Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas and his Hamas rivals on Sunday rejected proposals to displace people from Gaza after US President Donald Trump’s idea to “clean out” the war-torn territory.
Bassem Naim, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, told AFP that Palestinians would “foil such projects”, as they have done to similar plans “for displacement and alternative homelands over the decades”.
On Sunday, the US president desired to resettle Gaza refugees in Jordon and Egypt. trump asked these countries to provide shelter to Palestinians from Gaza.
In a statement, Trump said that everything has been destroyed in Gaza and Arab countries want a separate residential project and added the transfer may be temporary or permanent.
According to media reports, Hamas responding to Trump’s statement rejected any plan to remove Palestinians from their land.
Hamas suggested the US to stop floating proposals that are compatible with Zionist plans. The group said it rejects all measures that conflict with the rights and liberties of our people.
