Above all, however, as explicated upon below, Israel’s colonial expansion and forcible transfer policies are underpinned by the enduring failure of the Oslo peace process, political conditional funding, deterioration of Palestinian refugees’ rights and living conditions and simultaneous attacks on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), and growing Israeli impunity amongst the international community. 1.3.2. Deceased Oslo Peace Process: Deal of the Century and Arab-Israeli Normalization In January 2020, the US announced the details of the ‘Deal of the Century.’ While former US President Trump perceived it as a “historic opportunity for the Palestinians,”151 many have actually referred to it as the final nail in the coffin of the peace process. The proposal discussed the creation of a non-contiguous, capitulated Palestinian ‘self-governing Palestinian state’ with Israeli-regulated borders, and connected by Israeli-controlled bridges, tunnels, and roads. It further proposed denying the Palestinian refugee right to return, and rather refocus efforts on forced resettlement in Arab states. The Palestinian Authority (PA) rejected the proposal and officially withdrew from US-brokered negotiations.152 As for the Palestinian people, many of them are leaning towards abandoning the peace process as a whole. In a survey conducted by BADIL in April 2021, it was found that 92.7 percent of Palestinian youth believe that the peace process was not only a failure, but it also facilitated Israeli colonization.153 It was additionally demonstrated that 74 percent of youth reject the two-state premise that the process is built on, advocating for an abolishment of such an approach and the peace process as a whole.154 Importantly, the all-around prioritization of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations and revival of the peace process is currently on the back burner. This is justified by two primary factors. Firstly, all concerned actors, namely Israel, the PA, the US, the European Union (EU), and the Arab states alike,155 are benefiting from the status quo; the former is enabled to aggressively advance its colonial intents by means of annexing Palestinian lands while the 151 Anne Gearan, Steve Hendrix and Ruth Eglash, ‘Trump announces long-awaited Israeli-Palestinian peace package amid doubts it will lead to progress’ (The Washington Post, 28 January 2020) <https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ trump-set-to-release-long-awaited-mideast-peace-package-seen-as-generous-to-israel/2020/01/28/883e3d50-41d311ea-b5fc-eefa848cde99_story.html> accessed 3 October 2022. 152 Reuters in Cairo, ‘Palestinians cut ties with Israel and US after rejecting Trump peace plan’ (The Guardian, 1 February 2020) <https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/01/palestinians-cut-ties-israel-us-trump-peace-plan> accessed 3 October 2022. 153 BADIL, Palestinian Youth Perspectives (n 65), 24. 154 Ibid, 40. 155 The Biden Administration has clearly indicated that it feels free from any commitment towards a new peace process, which in turn relieves it from the need to make any direct political intervention. Likewise, the EU does not have an independent policy towards any peace processes and instead follows the US’s strategy, and the Arab States have increasingly deprioritized the Palestinian issue, either because they are overloaded with their own conflicts and issues or because they are directly benefitting from their deals with the US and Israel. 28