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The Gaza Strip would be turned over to the United States by Israel at the conclusion of fighting,
Gaza is for its people and they will not leave,
We call for the convening of an emergency Arab summit to confront the displacement project,
Any forcible transfer in or deportation of people from occupied territory is strictly prohibited,
said UN rights chief Volker Turk The main thing now is to provide the necessary humanitarian assistance to all those in need,
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters Any populist, frivolous, or shocking arguments about any other palliative measures at the present stage are counterproductive and do not contribute to solving the problem, but only fuel tension in the region and to all the already extremely aggravated problems,
Zakharova said of Trump's remarks A plan like this needs years of preparation … It could be a security nightmare, and Jordan would be seen as betraying the Palestinian cause,
The questions of who counts as Jordanian and what it means to be Jordanian are highly combustible,
said Alia Brahimi, a regional expert at the Atlantic Council The Jordanians are very worried that what happens in Gaza [could open] the door to the annexation [by Israel] of the West Bank,
Amongst a forcibly displaced population there are always going to be militants, whether Hamas or new groups looking to stand up for a new generation of brutalised and disenfranchised Palestinians. If they were to operate from Egyptian soil this would endanger and likely upend Egypt’s peace treaty with Israel, but it would also energise and embolden local militant groups that are opposed to the Egyptian regime.”
As with King Abdullah of Jordan, there’s the potential for political calamity too, in that neither Arab leader can afford to be complicit in the systematic ethnic cleansing of Palestine. Frankly, Trump has given voice to the worst nightmares of the leaderships in Amman and Cairo.”
It would be a repeat trauma of an already traumatised people. The Nakba [the displacement of 1948] is still very fresh in the collective memory of the Arab people.”
Katrina Sammour, an independent Amman-based analyst, said Egypt is a huge country but this would come with a huge … economic cost,
They are terrified that an Israeli policy of population transfer will actually become real,
said Neil Quilliam, an associate fellow of the Middle East programme at the Chatham House thinktank in London Even if Trump disregards international law, it’s crucial to remind Israelis that the forced expulsion or transfer of civilians violates international humanitarian law, constitutes a war crime and amounts to a crime against humanity,
The fact that it has been laid on the table, ... opens the door for such a clear crime to become legitimate.”
said Israeli historian Tom Segev, It was a fringe idea in Israel before Oct. 7 and in some cases it was an illegitimate idea,
Rosner said of Trump's plan The danger is that extremists within the Israeli government and terrorists of various stripes will take it literally and seriously, and start to act on it,
he told the New York Times The concern is who’s responsibility is it to rebuild Gaza? I think the reaction of most Americans, me included, is ‘not ours’. I think that’s the bottom line.”
The Hill quoted another Republican senator – who requested anonymity to discuss the mood of his colleagues – as saying All I can say is I want to destroy Hamas, but I’ve been on the phone with Arabs all day. That approach I think will be very problematic. The idea of Americans going in on the ground in Gaza is a nonstarter for every senator,
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