US President Donald Trump said that he is “committed to buying and owning Gaza and may give parts of it to other countries in the Middle East to rebuild,” Reuters reported on Sunday.
Trump told reporters on board Air Force One that he would look into individual cases to allow Palestinian refugees into the US.
He also revealed that he would meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Earlier, the French news agency “Agence France-Presse” reported German Chancellor Olaf Scholz as saying that expelling Palestinians from Gaza would be unacceptable.
In turn, the French Foreign Ministry confirmed that its position has not changed and that any forced transfer of residents from the Gaza Strip would be unthinkable.
This comes after statements by US President Donald Trump in which he proposed the idea of displacing the residents of Gaza to neighboring Arab countries, especially Egypt and Jordan.
Cairo and Amman stressed their categorical rejection of this proposal, affirming the right of the Palestinian people to their land.
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 late January, 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.”
