Palestinians condemn Trump’s proposal to ‘clean out’ Gaza

Palestinian Authority rejects US president’s connection arsenic a usurpation of its ‘red lines’ arsenic Gaza residents importune they volition remain.

Palestinians person roundly condemned United States President Donald Trump’s connection for them to beryllium displaced from the Gaza Strip and sent to Egypt and Jordan – a proposition that has raised concerns of taste cleansing.

Trump connected Saturday told reporters that it was clip to “clean out” the besieged Gaza Strip, urging the leaders of Jordan and Egypt to instrumentality successful Palestinians from Gaza, either temporarily oregon permanently.

The connection was roundly rejected by Palestinians connected Sunday, with the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority (PA) saying the connection would interruption its “red lines”, portion Gaza residents insisted they would stay successful the coastal enclave.

“It’s intolerable for radical to judge this,” Palestinian national Nafiz Halawa told Al Jazeera from Nuseirat successful cardinal Gaza. “The anemic mightiness permission due to the fact that of the suffering they person endured, but the thought of america leaving our state … it’s perfectly impossible.”

Elham al-Shabli besides rejected the idea. “If we wanted to leave, we would person done that a agelong clip ago. The genocidal warfare they are waging volition execute thing against the Palestinians and we volition stay contempt what happens,” she said.

The PA said successful a connection that the program “constitutes a blatant usurpation of the reddish lines we person consistently warned against”.

“We emphasise that the Palestinian radical volition ne'er wantonness their onshore oregon their beatified sites, and we volition not let the repetition of the catastrophes (Nakba) of 1948 and 1967. Our radical volition stay steadfast and volition not permission their homeland,” it said.

It urged Trump to prolong the Gaza ceasefire agreement, guarantee afloat withdrawal of Israeli forces, found the PA arsenic the governing assemblage successful the enclave, and beforehand efforts towards the instauration of a sovereign Palestinian state.

Hamas, the Palestinian radical that governs Gaza, said the US medication indispensable wantonness specified proposals that align with Israeli “schemes” and struggle with the rights of the Palestinian people, who person already been resisting “the astir heinous acts of genocide” and displacement since Israel launched its warfare connected Gaza successful October 2023.

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), which has been warring alongside Hamas successful Gaza for implicit 15 months, called Trump’s comments an encouragement of “war crimes”.

Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said the country’s “rejection of displacement is fixed and unchangeable” and that Amman volition look guardant to moving with the Trump medication successful advancing efforts toward designation of a sovereign Palestinian state.

Trump’s comments besides appeared to drawback elder Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who said during an interrogation with US outlet CNN that helium does not presumption the thought “as being overly practical” and believes that Arab countries successful the portion would cull it.

Israel prevents instrumentality to bluish Gaza

Trump’s comments travel a week aft a truce woody betwixt Israel and Hamas successful Gaza took effect, with 2 rounds of captives-for-prisoners exchanges completed.

But thousands of Palestinians waited astatine roadblocks connected Sunday to instrumentality to their homes successful bluish Gaza arsenic Israel refused to unfastened crossing points aft it accused Hamas of breaching the ceasefire agreement.

Israel said it would unfastened the crossing points aft Israeli civilian captive Arbel Yehud, who is held by the PIJ successful Gaza, is released. It says that nether the truce deal, civilian captives were to beryllium freed earlier soldiers.

The PIJ told Al Jazeera connected Sunday that Yehud volition beryllium released earlier Saturday successful speech for 30 Palestinian prisoners.

PIJ Deputy Secretary-General Mohammed al-Hindi besides said his radical is “waiting for a applicable response” from the mediators connected however Palestinians volition beryllium allowed to spell backmost to their homes successful northbound Gaza.

Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud, reporting from a crossing constituent connected Gaza’s al-Rasheed Street, said determination were “no tents” to supply structure for the displaced people.

“There is nary spot for them here; determination are nary tents. Most radical are staying present due to the fact that they dismantled their tents, arsenic they thought aft the 4 Israeli captives were released, they would beryllium capable to transverse into the bluish portion of the Strip, arsenic agreed,” helium said.

“But it looks similar they’ll person to slumber present again tonight.”