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| Palestinians print a poster by Donald Trump on May 21, 2017, two days before the US President's visit to Bethlehem. |
With our special envoy to Bethlehem, Marine Vlahovic
Bethlehem, the birthplace of Christ, also hosts one of the largest Palestinian refugee camps in the occupied West Bank. And if the US president has set himself the goal of relaunching the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, in Dheisheh's overcrowded camp, many are skeptical about the outcome of this express visit.
At the entrance to the Dheisheh camp, Muhannad al-Qaissi posts about Donald Trump's visit to Bethlehem, which he considers unnecessary. " Because he will not see how people live here in Palestine, he will go to the other side of the separation wall without seeing him, " he said. It happens as if we were living in paradise as if we were not living in occupied territory, so his visit here is not going to help us. "
Another reality
Dheisheh is a 1-square-kilometer gray concrete labyrinth, with 13,000 inhabitants facing shortages of water and electricity. Another reality of the conflict, says Salah Abu Laban, a 60-year-old who can not help drawing up the list of US presidents who have worked in vain for peace. " Before Trump, Obama visited the West Bank, before it was Clinton, who could not do anything, " he said. Trump arrives, we can say that we have a little hope but at the bottom, we are disappointed. "Read Trump To Meet Abbas And The Old Palestinian Dream Of Independence
Disappointed before they even heard the statements of Donald Trump and Mahmoud Abbas, both determined to revive a peace process that the Palestinians find it difficult to place their hopes on.
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