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The idea that all the Palestinians are going to leave and go somewhere else, I don't see that to be overly practical,
said Graham, a veteran GOP senator from South Carolina
The steadfastness of our people on their land and their return from the south of the Gaza Strip to its north represents the end of the Zionist dream of displacing them and liquidating their just cause,
said al-QanouI don't know what he's talking about. But go talk to MBS, go talk to UAE, go talk to Egypt,
Graham saidDoes no one in the media know what it's called when you 'clean out' an ethnic group and expel them from their land? 'Trump Calls For Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians From Gaza,' that is your headline."
Assal Rad, Middle East historian and foreign policy analyst, posted on X, formerly Twitter
Egypt and Jordan want to take Palestinian refugees even less than Trump wants to take it Guatemalan refugees. If Trump understood anything about the history of the Egyptian ruling clique v Muslim Brotherhood or the Jordanian Hashemite rulers v Palestinians, he would know this."
In a post on X, Julie Roginsky, a former Fox News and CNBC contributor, wrote.jpg)
After 76 years during which the majority of Gaza's population has been forcibly kept in harsh conditions to preserve the aspiration of destroying the State of Israel, the idea of helping them find other places to start new, better lives is an excellent idea."
The Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, the leader of the leader of the Religious Zionism party, said in a statement published by the Times of Israel
Ethnic cleansing is anything but an ‘out-of-the-box’ thinking, no matter how one packages it. It is illegal, immoral, and irresponsible.”
In a post on X, Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, said
My brother is a prisoner, my brother’s children were martyred, my husband was martyred, many relatives were killed, there is no one in Gaza who did not lose someone from their family, our homes are gone, if we return to our home, there is nothing to return to,
she sadiIf this were to happen, it would amount to an alarming escalation in the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people and exponentially increase their suffering,
he told The IndependentWe have had enough suffering and humiliation. Our lives will remain in a state of war until the Day of Judgment, just let us live a few years in security and peace,
she saidIf this proposal happens, to temporarily evacuate the Gaza Strip, the people of Gaza will not be returned to the Strip again,
he saidWe love this land as trees love water. We have no intention of leaving,
he saidThey paid for them and they've been waiting for them for a long time,
he told reporters on Air Force One
There is nothing there — there is no life, everything is demolished. But still to return to your land, to your home is a big joy,
one man anxiously waiting told the BBCThe Palestinians had their chance in Gaza,
he said in a US television interviewOur people, just as they have thwarted all plans for displacement and an alternative homeland over the decades, will also thwart such projects,
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Our rejection of the displacement of Palestinians is firm and will not change. Jordan is for Jordanians and Palestine is for Palestinians,
Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said on Sunday
According to our experience of the 70 to 80 years of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, any temporary measure adopted by Israel ends up becoming permanent,
Rantawi saidJordan and Egypt will not accept it,
he addedIt’s impossible for people to accept this,
Palestinian citizen Nafiz Halawa told Al Jazeera from Nuseirat in central Gaza