President Donald Trump’s proposal to “cleanse” Gaza provoked a backlash from Arab nations that he would like to put into effect.

Egypt and Jordan have spoken out against Trump’s plan to resettle Palestinians in their countries, stating that it would not achieve peace sought by many in the region, according to their foreign ministries. Trump’s idea has provoked widespread opposition from people not directly affected, and an ally of his has also branded the plan not “overly practical.”

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Newsweek contacted the ministries of Egypt and Jordan so that foreign issues comment by email.

Trump requested several events at the end of the Gaza War and promised to facilitate the fire of his electoral race in 2024, attracting the help of Pro-Israelí and Pro-Palestinian voters. But his proposal to “clean” Gaza faced a fierce reaction, some parts at war call it “ethnic cleaning. ” Trump said such population motion can only be transitionality or long -term.

The decades-old conflict in the Middle East has been one of the most intractable in the world. Numerous attempts to end it, including proposals for a two-state solution with a Palestinian state alongside Israel, have so far proved unachievable.

According to Amnesty International, some 1. 9 million Palestinians have been displaced since the war in Gaza began, following Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.

Since the beginning of the conflict, more than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed, according to Hamas Fitness authorities. Israel denies civilians in their attacks.

Trump presented his plan to “clean” Gaza in a 20 -minute interview with Newshouings on the Air Force One, saying that the region is a “demolition site at this time. ” Trump said he prefers to “worry about some of the Arab nations and build homes elsewhere, where they can live in peace for a change. “

The president proposed resettling Palestinian refugees in Egypt and Jordan and said, “You’re talking about probably a million and a half people, and we just clean out that whole thing and say, ‘You know, it’s over.'”

The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to Trump’s proposal and declared that “they affirmed the Club of Egypt to the limitations and determinants of the political regulations of the Palestinian theme, stressing that it remains the center of the Middle East, and that the installation in the Installation of the installation of the installation of the installation of the installation of the installation of the installation of the installation of the installation of the installation of the installation of the installation of the installation of the installation of the installation of the installation of the installation of the installation of the installation The installation of the installation of the installation of the installation of the installation of its regulations, of its regulations.

Cairo rejected “any infraction of those inalienable rights, through the expansion of [Israeli] settlements, the annexation of the earth or the elimination of Palestinians from their land through resettlement, the breath of the move or reduction of Transitriness or long -term “.

Egypt added that it considers these movements as a risk to “stability, a precaution of a prolonged regional shock and an impediment to the probabilities of peace and coexistence between the peoples of the region. “

Egypt ruled Gaza to war in the Middle East of 1967, in which he captured through Israel with the Eastern Bank and Jerusalem of the time.

Jordan has opposed Trump’s idea, and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi spoke about her at a joint press convention with Sigrid Kaag, the United Nations Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza in Amman on Amman on Amman on 26 January.

Safadi said that “the stability of the Palestinians on their land is a Jordanian consistent that has not replaced and will not change”. He added that the position of Jordan that the two -state solution is the means of succeed ining peace is company and immutable. Our displacement rejection is company and immutable. It is not only a company and company position that the kingdom can’t deviate, yet it is also a necessity to succeed in the security, stability and peace that we all want. “He also noted that Amman is ahead to running with the Trump administration.

Trump Senator Ally Lindsay Graham said the concept of Palestinians leaving the Gaza strip to live is impractical.

Jordan is lately more than 2. 39 million registered Palestine refugees, according to the UN.

Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich, the leader of the religious Zionism leader, said in a published through Israel’s times: “After 76 years in which the majority of the population of Gaza remained in difficult situations for Maintaining the aspiration to destroy the state of Israel, the concept of helping them locate other positions to start a wonderful new life is a wonderful concept.

“For years, politicians have proposed impractical solutions like dividing the land and establishing a Palestinian state, which endangered the existence and security of the world’s only Jewish state, leading only to bloodshed and suffering for many. Only out-of-the-box thinking and new solutions will bring about peace and security. With God’s help, I will work with the prime minister and the cabinet to develop an operational plan to implement this as soon as possible.”

Assal Rad, Middle East historian and foreign policy analyst, posted on X, formerly Twitter: “Does no one in the media know what it’s called when you ‘cleanse’ an ethnic organization and expel them from their land?”Trump calls for ethnic cleansing of Gaza’s Palestinians, “That’s your title. “

In a post on X, Julie Roginsky, a former Fox News and CNBC contributor, wrote: “Egypt and Jordan want to take Palestinian refugees even less than Trump wants to take it Guatemalan refugees. If Trump understood anything about the history of the Egyptian ruling clique v Muslim Brotherhood or the Jordanian Hashemite rulers v Palestinians, he would know this.”

When asked about CNN’s State of the Union on Trump’s “cleansing” of Gaza, Senator Lindsay Graham, a best friend of Trump’s, said, “The concept that all the Palestinians will leave and pass somewhere else, I don’t see it as being practical as well. “

The Trump administration is yet to respond to the statements issued by Egypt and Jordan. Amid a tenuous but uninterrupted Gaza ceasefire, international efforts continue to address the severe humanitarian crisis in the region.

Maya Mehrara is a Newsweek journalist in London in the United Kingdom, her purpose is to inform about foreign news. She covered Ukraine, Russia, immigration disorders and the revolution in Iran. Maya joined Newsweek in 2024 of the Londoners and had already written for Mylondon, The Camden New Journal, Bust Magazine and Washington Square News. He graduated from the University of New York and received his NCTJ in News Associates.   Languages: English. You can touch Maya by sending an email to Mr. mehrara@newsweek. com.