US President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip “have no alternative” but to leave Gaza.
“They have no alternative right now. I mean, they’re there because they have no alternative. What do they have? It is a big pile of rubble right now,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
He reiterated his statements regarding the displacement of the people of Gaza to Egypt and Jordan, saying that he wants to see Jordan and Egypt receive Palestinians from Gaza.
Trump noted that he does not necessarily support the settlement of Israelis in Gaza.
Egypt rejects displacement
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has stressed Egypt’s absolute rejection of the displacement of the people of Gaza, saying: “I say it with utmost frankness… the displacement and deportation of the Palestinian people is an injustice in which we cannot participate.”
He stressed Egypt’s consistent position supporting the Palestinian cause, which can never be relinquished in any way.
During a joint press conference with his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto at al-Ittihadiya Presidential Palace last week, President Sisi added: “If I asked for this from the Egyptian people, they would all take to the streets and tell me no, do not participate in injustice.”
He pointed out that the solution is to establish a Palestinian state with historical rights on the borders of June 4, 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
Sisi continued that there are historical rights that cannot be ignored, and Egyptian, Arab and international public opinion believes that there has been a historical injustice occurring against the Palestinian people for 70 years – one that Egypt will take no part in.
The President stressed that it is absolutely impossible to be lenient or allow anything that impacts Egyptian and Arab national security, stressing that Egypt is determined to work with US President Donald Trump to reach the desired peace based on the two-state solution.
Egypt has categorically renewed its rejection of the displacement of Palestinians and the liquidation of the Palestinian cause.
Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Badr Abdelatty called for sustaining the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, consolidating it and implementing its three stages, and the importance of having the Palestinian people remain on their land and maintain their right to self-determination.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
