Trump says there is no right to return to the Palestinians in Gaza under his plan for the ‘property’ of us

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump He said that the Palestinians in Gaza would not have the right to return under their plan for the “property” of the United States of the territory devastated by the war, contradicting other officials in their administration that they have tried to argue that Trump was only asking for the temporal relocation of its population.

Less than a week after floating His plan for the United States to take control of Gaza And convert it into “La Riviera del Middle East”, Trump, in an interview with the Bret Baier of Fox News that would be broadcast on Monday, said “no, no” when asked if the Palestinians in Gaza would have a right to return to the territory. Jordan and Egypt Alliesto take Palestinians from Gaza, who claim the territory as part of a future homeland.

“We will build safe communities, a little from where they are, where all this danger is,” Trump said. “Meanwhile, I possessed this. Think about it as a real estate development for the future. It would be a beautiful piece of land. There is not much money spent. “

Arab nations have abruptly criticized Trump’s proposalAnd Trump’s last words were published one day before he is host of King Abdullah II of Jordan in the White House on Tuesday. In addition to the concerns of endangering the long-standing objectives of a solution of two states to the conflict of Israel-Palestine, Egypt and Jordan have raised private security concerns about welcoming a large number of additional refugees to their countries even temporarily.

Trump’s comments risked to endanger the already The high the faint fire between Israel and Hamas In Gaza after 15 months of war, with the existing framework for negotiations that ask for massive humanitarian and reconstruction assistance for civilians in Gaza.

After Trump’s initial comments last week, the White House Secretary, Karoline Leavitt and Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, respectfully insisted that Trump just wanted the Palestinians to move from Gaza “temporarily” and during An “intermediate” period to allow the elimination of debris, the elimination of not exploited orientations. and reconstruction.

Trump last week He did not rule out US troops To help ensure the territory, but at the same time he insisted that there are no US funds. Uu. He will pay Gaza’s reconstruction, raising fundamental questions about the nature of his plan.

Egypt on Monday reiterated his rejection of the transfer of Palestinians from their territories in Gaza and in occupied West Bank, warning that such proposals threaten “people’s foundations” in the Middle East.

In a statement, the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the establishment of an independent Palestinian State with Eastern Jerusalem its capital is the basis of “integral and fair peace” in the region.

The statement said that Egypt rejects any violation of the “right of self -determination of the Palestinians … and independence”, and “defends the return right for Palestinian refugees who were forced to abandon their homeland”, in a reference to hundreds of thousands of thousands who were forced to flee their homes in what is now Israel during the 1948 war.

A senior Hamas official criticized Trump’s latest comments on American Gaza property as “absurd.”

Izzat al-Rishq, a member of the Hamas political office, said that these comments “reflect a deep ignorance of Palestine and the region.”

In the comments published by Hamas on Monday, he said that Trump’s approach to the Palestinian cause will fail.

“Treating with the Palestinian cause with the mentality of a real estate concessionaire is a recipe for failure,” he said. “Our Palestinian people will frustrate all transfer and deportation plans.”

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Magdy reported from Cairo.