Preacher: Trump peace plan is second Balfour Declaration, denounces “plots” against Palestinians
Official PA TV, excerpt of Friday sermon by unknown preacher at the Surda Mosque in Ramallah
Unknown Palestinian preacher:"We are the decision makers… and we will not accept [an edict] from Britain… and will not accept an additional promise, such as that of [British Foreign Secretary at the time Arthur] Balfour, from anyone. And the so-called 'deal of the century’ (i.e., US President Donald Trump's as yet unpublished Middle East peace plan) – the deal of the century is the new Balfour Promise (i.e., Declaration) and a crime that joins the world’s crimes against our Palestinian people. This promise will not pass, and this deal will not pass, this ‘slap’ that no reasonable person would accept and no Muslim would accept… We the owners of the right, and we the owners of this land, will not agree to a promise like the Balfour Promise while we are striving to smash the first Balfour Promise.
We will say to them: The time has already passed when our people agreed to the existence of such oppressive agreements.
And this motivates us to talk about the plots that are being woven against our people at this time. Large plots, from near and far, from axes and states in the region, and from America and Israel. They are trying to disband our people, to crush the unity of our land, to desecrate our holy sites, and to turn us into cantons – and we will not accept this. And hence the Palestinian Central Council’s decisions to emphasize the Palestinian people’s rights, about protecting the Palestinian right to the entire land, and to freedom, self-determination, and unity between the members of our people."