crises, wars and problems in our region will end forever.