Gazans
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Egypt said on Thursday (Mar 13) it appreciated United States President Donald Trump’s remarks on not demanding that residents of Gaza leave the enclave, according to a statement from the foreign ministry. “Nobody is expelling any Palestinians from Gaza,” Trump said on Wednesday, in response to a question during a meeting in the White House…
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Donald Trump must remember that the only way to bring home Israeli prisoners is to respect the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, a senior Hamas official has said. Last night, Trump said the Israel-Hamas ceasefire should be cancelled if all the hostages being held in Gaza are not released by noon on Saturday. This came…
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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, accused the Biden administration of financially supporting the Hamas militants. Cruz took to social media Thursday to share a Daily Caller story that said more than $1.3 billion in taxpayer funds under former President Joe Biden aided groups that sponsored or committed terrorism. “USAID secretly poured uncountable hundreds of millions of dollars toward…
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China has all along believed that “the Palestinians governing Palestine” is the fundamental principle of post-conflict governance of Gaza, foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Wednesday. The spokesperson made the remarks at a daily press briefing when asked to comment on U.S. President Donald Trump’s speech in which he said the U.S. will “take…
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Not all the reaction to Donald Trump’s Gaza comments have been negative. The idea of resettling Palestinians in the territory elsewhere – with Trump claiming the US can take over and create a “Riviera” – has been welcomed, unsurprisingly, by far-right Israeli politicians such as Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gvir. With Prime Minister Benjamin…
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U.S. President Donald Trump says Gaza has the potential to become “The Riviera of the Middle East” under U.S. ownership after Palestinians are permanently resettled elsewhere. Billions of dollars will be needed to rebuild the coastal strip after the war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, according to assessments from the United Nations.…
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We heard earlier from the UK environment secretary, who said the two-state solution is the only path to peace. Foreign secretary David Lammy has reiterated that view, telling reporters this morning “we’ve always been clear in our belief that we must see two states”. “We must see Palestinians live and prosper in their homelands in…
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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…
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