When Palestinian leaders learned that the release of U.S. President Donald Trump's
Middle East plan was imminent, they swiftly announced a "day of rage" - a gritty, oft-used call for resistance against Israel.
As in past decades, critics are branding the
Palestinians as naysayers, continually rejecting offers of a settlement in the hope, so far futile, of something better to come.
Contrary to expectations, Trump did propose a "two-state" solution for the conflict - but with strict conditions that would leave any future Palestinian state under near-complete
Israeli security control.