Trump plan 'aims to cement Israel's apartheid rule': BDS movement

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has slammed Trump's Israel-Palestine plan, calling it the "final nail in the coffin of the moribund 'peace process'."

In a statement sent to Middle East Eye on Monday, the movement said: "The plan Trump hatched with Israel's far-right government aims to cement Israel's apartheid rule over the Palestinian people. It is the final nail in the coffin of the moribund 'peace process', making BDS the most effective response.

"Trump's so-called 'deal of the century' endorses Israel's longstanding policy of permanent occupation, colonialism and apartheid over the Palestinian people, and gives Israel the green light to continue to commit war crimes and human rights violations," it said.

The BDS movement, which is inspired by the campaign that targeted South Africa's apartheid regime, has three primary objectives: 

• The end of Israeli occupation of Palestinian land and dismantling of Israel's illegal separation wall and settlements in the occupied West Bank
• Full equality for Palestinian citizens of Israel
• And for the rights of Palestinian refugees to be upheld as stipulated by the United Nations