We call on Trump to back down from irresponsible comments that contradict international law and the basic rights of the Palestinian people: Palestinian group Hamas
US President Donald Trump has been widely opposed after saying that he will take control of the Gaza Strip and relocate the Palestinians. Countries including Britain, France, Russia, China, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey, Palestine and the Palestinian group Hamas have condemned Trump's comments.
During a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is visiting the US, Trump made the statement that he would take control of Gaza.
"The US will take control of Gaza and destroy all dangerous explosives and other weapons there," he said. The Palestinian group Hamas said Trump's proposal was unacceptable. "America's racial approach is consistent with the Israeli far-right position of displacing our people and ending our cause," Hamas spokesman Abdel Latif al-Kanoou said in a statement.
Hamas says such comments will not help stability in the region. "Such comments are hostile to our people and our cause," the statement said. Palestinians in Gaza have also opposed Trump's resettlement plan.
Last Thursday, President Trump defended his proposal to take control of Gaza after the ceasefire and resettle Palestinian residents there. But he insisted that US troops would not be sent to the area. While Israel's defense minister has announced that he has ordered the military to prepare a plan to allow people to leave Gaza voluntarily.
The incident adds confusion to Trump's proposal to "take control" of the Gaza Strip and relocate the nearly two million Palestinians living there. It is not yet clear whether and how this proposal will be implemented. Where Israeli and US officials expect people from Gaza to go, how many will voluntarily leave It is assumed and it is not clear who will rule and protect there. According to
experts, forcibly deporting or transferring citizens of any country is a violation of international humanitarian law, a war crime and a crime against humanity. Critics have compared the proposal to remove Palestinians from Gaza to ethnic cleansing.
Even his top advisers have not openly supported Trump's proposal. Some of Trump's allies tried to soften the president's views last Wednesday evening. However, Trump reaffirmed his stance on social media. "After the end of the war in Gaza, Israel will hand it over to America," he wrote on social media, "then the Palestinians will be re-established in a safer and more beautiful community, a new and modern home." opposed. Saudi Arabia has flatly rejected the proposal to 'vacate Gaza'. He has said that he is sticking to the demand for the establishment of a Palestinian state and that alone will help normalize relations with Israel.
Trump mentioned the names of Egypt and Jordan as countries that can give asylum to the people of Gaza. However, those countries also said that they will not accept the large displacement of Palestinians. Officials, journalists and analysts from both countries have reminded that Palestinians who were removed from their homes are not allowed to return to history.
Since the Gaza war, both countries have been accepting Palestinians in need of medical assistance. Egypt has given asylum to 100,000 Palestinians in need of medical treatment. Jordan, which is dominated by Palestinian origin, is helping to treat the wounded in the Gaza war.
According to the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Minister Abdel Ati met Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa in Cairo and both leaders rejected Trump's plan to end Gaza's rights. The two leaders stressed the need to move forward with initial rehabilitation projects and programs to clear the rubble of Gaza and provide rapid humanitarian aid, the BBC reported. They say that this action should be done without removing the Palestinians from Gaza Strip.
Participating in the displacement of Palestinians from Gaza would be "morally and legally appalling," pro-government Egyptian political analyst Abdel Monem Said Ali said. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has reiterated that there is no alternative to the establishment of a 'two-state' solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Starmer also insisted on maintaining the current ceasefire in Gaza.
'Palestinians should be allowed to go home. There should be permission for reconstruction," said Starmer. The French Foreign Ministry also said it was against the move to "forcibly displace Palestinians from Gaza". France says that the control of a third party in the area is not acceptable.
Dmitry Peskov, the spokesman of the Russian Presidential Office, also opposed Trump's comments and said that the existence of Israel-Palestine is the solution to the current problem, according to Reuters. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and China have also considered the existence of Israel-Palestine as the main basis for solving the problem. Turkey's foreign minister says any plan to "leave the Palestinians out of the equation" will lead to more conflict.
A ceasefire was signed in Gaza two weeks ago after a 15-month war. Millions have been displaced during the war and more than 60 percent of structures have been destroyed. Before the war, Gaza was home to 2.2 million people. Among them, 775,000 people were living in Rafah and Khan Yunis, Deir al-Balah and Gaza City. But during the war, the population has been displaced.
The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has stated that more than 50 million tons of waste and debris have accumulated due to the war and it will take about 21 years to clean it.
