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This is so ridiculous. It is so beyond – you cannot uproot a people from their land. That is literally the cornerstone of modern international law,
Palestinian-American human rights attorney Noura Erakat, of Rutgers University, told The Independent We're going to take it, we're going to hold it, we're going to cherish it. We're going to get it going eventually, where a lot of jobs are going to be created for the people in the Middle East. It's going to be for the people in the Middle East,
I believe we’ll have a parcel of land in Egypt and a parcel of land in Jordan [to house Palestinians forced out of their homes],
Trump said as he joined the Jordanian leader in Washington We're not going to buy anything. We're going to have it,
he said of the land itself I’ve watched it so long, all the death and destruction of Gaza. A civilization’s been wiped out in Gaza,
It’s outside the box, but that’s what he always is,
Rubio told Scott Jennings [So ... So] frankly, I don't take it seriously,
Biden also proposed this, but the Egyptians pushed back hard and said, ‘there's no way we're going to absorb them into the Sinai’. And so it was abandoned as a plan,
Erakat said, referring to a Times of Israel report in 2023 indicating International humanitarian law prohibits the permanent forced displacement of the population of an occupied territory. When such forced displacement is carried out with criminal intent, it is a war crime. If carried out as part of widespread or systematic attack on the civilian population, reflecting state policy, it is a crime against humanity.”
Human Rights Watch used different language when the international civil liberties watchdog said of the plan last week It is staggering that a President of the United States would sanction and rubber stamp ethnic cleansing."
Andy McDonald, MP for Middlesbrough and Thornaby East added It shows just how detached he is from international norms, but it's imperative that the rest of the world resists and rejects that as a way forward,
Diplomacy cannot be an excuse for silence in the face of ethnic cleansing,
Clive Lewis, Labour MP for Norwich South, told The i Paper Nobody can any longer claim they didn't know, and don't know what's going on - a genocide,
I thought it was an unserious proposal,
Shapiro told sports media personality Stephen A. Smith on his show, in a clip highlighted by Mediaite Trump must remember that there is an agreement that must be respected by both parties, and this is the only way to bring back the prisoners. The language of threats has no value and only complicates matters,
Our focus absolutely remains on the true the ceasefire can be sustained,
a government spokesperson said on Tuesday It was decided to increase reinforcements with additional troops, including reservists
the IDF said in a statement on Tuesday We also welcomed the President’s revolutionary vision for the future of Gaza,
Over the past three weeks, the resistance leadership has monitored the enemy's violations and failure to fulfill its obligations under the agreement; including the delay in allowing the return of the displaced to the northern Gaza Strip, targeting them with direct shelling and gunfire in various areas across Gaza, and denying relief supplies of all kinds to enter as agreed, while the resistance has implemented all its obligations,
Abu Obeida, the spokesperson for Hamas’ military wing, said In light of Hamas' announcement of its decision to violate the agreement and not release our hostages, I instructed the IDF last night to amass forces inside and around the Gaza Strip. This operation is currently underway and will be completed as soon as possible,
