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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
It's not a livable place for any human being,
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Gaza 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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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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The president has made it clear that they need to be temporarily relocated out of Gaza.”
Leavitt on WednesdayIn the interim, obviously, people are going to have to live somewhere while you’re rebuilding it. It is akin to a natural disaster. What he very generously has offered is the ability of the United States to go in and help with debris removal, help with munitions removal, help with reconstruction — the rebuilding of homes and businesses and things of this nature, so that then people can move back in.”
Rubio on WednesdayA 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 CouncilAmongst 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 saidThe Jordanians are very worried that what happens in Gaza [could open] the door to the annexation [by Israel] of the West Bank,
said QuilliamIt 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, 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 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 LondonEgypt and Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates that in the end of the day are threatened by Hamas would not shed a tear to see that the United States is actually taking control over the Gaza strip, because they don't really want to do that,
Avi Melamed, a former Israeli intelligence official and Arab affairs adviser for Jerusalem, told Fox News Digital
I would reject the premise of your question that this forces the United States to be entangled in conflicts abroad,
she told a reporter on Wednesday