The foreign ministers of several influential Arab states have rejected a resettlement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. They reacted to a proposal from US President Donald Trump that Egypt and Jordan should take up the Palestinians from Gaza. This could be temporary or long -term, he answered a question of journalists. The gaza strip is literally a demolition fallow, almost everything is being torn down, Trump continued.
A relocation endangered the stability of the region and extended the conflict, the Foreign Minister of Egypt, Jordan, Katar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates as well as top representatives of the Palestinian Authority and the Arab League.
The rights of the Palestinians should not be violated, “whether the settlement activities, designation or the destruction of houses or annexation,” it said. This also applies to the “transfer or the uprooting of Palestinians from their country in any way or under any circumstances and justifications”.
According to UN, two million people live in the Gaza strip. Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas had already warned of a possible expulsion of the residents of the coastal strip. The United Nations also decidedly rejected this idea.
The Foreign Minister and other top Arab representatives also described the role of the United States as important in efforts to take a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza War. The group “is looking forward to working with the government of US President Donald Trump to achieve a fair and comprehensive peace in the Middle East”.
