The Palestinians reacted with outrage on Sunday, 26, to the plan presented by US President Donald Trump, to “clean” the Gaza Strip and send 1.5 million people to Egypt and Jordan, with the aim of ending permanently with the war. The American statements were made at the moment Israel and Hamas hold on to a fragile truce that entered his second week.
“I would like to get involved with some Arab countries and build housing in a different place where they may live in peace,” Trump said aboard Air Force One, presidential plane. “We are probably talking about 1.5 million people. We just cleaned everything and say, ‘it’s over’. ”
The population of Gaza before the war was 2.3 million. Jordan and Egypt have already said they will not accept Palestinian refugees. Yesterday, Jordanian chancellor Ayman Safadi rejected any forced displacement of Palestinians.
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Omer Shatz, Professor of International Law at Sciences PO and Counselor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), said Trump’s comments are a “appeal to ethnic cleaning” that echoes the Israeli far right. “It is a dangerous continuation of the appeals of dehumanization and genocide that we have seen from the most extreme voices within Israel,” he said.
Trump’s suggestion was well received by the extreme right Israelis. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich described the relocation of Palestinians as a “great idea” and said he would work with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to create an “implementation operational plan” as soon as possible.
Denmark
But Gaza was not the only controversy raised by Trump. In the same conversation, on the presidential plane, he said that the US will take Greenland, shortly after details of a discussion between him the Denmark Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, by telephone.
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People familiar with the call said Trump was aggressive and threatened Denmark with specific rates and export taxes. Five European employees told the Financial Times that the call was “horrible.”
A board the Air Force One, the US President said the US will take control of Greenland because the 57,000 inhabitants of the territory want the annexation. “I believe we’ll get Greenland, because it really has to do with freedom around the world,” said Trump. “It has nothing to do with the US, except that we are the ones who can provide this freedom.” (With international agencies)
