Since his inauguration as a US President, Donald Trump calls for the Palestinians ‘displacement from Gaza strip.
Mr. president Trump mentioned his plan for Gaza three times and to force the Palestinians in Gaza strip to depart from it, to go to Egypt – Sinia and Jordan by sending threats to both countries of forbidden them of US aids and will fight the US army if they refused.
The American president said the same plan during his interview with the Israeli’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu, and confirmed that Washington could take control of Gaza, and build the strip to be eventually turn the territory into the “Riviera of the Middle East.” as Gaza will be under the authority of US.
Trump has doubled down on his plans to take over Gaza, writing on his Truth Social account on Thursday that “the Gaza Strip would be turned over to the United States by Israel” after the end of hostilities.
He suggested that the Palestinians would be resettled in “far safer and more beautiful communities, with new and modern homes, in the region” and would “actually have a chance to be happy, safe, and free.”
The president stated that together with development teams from across the world, the US would “slowly and carefully” begin the construction of what would become “one of the greatest and most spectacular developments of its kind on Earth.”
“No soldiers by the US would be needed! Stability for the region would reign,” Trump wrote.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has praised Trump’s plan for Gaza as “remarkable”
“The actual idea of allowing Gazans who want to leave to leave. I mean, what’s wrong with that? They can leave, they can then come back, they can relocate and come back. But you have to rebuild Gaza,” Netanyahu said.
Then the Israeli government has unveiled plans to remove Palestinians from Gaza and force countries such as Egypt and Jordan as well in Europe that have been critical of West Jerusalem’s controversial war against Hamas to take in refugees from the enclave.
- Egypt’s official refusal to the US- Israeli plan
In an official press statement posted on X on Thursday, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said it absolutely rejects any plans to forcefully remove Palestinians from their territory, claiming that it would amount to ethnic cleansing.
Egypt has warned against plans to displace Palestinians from Gaza, calling them a violation of international law and the rights of the Palestinian people, which threatens the entire region’s stability.
The ministry reiterated its calls for an immediate and lasting ceasefire in Gaza and urged the international community to take action to halt hostilities and remove obstacles to humanitarian aid.
- Hamas and officials’ response to the Israeli’s plan
Hamas has vehemently rejected Trump’s proposal for Gaza, insisting the enclave belongs to its people and that they will not leave it.
The armed group’s spokesman, Hazem Qassem, has demanded an emergency Arab summit to confront the displacement project, calling Trump’s statement a declaration of will occupy Gaza.
“We do not need any state to run the Gaza Strip, and we do not accept replacing one occupation with another,” Qassem said. He added that rejecting Trump’s project is “not enough” and that Palestinian unity is necessary to “confront displacement.”
- UK doesn’t support the forced displacement for the Palestinians
The UK will oppose efforts to forcibly move Palestinians from Gaza to neighboring countries, Anneliese Dodds, Britain’s minister of state for international development, has said.
“There must be no forced displacement of Palestinians, nor any reduction in the territory of the Gaza Strip,” Dodds told Parliament on Thursday.
- Ireland rejects the American – Israeli plan to displace the Palestinians and settle in their country.
Ireland has hit out against Israel’s proposal to send Gazans to the country. Israel’s defense minister previously suggested Palestinians removed from Gaza could live in Ireland, Norway or Spain, all of which formally recognized the state of Palestine last year.
- China criticizes Trump’s proposal to remove Palestinians from Gaza.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Joakin has stressed that China supports the legitimate national rights of the Palestinian people.
” Gaza is the Gaza of Palestinians, an integral part of the Palestinian territory, not a political bargaining chip, let alone the target of a law of the jungle,” Guo told a regular press briefing on Thursday.
- The Palestinian Presidency has condemned Trump’s plan to evict Gazans and take over the region.
The statement of the Palestinians president stressed that Palestine “is not an investment project” and that the rights of the Palestinian people are not negotiable.
” No concession of an inch of Gaza or the West Bank,” the Presidency was quoted as saying.