US President Donald Trump has once again reiterated the call for Palestinians to move out of Gaza and said he thinks both Jordan and Egypt will comply with a request to take in Palestinians, reports said.
US media sources claimed that the president made his latest remarks about the future of Gaza and its population during his briefing late Monday night.
Trump was quoted saying, “I want them to live in a place without violence. Gaza has been hell for so many years. They can live in much better and more comfortable areas.”
He also said that he spoke to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi about sending Palestinians from Gaza to Egypt.
“I’ve helped him [el-Sisi] a lot and I hope he’ll help us. I think he’ll do it [take in Palestinians] and the king of Jordan will do it too,” Trump said.
Meanwhile, both Jordan and Egypt have categorically rejected the idea of removing and transporting Palestinians to their countries.
Egyptian parliament speaker Hanfy el-Gebaly has vehemently rejected proposals to relocate Palestinians out of the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank.
El-Gebaly said during the parliament session that such proposals “are not only a threat to the Palestinians but also to them and threaten regional security and stability.”
He said, “The Egyptian House of Representatives outrightly rejects any attempts to change the demographical landscape and political reality of the region.
Trump’s comments to “clean out” Gaza appear to align with far-right Israeli politicians who have long advocated for the departure of large numbers of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and the reestablishment of Jewish settlements in the territory.
The Israeli government and its far-right supporters have long called for the annexation of the occupied West Bank.
The fears in the international community are real, as Trump’s announcements and recent supply of 2000-pounder bombs to Israel have again sent regional experts into looking for the answers for this latest regional development.
Experts point out that the present ceasefire in Gaza holds no legitimate ground, as skirmishes between Israeli forces and Palestinians were reported from several locations in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
