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Donald Trump talks extensively about housing Gaza residents...
US President Donald Trump is sticking to his controversial suggestion that large numbers of Gazans be taken to Egypt and Jordan.
He has held talks with Egyptian counterpart Abdel-Fatah el-Sissi and Jordanian King Abdullah, claiming that they will agree on housing the population, while adding that the issue will be discussed with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting between them very soon.
The US president floated the idea on Saturday of "cleansing" Gaza after more than 15 months of war between Israel and Hamas, reducing the Palestinian territory to what he called a "land of destruction."
Asked about these comments, Trump told reporters that he "would like them to live in an area where they can stay forever, without revolution and there's a lot of violence."
" When you look at the Gaza Strip, it has been hell for so many years ," he said.
Both Egypt and Jordan have strongly opposed Trump's idea, saying Palestinians should be allowed to stay in Gaza. Underscoring concerns that Palestinians who leave the camp may never be allowed to return to their homeland. Members of Israel's far right have called since the start of the war for the resumption of Israeli settlements there and have advocated the "voluntary migration" of Palestinians from the enclave.
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama also denied on Monday an Israeli television report that his country was in talks to accept up to 100,000 Gaza residents.
“ Albania has not been asked by anyone and we cannot even think of taking on such a responsibility ,” he wrote on Twitter. “ Albania is not in the Middle East itself and from the heart of Europe, we cannot do more than any other European country on such an issue ,” he said, The Times Of Israel reports.
Trump was expected to raise the issue during a phone call with Sisi on Sunday. Asked how the Egyptian leader received the idea, Trump said that "Sissi's response [was] that he would like to see peace in the Middle East."
" I would like [Sisi] to accept. We have helped him a lot and I am sure he would help us. He is a friend of mine. I think he will accept and I think the king of Jordan will too ," Trump added.
Abdullah spoke with Trump's Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, on Monday, but the issue was not mentioned in a State Department statement. Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said on Sunday that his country's opposition to Trump's suggestion was "strong and unwavering."
Egypt's foreign minister issued a statement saying that the temporary or long-term relocation of Palestinians "risks escalating the conflict in the region." Trump said Saturday he was open to temporary or permanent relocation for Gazans, The Times Of Israel reports.
But the question that arises is, if Jordan and Egypt do not accept, will Albania enter the game? Prime Minister Rama himself yesterday denied that he is negotiating 100 thousand people, but left open the possibility of housing another number. The phrase that we cannot do more than other European countries shows that the talks are on, but then the numbers move. /Pamphlet
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