Egypt has already rejected Donald Trump’s idea that it and other neighbouring countries take in Palestinians displaced from Gaza under his mass resettlement plan – which human rights experts say would amount to ethnic cleansing.
The country’s foreign ministry has now talked about an “integrated vision” to remove rubble and rebuild Gaza.
After foreign minister Badr Abdelatty met with Palestinian prime minister Mohamad Mustafa, the department said both sides call for rebuilding to be accelerated and the delivery of aid “without moving the Palestinians out of the Gaza Strip”.
For context: Mustafa is the prime minister of the Palestinian Authority, which has some control over parts of the West Bank.
More than 100,000 Palestinian refugees have fled to Egypt to escape the war in Gaza.
‘Go to hell’: Gazans hit out at Trump
Palestinians in Gaza have hit out at Donald Trump’s idea to resettle them elsewhere.
Gazans are overwhelmingly likely to oppose Trump’s idea.
And Reuters news agency has been speaking to residents there, who’ve told them they intend to stay put.
“Trump can go to hell, with his ideas, with his money, and with his beliefs,” said Samir Abu Basel in Gaza City.
“We are going nowhere. We are not some of his assets.”
The father-of-five added: “If he wants to resolve this conflict, he should take the Israelis and put them in one of the states [in the US].
“They are the strangers, not the Palestinians. We are the owners of the land.”
Palestinians have feared suffering another “Nakba” – referring to the time when hundreds of thousands were dispossessed in the war leading to the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 – as this conflict in Gaza continued.
And now they fear another round of displacement.
“We will not leave our areas, we will not allow a second Nakba,” said Um Tamer Jamal, a 65-year-old mother of six.
“We have brought our kids up teaching them that they can’t leave their home and they can’t allow a second Nakba.”
She added: “[Trump] is crazy. We didn’t leave Gaza under the bombardment and the starvation, how does he intend to eject us? We are going nowhere.”
Leave a Reply