A bunch of highly effective Arab nations launched a press release on Saturday rejecting President Donald Trump’s proposal that Palestinians within the Gaza Strip be relocated to Egypt and Jordan.
The overseas ministers of Qatar, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt, in addition to the Secretary-Normal of the Govt Committee of the Palestine Liberation Group and the Secretary-Normal of the League of Arab States met in Cairo, Egypt, on Saturday, and launched a joint assertion afterward detailing issues that the management of the highly effective Arab international locations agreed upon.
Their agreements included “expressing the continued full help for the steadfastness of the Palestinian individuals on their land and their adherence to their authentic rights underneath worldwide legislation.” The assertion stated the officers “affirmed their rejection of any violation of those inalienable rights, whether or not by means of settlement actions, the expulsion and demolition of properties, land annexation, or the displacement of Palestinians from their land.”
“Additionally they rejected any efforts to encourage the switch or uprooting of Palestinians from their land, underneath any circumstances or justifications,” the assertion, launched in English by the Qatari authorities, stated. “Such actions, they famous, threaten regional stability, exacerbate the battle, and undermine the prospects for peace and coexistence among the many area’s peoples.”
Qatar’s prime minister and overseas minister Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani attends a gathering of Arab League overseas ministers in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. (AP Photograph/Khaled Elfiqi)
The assertion additionally “welcomes” the cease-fire and hostage launch deal between Israel and Hamas that was brokered by Qatar, Egypt and the US.
“The individuals additionally expressed their dedication to working with the administration of US President Donald Trump to pursue a simply and complete peace within the Center East, according to the two-state answer, and to try for a conflict-free area,” they stated.
Trump was requested within the Oval Workplace on Friday if he believes that it’s a good suggestion that Egypt and Jordan settle for Palestinians from Gaza regardless of the 2 international locations denying they’d accomplish that.
“I believe Jordan will take individuals, yeah, individuals from Gaza, and I believe Egypt will take them additionally. I imply, I heard any person stated they don’t seem to be going to, however I believe they’ll. I really feel assured they’ll,” Trump stated.
Israel’s struggle in Gaza, which was began by the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas assaults that killed 1,200 Israelis, is believed to have eradicated a lot of the terrorist group’s grip on the area, however the matter of reconstruction and ultimately reformed management with out terrorist management hangs within the stability amid a fragile cease-fire settlement.
Trump first floated the thought of Egypt and Jordan taking in about 1.5 million individuals from Gaza whereas addressing reporters aboard Air Pressure One final month.
“I’d like Egypt to take individuals,” Trump stated. “You’re speaking about in all probability one million and a half individuals, and we simply clear out that entire factor and say, ‘You understand, it’s over.'”
“It’s actually a demolition website proper now. Virtually all the things’s demolished, and persons are dying there,” Trump stated of the destruction attributable to the 15-month struggle. “So, I’d somewhat get entangled with a few of the Arab nations, and construct housing in a special location, the place they’ll possibly dwell in peace for a change.”
Final week, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi stated the switch of Palestinians from Gaza “can’t ever be tolerated or allowed.”
Jordan’s overseas minister Ayman Safadi, left, and Saudi overseas minster, Faisal bin Farhan, attend a gathering of Arab League overseas ministers in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. (AP Photograph/Khaled Elfiqi)
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“The answer to this challenge is the two-state answer. It’s the institution of a Palestinian state,” he reportedly stated at a information convention. “The answer is to not take away the Palestinian individuals from their place. No.”
Jordan’s Overseas Minister Ayman Safadi additionally stated that his nation’s opposition to Trump’s concept was “agency and unwavering.”
The Egyptian authorities stated El-Sisi acquired a name from Trump on Saturday however didn’t point out the problem.
“The decision fostered a constructive dialogue between the 2 Presidents, underscoring the important significance of advancing the implementation of the primary and second phases of the ceasefire settlement, and making certain the stabilization of the ceasefire within the Gaza Strip,” based on the Egyptian authorities read-out. “Moreover, the decision emphasised the pressing want to extend the supply of humanitarian help and reduction to the residents of Gaza.”
Egyptian Overseas Minister Badr Abdelatty, proper, meets with Jordan’s Overseas Minister Ayman Safadi at Tahrir palace in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Feb 1, 2025. (AP Photograph/Khaled Elfiqi)
El-Sisi “reiterated the crucial to succeed in lasting peace in Center East,” based on his authorities. “He affirmed that the worldwide neighborhood locations its belief in President Trump’s capability to safe a historic and enduring peace settlement, which might carry an finish to the decades-long battle within the area. That is grounded in President Trump’s dedication to peace, which he underscored in his inaugural handle, as a person of peace. President El-Sisi burdened the very important necessity to launch a peace course of conducive to a everlasting answer within the area.”
Jordan already is house to greater than 2 million Palestinians, based on the Related Press. Egypt has warned of safety implications of transferring giant numbers of Palestinians to Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, bordering Gaza.
Each international locations had been the primary to make peace with Israel, however they help the creation of a Palestinian state within the West Financial institution, Gaza and east Jerusalem, territories that Israel captured from Jordan and Egypt in 1967’s Six-Day Conflict.
The Israeli authorities ordered the United Nations Aid and Works Company (UNRWA) to stop its operations within the nation as of Thursday amid allegations the company is concerned with the Hamas terrorist group.
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The Arab nations’ assertion Saturday additionally affirmed “the pivotal, indispensable, and irreplaceable function” of UNRWA and “categorically rejected any makes an attempt to bypass or diminish its function.”
The Related Press contributed to this report.