Trump says Jordan, Egypt should take Palestinians from Gaza; Hamas and Jordan go back and forth via Reuters
By Nandita Bose, Kanishka Singh and Nidal Al-MughGrabi
Aboard Air Force One / Cairo (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said that Jordan and Egypt will be rejected by Hamas, the proposal was rejected by Hamas, and apparently the Jerdanian foreign Minister.
He asked if this is a short-term or long-term solution for Gaza, where Israel’s military attacks have caused a terrible humanitarian situation and killed tens of thousands, “Trump said on Saturday:” It could be. ”
Jordan is home to a million Palestinians, while tens of thousands live in Egypt. Both these countries and other Arab nations reject the idea of ​​Palestinians in Gaza being relocated to their countries. Gaza is a land that Palestinians can claim as part of a future Palestinian state.
Israeli Finance Minister Bezaleli Smotrich, who has repeatedly called for the return of Jewish settlers to Gaza, accepted Trump’s call as “a good thing” and said he would work to develop a plan to implement it. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly rejected these ideas, recalled by Smotrich.
A Hamas official found a Palestinian official who has long stood in fear of being completely expelled from their homes.
The Palestinians “will not accept any offers or solutions, or (or (offers)) seem to have the good intentions of the US President Trump,” as announced in the proposals of USAMAS TORTOLITICUU, Reuters.
ANOTHER MAS OFFIepath, Sami Abu Zuhri, urged Trump not to repeat the “failed” ideas tried by his friend Joe BIDEN.
“The people of Gaza have endured death and refuse to leave their homeland and will not leave it without any other reasons,” Abu Zuhri told Reuters.
Jordan also appeared to reject Trump’s proposal, with its Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi telling reporters that the country’s position against any transfer of the Palestinians remains ‘strong and unacceptable’.
Egypt is yet to comment but has said on several occasions that it rejects any Palestinian transfer.
Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the remarks. “Our people will remain strong and will not leave their country,” said a statement published by the Official Palestine News Agency Wafa.
Palestinian analyst Anasty Ghassan Al-Khatib said the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, as well as the Jordanians and Egyptians, would reject Trump’s plan: “I don’t think there is any real place for such an idea.”
‘It’s real dirt’
Referring to the call he had on Saturday with King Abdullah of Jordan, Trump told reporters: “I said to him that I would like you to take a lot because I look at all the strips of Gaza now and it is: real dirt. I would like to take people.”
He added, “I would like Egypt to take the people,” and said he would speak with Egyptian President Adel Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday.
“You’re talking about a million and a half people, and we’re just cleaning that up,” Trump said.
The number of people in Palestine Elevave before the start of the war between Israel and Gaza was around 2.3 million.
Washington had said last year that he opposed the relocation of Palestinians. Rights groups and humanitarian organizations have raised concerns for months about the situation in Gaza, with the war displacing almost the entire population and leading to a famine.
Washington has also faced criticism for supporting Israel but has maintained its support, saying that it helps Israel to fight against Iranian military groups such as Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon and Houthis in Yemen.
“It is literally a place of demolition, almost everything is demolished and people are dying there, so I better join with other Arab countries and build houses in a different place where they can live in peace,” Trump said on Saturday.
‘New and Better Lives’
Smotrich, who says “Thinking outside the box” can achieve peace, says Trump’s plan will give Palestinians “an opportunity to build new and better lives elsewhere”.
“With God’s help, I will work with the Prime Minister and the Cabinet to develop an action plan to implement this as quickly as possible,” he said.
In a post on X, Francesca Albanesese, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, said: “The cleansing of nationalities is nothing ‘ illegal, immoral and irresponsible. “
Most of Gaza’s population has been internally displaced by the war. On Sunday, many of them rejected Trump’s suggestion.
“If he thinks that he will remove the Palestinian people by force (at that time) this is impossible, impossible, impossible. The Palestinian people firmly believe that this country is their land,” said Magdy Seidam.
“No matter how much Israel tries to destroy, break, and show people that it has won, in reality it has not won.”
The current conflict in Gaza was created on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas attacked Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking about 250 hostages, according to the Israelis.
Israel’s military offensive in Gaza has killed more than 47,000 people, according to the Gaza Health Service. The fight has to end in a loose finish.
