5 Arab international ministers and a senior Palestinian official have despatched a joint letter to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio opposing plans to displace Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, as recommended by U.S. President Donald Trump in late January.
The letter was despatched on Monday and signed by the international ministers of Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE, in addition to Palestinian presidential adviser Hussein al-Sheikh. It was reported first by Axios, which mentioned the highest diplomats met in Cairo over the weekend.
Trump first floated the suggestion of Jordan and Egypt taking in Palestinians from Gaza on Jan. 25. When requested if he was suggesting that as a long-term or short-term resolution, the president careworn: “Could possibly be both.”
The U.S. president’s feedback echoed long-standing Palestinian fears of being completely pushed from their houses and had been labeled as a proposal of ethnic cleaning by critics. Jordan, Egypt and different Arab nations opposed the proposal.
“Reconstruction in Gaza must be by means of direct engagement with and participation of the individuals of Gaza. Palestinians will stay of their land and assist rebuild it,” the letter learn.
“And so they shouldn’t be stripped of their company throughout reconstruction as they have to take possession of the method with the assist of the worldwide neighborhood,” it added.
Authorities within the Gaza Strip have up to date the demise toll from Israel’s battle on the blockaded enclave to 61,709, having added hundreds who’re lacking and now presumed lifeless.
