Which US president will be better for the Palestinians?

As the American presidential race heats up, Palestinians are weighing up its likely impact on their hopes to see an end to carnage in Gaza and rising annexationist pressures in the occupied West Bank.

While there is a sense in the West Bank that Kamala Harris’s replacing Joe Biden at the head of the democratic ticket could be positive news, many see looming disaster if Donald Trump wins, based on his actions during his first term and what they view as his flawed personal values.

“Business people don’t care about things except for money and profit and loss,” leading Palestinian businessman Samir Hulileh, CEO of the West Bank conglomerate Palestine Development and Investment Ltd (PADICO) told The Jewish Independent.