The proposed peace deal for Israel and Palestine announced by United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday is clearly unfair to the Palestinians and will only perpetuate the injustices they have long endured, the Prime Minister's Office said.

In a statement today, it said the so-called “deal of the century” is heavily one-sided, seeking to reward Israel as the occupier at the expense of occupied Palestine and its people.

“Malaysia finds the proposal utterly unacceptable and believes the Palestinians have every right to reject it,” it said.

It underscored that Palestine, an aggrieved party that has been subjected to the prolonged Israeli illegal occupation, was never directly involved or even consulted in the formulation of the proposal.

In this regard, the PM's Office said Malaysia stands by its position that the creation of an independent state of Palestine through the two-state solution, based on the pre-1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine, is the only viable solution to the Palestine-Israel conflict.

“Malaysia will continue to support concrete and honest efforts to find a just and lasting solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on the international law and relevant United Nations resolutions through negotiations involving the parties concerned,” it added.

- Bernama