Al-Bireh, West Bank - 18 November 2020

1. Palestinian demonstrators marching against U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's expected tour of winery in Israeli settlement

2. Palestinian officials and activists holding Palestinian flag

3. Various of demonstrators marching

4. Demonstrators burning tires, with Psagot settlement in background

5. Demonstrators near burning tire

6. Smoke rising, Psagot settlement in background

7. Demonstrators holding balloons

8. Balloons

9. Demonstrators launching balloons into air

10. Balloons in air

11. Press conference organised by a group of Al-Bireh residents, many of whom are American citizens, who say the settlement has gobbled up their land

12. SOUNDBITE (English) Muneef Traish, Al-Bireh Municipality Council Member:

"We urge you to pass this message to the American people, to the people all over the world because of what Mr. Pompeo is trying to do, he is trying to get legitimacy to the settlement activities in the West Bank against all rules and resolutions passed by the United Nations and by all international organisations."

13. Press conference

14. SOUNDBITE (English) Sam Bahour, Palestinian-American businessman:

"This settlement is one of a hundred or so settlements throughout the West Bank - all of them are illegal no matter who visits them or who does not. Lastly I would say, before I came to this press conference and this demonstration, I contacted my lawyer in Ramallah and we are currently seeking a way to issue a warrant for the arrest of Pompeo for trespassing on Palestinian private lands. This is an illegal act, it is an act of a failed administration (of President Donald Trump), trying to make himself relevant when he is one month away from being a nobody."

15. Various of demonstrators holding signs against Pompeo's visit

16. Sign reading (English): "Trump and Pompeo, Americans have voted you out - concede"

17. Protesters holding sign

18. Demonstrators holding Palestinian flags, Psagot settlement background

19. Smoke rising from burned tire, settlement in background

Palestinians demonstrated in the West Bank city of Al-Bireh on Wednesday against U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's expected tour of a West Bank winery in an Israeli settlement this week.

It will be the first time a top American diplomat has visited an Israeli settlement, a parting gift from an administration that has taken unprecedented steps to support Israel's claims to war-won territory.

The Psagot winery, established in part on land the Palestinians say was stolen from local residents, is part of a sprawling network of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Pompeo's expected visit, reported by Israeli media but not officially confirmed, would mark a radical departure from past administrations, which frequently scolded Israel over settlement construction — to little effect.

President Donald Trump has already broken with his predecessors by recognising contested Jerusalem as Israel's capital and repudiating the decades-old U.S. position that settlements are inconsistent with international law.

Trump's Mideast plan, which overwhelmingly favored Israel and was immediately rejected by the Palestinians, would have allowed Israel to annex nearly a third of the West Bank, including all of its settlements.