On Tuesday evening the declaration of President Trump according to which the United States could “take over” to the Gaza Strip and that its Palestinian population could have been permanently churned out was immediately criticized in the Middle East and beyond.
In a joint press conference of the White House with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, Trump said: “The United States will take control of the Gaza strip and we will also do a job with it”. He said that the enclave, which has been devastated for over 15 months of war between Israel and Hamas, could be redeveloped and transformed into “The Riviera del Middle East”.
Riyad Mansour, leader of the Palestinian delegation at the United Nations, said on social media that instead of being transferred to other countries, the Palestinians in Gaza should be authorized to recover what were once Palestinian houses in Israel.
“For those who want to send” gazas “in a” nice place “, said Mr. Mansour, using the language that Mr. Trump had employed,” let them go back, you know, in their original houses inside Israel. There are beautiful places there and they will be happy to return to these places. ”
He added that the Palestinians wanted to reconstruct Gaza themselves and urged the leaders of the world to respect their desires.
The Ministry of Foreign Arabia Saudi issued a declaration that did not refer directly to the observations of Mr. Trump, although the times suggested that it was a response to his proposal. The Ministry said that he was reaffirming his “complete refusal of any violation of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, both through the Israeli settlement policies, the annexation of the Palestinian lands or attempts to move the Palestinian people from their land”.
“The duty of the international community today is to work to alleviate the serious human suffering that has been inflicted on the Palestinian people, who will remain engaged in their land and will not move from it,” said the ministry.
In the United States, Senator Chris Murphy, a Democrat of Connecticut, said that Mr. Trump’s proposal flies in front of decades of debate on how to resolve the Israelic-Palestinian conflict-Aveva the aim of distracting people from Elon’s attempts Musk downsizes the United States government on behalf of Trump.
“I have news for you – We are not taking control of Gaza,” Murphy said on social media. “But the media and the lesson of chatter will focus on it for a few days and Trump will have managed to distract everyone from real history – the billionaires who affirm the government to steal from normal people.”
Another democratic senator, Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, has defined the proposal of Mr. Trump “ethnic cleaning with another name”, adding, “this declaration will give ammunition to Iran and other opponents while he will undermine our Arab partners in the region” .
A former republican deputy of Michigan, Justin Amash, whose family is of Palestinian origin, has also compared the proposal of Mr. Trump to ethnic cleaning. “If the United States line up the troops to forcefully remove Muslims and Christians – like my cousins - from Gaza, then not only the United States will be fatigued in another reckless occupation, but will also be guilty of the crime of ethnic cleaning”, has said. “No American good conscience should represent this.”
Saturday, a large group of Arab nations had rejected a previous suggestion by Mr. Trump to be moved to Egypt and Jordan, a proposal that did not mention the United States who took control of the encycling. In a joint declaration, the countries have stated that such a plan risk expanding the conflict to the Middle East further.
The declaration, signed by officials of Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries, said that any plan encouraging the “transfer or uprooting of the Palestinians from their land” would threaten stability in the region and “threatens the possibilities of peace and coexistence between its people.
Nihad Awad, National Executive Director of the ON American-Islamic Relations Council, rejected Tuesday’s proposal of Mr. Trump in a declaration, stating that the forced expulsion of the Palestinians from Gaza would have unleashed the conflict, the reputation of the United States and the rendering of insignificant international law. (When he was asked on Tuesday if he would have forced the Palestinians to leave, Mr. Trump said: “I don’t think they will tell me no.”)
“Gaza belongs to the Palestinian people, not to the United States, and the call of President Trump to move the Palestinians from their land is temporarily and permanent is an absolute non-non-start,” said Awad in his declaration. “Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the entire Muslim world have clarified that this delusional idea is unacceptable.”
The far -right Finance Minister of Israel, Bezalel Smotrich, who claims that Israel should annex the Palestinian territories, seemed to be delighted in the proposal of Mr. Trump. In a post on social media after the observations of Mr. Trump, he thanked the president in Hebrew without specifying what he was thanking him for, and said: “Even better and even better”.
In English, next to the emojis of Israeli and American flags, Mr. Smotrich added: “Together, we will make the world big again”.
Liam Stack Contributed relationships.