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It would be a serious violation of international law, an obstacle to the two-state solution and a major destabilizing force for Egypt and Jordan,
the two leaders said
I think it should be really pursued, examined, pursued and done, because I think it will create a different future for everyone,
the premier saidIt's not a livable place for any human being,
she addedGaza is for its people and they will not leave,
Qassem said
We call for the convening of an emergency Arab summit to confront the displacement project,
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Any forcible transfer in or deportation of people from occupied territory is strictly prohibited,
said UN rights chief Volker Turk
Everyone expressed enormous appreciation for Israel's great achievements,
Netanyahu said
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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
What President Trump announced yesterday is the offer, the willingness, of the United States to become responsible for the reconstruction of that area.”
Rubio on WednesdayThe Gaza Strip would be turned over to the United States by Israel at the conclusion of fighting” between Israel and Hamas
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I think that the president should be taken very seriously and he expects our partners in the region to get on board with this plan and accept Palestinian refugees as the United States takes over Gaza for rebuilding for the betterment of everybody in the region.”
Leavitt on Thursday on “The Charlie Kirk Show” podcastA plan like this needs years of preparation … It could be a security nightmare, and Jordan would be seen as betraying the Palestinian cause,
said Sammour
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 CouncilThe Jordanians are very worried that what happens in Gaza [could open] the door to the annexation [by Israel] of the West Bank,
said QuilliamAmongst 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.”
Brahimi saidAs 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.”
Brahimi saidIt 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, saidEgypt is a huge country but this would come with a huge … economic cost,
said QuilliamThey 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