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It may solve a personal problem for some of Gaza’s residents, but it will not solve the Palestinian issue,
said Raz
On the one hand, it is important to try and create out-of-the-box political solutions for Gaza and the Palestinian problem,
said WinterLike Egypt, Jordan also has a deep concern that the solution to the Palestinian problem will come at its expense and by making it an alternative homeland for the Palestinians. This is perceived as an existential threat to the future of the kingdom,
Winter explained
I believe that the Palestinian people, especially the people of Gaza, do not care who controls the country after the genocide,
Osama continuedEgypt vehemently opposed a massive displacement of Gazans to Egypt due to internal security reasons and the concern that the Palestinian issue would be resolved at the expense of its national interests,
Dr. Ofir Winter, a senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) at Tel Aviv University, told The Media LinePalestinianism – a replacement effort against Israel – needs to stop,
said FleischerTrump’s statement could be perceived as a threat that will incentivize both countries to take a more active role in solving the Palestinian issue in order to avoid the nightmare in which they will be asked to take in a significant number of refugees permanently,
Winter saidI do not see that you can see peace outside your country, even if your country is destroyed, even if we live in a tent in the middle of the street. We cannot live in peace outside my homeland, Gaza."
One Gazan resident, Osama, told The Media LineYes, see, we go to Egypt and Jordan with all love, but this matter is optional,
Osama told The Media LineTrump with simplicity is saying these countries should take the refugees – something that should have happened from day one of the war,
Yishai Fleischer, spokesperson for the Jewish community of Hebron in the West Bank, told The Media Line
There might be Palestinians who would want to leave Gaza, but I believe the majority doesn’t,
Mossi Raz, a former left-wing Israeli member of parliament, told The Media LineFor years, statesmen have been proposing unworkable solutions such as partitioning the land and a Palestinian state that have jeopardized the existence and security of the only Jewish state in the world,
Smotrich posted on his X accountThe people of Gaza are fighting for an idea, a land, and a homeland. No human being can abandon their homeland, whatever the cost and whatever the circumstances,
he continuedI really want to believe that this is not a serious story. I want to believe that if Trump did say this, it is the result of the last conversation that he had with some crazy Israeli settlement leader,
Gershon Baskin, a social and political activist, posted on his social media accounts SundayIt’s a mess. It’s a real mess,
the American President told reporters when referring to the Gaza Strip and calling on Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and Jordanian King Abdullah II to allow for the entry of Gaza residents into their countriesThe execution of the agreement was important, the first step, but without the implementation correct, we're not going to get it right, we're going to have a flare-up,
Witkoff said during a speech at a New York synagogue
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 saidI'd rather get involved with some of the Arab nations, and build housing in a different location,
he said of people displaced in Gaza