In a devastated Gaza, Palestinians see no relief in Trump’s grand plans

We remain here, even if it means living in the rubble of our homes — better that than living in humiliation elsewhere,

said Ibrahim Abu Rizk, who returned to Rafah to find his home in ruins

If he wants to displace the population of Gaza, ... then he should return them to their original homeland from which they were displaced in 1948, inside Israel, in the depopulated villages.”

Mohammed al-Amiri, a resident in the West Bank city of Ramallah, said of Trump,

We categorically reject and will resist any plans to deport and transfer us from our land,

he said from the Jabaliya refugee camp

Instead of being sent abroad, I should return to my original land where I was born and will die,

he said, referring to Yabneh, located near what is now the central Israeli city of Yavneh

We don’t want a repeat of our ancestors’ tragedy,

said Abu Elaish, a health care worker

This is the ideal, clear solution, peace for the Israelis and peace for the Palestinians, living side by side,

he said

Gaza is our land, our home. We as Gazans have the right to the land and want to rebuild it,

she said

Forcibly resettling the Palestinians of Gaza would constitute the crime against humanity of deportation or forcible transfer,

said Dill

All members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state."

The U.N. Charter says

Ultimately, President Trump’s proposal amounts to a blatant rejection of the core tenets of international law that have operated since at least the end of World War II and the adoption of the UN Charter,

said Assistant Professor of International Human Rights Law Michael Becker at Trinity College, Dublin

There are no circumstances in which it is permissible to seize territory by force. The argument that it benefits populations there or elsewhere is legally meaningless even if it were factually correct."

Janina Dill, co-director of the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict and a specialist in international humanitarian law, said

You look over the decades, it’s all death in Gaza”,

Trump does this through statements such as

France reiterates its opposition to any forced displacement of the Palestinian population of Gaza, which would constitute a serious violation of international law, an attack on the legitimate aspirations of the Palestinians, but also a major obstacle to the two-state solution and a major destabilising factor for our close partners Egypt and Jordan as well as for the entire region,

Foreign ministry spokesman Christophe Lemoine said in a statement

I want to be very clear on this: Gaza is the land of Gazan Palestinians and they must stay in Gaza,

Albares told reporters

Gaza is part of the future Palestinian state Spain supports and has to coexist guaranteeing the Israeli state's prosperity and safety,

he added