Protest held in Lebanon against Bahrain conference on Palestine

People have taken to the streets in the Lebanese capital of Beirut to protest against a United States-sponsored conference in Bahrain where Washington aims to unveil parts of what it calls a “deal” on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The protesters rallied on Tuesday, condemning US President Donald Trump’s so-called deal and calling it a plot against the Palestinians.

Meanwhile, Lebanon’s official National News Agency reported that schools run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre as well as businesses there also closed as the Palestinian refugees staged a strike and sit-ins in condemnation of the conference in Bahrain and the wider plan on Tuesday.

Rallies are also set to be held in the Palestinian refugee camps of the city in protest against the plan, which Trump himself calls “the deal of the century.”

All Palestinian factions have boycotted the event, slamming Washington for what they view as an attempt to offer financial rewards for Palestinians to accept the Israeli occupation.

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