Summary
President of the United States whose administration’s January 2020 “Deal of the Century” plan opens the Conclusion of Invited to Witness — Solidarity Tourism across Occupied Palestine, as the colonial use of tourism against which Palestinian solidarity tourism is read (Invited to Witness — Solidarity Tourism across Occupied Palestine, PDF p.262-263).
Details
- In one of his many final belligerent — though not anomalous — acts before leaving office, in January 2020 he issued a 181-page “Deal of the Century”, a continuation of US-backed Israeli state policy intent on annexing as much land as possible, including a bright and cheery note on tourism “gifting” Palestine with investments in tourism (PDF p.262).
- The plan, authored by Jared Kushner, is cited by Kelly to the Trump White House, “Peace to Prosperity” (Conclusion notes 1-2, PDF p.302).
- Its presidency frames the book’s running account of US complicity: Biden’s May 2021 authorization of a $735 million weapons sale to Israel is recorded by Kelly as continuing the “continuity of the settlement enterprise” through Trump’s presidency (PDF p.80-81).
Related pages
Invited to Witness — Solidarity Tourism across Occupied Palestine, Jared Kushner, Peace to Prosperity, Solidarity Tourism