The American president announced that he wanted to “take control” from the Gaza Strip. Declarations criticized in the Middle East and beyond.
The announcement made Tuesday by American president Donald Trump according to which the United States could “Take control” The Gaza Strip after its population has been definitively moved to other countries has been condemned throughout the Middle East and beyond-and celebrated by members of the Israeli cabinet.
At a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington, Donald Trump said: “The United States will take control of the Gaza Strip, and we will do good work with it.”
He said the Palestinians “Can’t live in Gaza right now” and that the enclave – which was devastated by 15 months of war between Israel and Hamas – could be transformed into “Riviera du Middle East”.
Donald Trump said this decision had not been “Take light” And said he benefited from the high -level support of anonymous leaders with whom he would have discussed this idea.
Riyadh Mansour, head of the Palestinian delegation to the United Nations, said that the Palestinians of Gaza should be allowed to reinstall themselves in their “Original houses” Instead of being moved to other countries, as Donald Trump suggests.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia published a statement in which he declared that he rejected any attempt to dislodge the Palestinians from their homeland and that there would be no normalization of relations with Israel in the absence of a Palestinian state.
“Saudi Arabia will continue its tireless efforts to establish an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as capital, and will not establish diplomatic relations with Israel without that”said the press release.
The position of Saudi Arabia is “Non -negotiable”added the press release.
On Saturday, a group of Arab countries including Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia rejected a previous suggestion of Donald Trump aimed at moving the inhabitants of Gaza to neighboring countries, writing in a joint declaration that any plan encouraging the transfer or the “uprooting” Palestinians would threaten the stability of the region.
France reacted to the words of Donald Trump, saying to himself opposite “To any forced displacement of the Palestinian population of Gaza”believing that this is“A serious violation of international law”.
At a press conference held on Wednesday, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Beijing opposed the “Forced transfer” Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, adding that he had “Always maintained that the Palestinian rule on Palestinians was the basic principle of post-war governance of the Gaza Strip”.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his government continued to support a two-state solution in the Middle East “Where Israelis and Palestinians could live in peace and security”.
“The position of Australia is the same as this morning and last year”said Anthony Albanese at a press conference.
The American position on the two -state solution
Donald Trump said he was not opposed to a solution to two states, which has been the official approach of the United States to foreign policy for decades.
“This does not mean anything about two states, a state or any other state”said the American president, adding that the United States wanted to give people “A chance to live”because the Gaza Strip was a “Hell for the people who live there”.
“They have never been lucky to live because the Gaza Strip was hell for the people who live there. It’s horrible”Donald Trump said.
In Israel, the statements of the American president were welcomed by the far-right members of the cabinet of Benjamin Netanyahu, who expressed their lively disapproval of the cease-fire agreement concluded between Israel and Hamas in January.
Former Israeli Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, who resigned from the Israeli government to protest against the cease-fire agreement, posted on social networks: “Donald, it looks like a beautiful friendship at the beginning”.
He also told Israeli radio that he was more likely that he will return to Benjamin Netanyahu’s government coalition following Donald Trump’s proposal.
The Minister of Finance, Bezalel Smotrich, thanked Donald Trump in Hebrew in a post on X where he qualified the announcement “Even better and even better”adding emojis of Israeli and American flags.
For his part, Benjamin Netanyahu called Donald Trump as “Bigger friend that Israel has ever had in the White House” and congratulated him on “Get out of the beaten track with new ideas”.