PALESTINIAN leaders accused Israel of rushing to implement US President Donald Trump’s so-called “deal of the century” today and condemned an “economic war” against Gaza and the West Bank.

The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was intent on moving ahead with the details contained in Mr Trump’s  “peace plan,” which it blasted as an “act of hostility” against the Palestinian people.

The plan was unveiled by Mr Trump last week at a White House press conference with the Israeli leader at his side. No Palestinian representatives were present.

It gifts Israel sovereignty over illegal settlements and paves the way for the annexation of the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank.

Jerusalem would become the undivided capital of Israel, a proposal that has inflamed tensions since the city is of cultural and religious importance to Palestinians.

Under the plan, the Palestinian capital would be relegated to a West Bank suburb and, crucially, separated from the al-Aqsa mosque.

The PLO warned that it represented “a serious threat to … the foundations of international law,” insisting that the organisation would not sign what amounts to a surrender agreement where “victims are stripped of life and property.”

Mr Trump’s plan also Israel provides for Israel annexing large parts of the occupied territories and the “ethnic cleansing” of around 300,000 Palestinian citizens of Israel – both crimes under international law.

PLO officials called on the international community to reject the “deal,” warning that they would be complicit in violations of international law if they support it.

Thousands of people joined a protest in Tel Aviv on Saturday organised by the socialist Stand Together movement.

Backed by the Israeli Communist Party and former Israeli soldiers’ group Breaking the Silence, the demonstrators vowed to “end the occupation” and called for “peace not annexation.”

Israel has increased economic pressure on Palestine by refusing to import vegetables from the occupied territories, causing a loss of $55 million (£42.2m) a year.

The announcement was denounced as forming part of an “economic war” against Gaza and the West Bank.

Former Jordanian prime minister Abdel-Raouf al-Rawabdeh said his country faced an “economic blockade” due its support for the Palestinians.

He said that he expects loan and aid conditions to be tightened due to Amman’s position on the deal.

A meeting of Organisation of Islamic Co-operation foreign ministers in Saudi Arabia called yesterday for member states to refuse to co-operate with the US plan’s implementation.