DOHA: The “Deal of the Century”, a back channel U.S.-backedIsrael-Palestine peace plan, is now in the implementation phase with thesupport of “major Arab countries”, Hamad bin Jassem Al Thani, a formerQatari prime minister, said.

Bin Jassem made the assertion in a series of Tuesday tweets in which heremarked on the relocation one day earlier of Washington’s Israel embassyfrom Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

The U.S. administration has cryptically referred in the past to a “Deal ofthe Century” — an alleged backchannel plan aimed at reaching a finalsettlement of the decades-long Mideast conflict.

Some observers, however, including bin Jassem, believe the plan — ifimplemented — will come at the expense of Palestinian rights.

“The ‘Deal of the Century’ is now being implemented step by step with thesupport of major Arab countries,” bin Jassem tweeted on Tuesday.

“Tell me,” he added, “what will the price be for this?”

The former prime minister did not name the “major Arab countries” to whichhe was referring. “I assume that the price, no matter what it is, will notbe equal to the abandonment of our national priorities and rights,” he said.

“Unfortunately, the Arab world has entered a dark tunnel not only in termsof this issue — despite its importance — but in terms of all internationaland domestic issues,” bin Jassem added.

“All the statements [on Israeli atrocities] … are in vain; they [Arableaders] are complicit in what is happening,” he asserted.

On Monday, scores of Palestinian demonstrators were martyred near the GazaStrip’s eastern border with Israel by intense cross-border Israeli armygunfire.

Turkey responded to the v-iolence by recalling its amba-ssadors to both theU.S. and Israel “for consultations”.