ALGIERS – The international community on Wednesday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to relocate Gaza Strip residents, warning that such a move could further destabilize an already volatile Middle East.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas denounced the proposals as “a grave breach of international law,” stating that “regional peace and stability hinge on establishing a Palestinian state with Al-Quds as its capital within the June 4, 1967 borders, in line with the two-state solution.”
He emphasized that “the Palestinian people remain unwavering in their commitment to their land, rights and sacred places.”
The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas strongly denounced the “absurd” statements, emphasizing that the latter could “inflame” the Middle East.
The Permanent Representative of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, also affirmed that “the Gaza Strip is our homeland and our home—an inseparable part of Palestine.”
Jordan’s King Abdullah weighed in, stressing “the need to put a stop to settlement expansion and reject any attempts to annex land and displace Palestinians from Gaza and the occupied West Bank.”
Cairo insisted on “the importance of expediting reconstruction projects (…) at an accelerated pace” in the aftermath of the Zionist aggressions.
The Saudi Foreign Ministry reaffirmed “its unequivocal rejection of any infringement on the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, whether through Israeli settlement policies, land annexation or attempts to displace the Palestinian people from their land.”
In this respect, the Arab League characterized the American president’s proposal as a “violation of international law” and a “recipe for instability,” calling once again for the implementation of the two-state solution, “with the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip together constituting the territory of the future Palestinian state (…) without separation or infringement of Palestinian rights.”
In Europe, Madrid said that “Gaza is the land of the Palestinian Gazans. The Palestinian Gazans must stay in Gaza.” Spain’s foreign minister Jose Manuel Albares told a news conference in Madrid that “Gaza is part of a future Palestinian state, which Spain is committed to.”
Albares also said that the Palestinian people and Gaza’s residents should know they have Spain’s unwavering support.
For its part, London affirmed that “We have always been clear in our view that we must see two states and we must see Palestinians able to live and prosper in their homelands in Gaza, in the West Bank.”
The Gaza Strip “belongs to the Palestinians” and must “like the West Bank and occupied East Al-Quds” be part of the “future Palestinian state,” declared German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, adding that “Gaza’s civilian population must not be displaced and Gaza must not be permanently occupied or resettled.”
Türkiye said that “Deportation of (Palestinians) from Gaza is something neither we nor the region can accept.” Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan noted that it is not even open for debate.
The official further warned that “any attempt to remove Palestinians from their homeland would only escalate the conflict.”
