Trump donation to Israeli settlement sign of intense racism: Activist
US President-elect Donald Trump donated $10,000 to the Israelis in 2003 to support constructions in an illegal settlement, located in the occupied Palestinian territories. The money was transferred by the Donald J. Trump Foundation through an American NGO raising funds for the Beit El settlement.
A human rights activist believes Donald Trump’s contribution to this illegal Israeli settlement is another sign of his “intense racism”.
“As you have noticed, Trump is the most openly racist President elected since the US civil war. This is a man who has called Mexicans rapists, this is a man who has called for a total ban on all Muslims entering the United States, this is an openly racist … who is proud of it,” Blaine Coleman told Press TV in an interview on Monday.
He went on to say that Israel has been murdering Palestinians and stealing their land constantly under US Presidents from Harry Truman to Barack Obama.
The activist further argued the only way to stop Trump from giving more massive support to Israel is through expanding the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
Coleman further opined that Trump’s pick for US ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, is a “public enthusiast” for these current illegal settlements.
He also asserted that every inch of Israel is an illegal settlement.
Over half a million Israelis live in more than 230 illegal settlements built since the 1967 Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem al-Quds.
All Israeli settlements are illegal under international law. Tel Aviv has defied international calls to stop the settlements expansion in the occupied Palestinian territories.
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