Donald Trump wants to move the people of the Gaza Strip to Egypt and Jordan as part of a peace plan to “clean up” the Palestinian territory. dpa – Abed Rahim Khatib
Following Donald Trump's proposal to move the people of the Gaza Strip to Egypt and Jordan as part of a peace plan to "clean up" the Palestinian territory, Hamas and the Israelis have responded.
“I would rather get involved with some Arab nations and build housing in another place where maybe they could live in peace for once,” the president said.
According to him, the displacement of Gaza residents could be “temporary or long-term”. The vast majority of Gaza's 2.4 million people have been displaced, often multiple times, by the war sparked by Hamas' attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023.
Hamas wants to derail
The Palestinians “will derail” Donald Trump's proposal to relocate them to other countries “as they have derailed all displacement projects (…) for decades,” a senior Hamas official told AFP.
“We confirm that our people, with all their support, are capable of rebuilding Gaza,” added Bassem Naim, a member of the Islamist movement's political bureau Palestinian.
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Islamic Jihad, a Palestinian Islamist movement allied with Hamas in Gaza, on Sunday rejected US President Donald Trump's idea to relocate Palestinians to countries in the region, saying his proposals encouraged “war crimes and crimes against humanity.”
These “deplorable statements align with the worst aspects of the Zionist far-right agenda and continue the policy of denying the existence (…) of the Palestinian people,” the movement added in a statement, saying they encouraged “the continued perpetration of war crimes and crimes against humanity.”
A great idea for a minister israeli
President Donald Trump's proposal to “clean house” in the Gaza Strip and send its residents to countries in the region is “an excellent idea,” a far-right Israeli government minister said Sunday. “The idea of helping them find other places to start a better life is a great idea. After years of glorifying terrorism, (the Palestinians) will be able to establish a new and beautiful life elsewhere,” Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said in a statement.
“For years, politicians have proposed unworkable solutions such as the division of land and the creation of a Palestinian state, which endangered the existence and security of the only Jewish state in the world,” added Smotrich, whose party is indispensable to Benjamin Netanyahu's government coalition.
“Only original thinking with new solutions will bring a solution of peace and security. I will work, with the help of God, with the prime minister and the cabinet to ensure that there is an operational plan to implement this as soon as possible.” Trump proposed Saturday moving Gaza residents to Egypt and Jordan as part of a peace plan to “clean house” in the Palestinian territory.