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Several powerful Arab nations rejected US President Donald Trump’s proposal to relocate Palestinians from Gaza to neighboring Egypt and Jordan.
Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, the Palestinian Authority and the Arab League issued a joint statement condemning any plans to move Palestinians from Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
In a statement issued Saturday, they warned that such plans could destabilise the region, escalate the conflict and undermine the prospects for peace and coexistence among its peoples.
This development came after a meeting in Cairo involving top diplomats from Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar along with senior Palestinian official Hussein al-Sheikh, who coordinates with Israel, and Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit.
Last month Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi told a news conference that the transfer of Palestinians “can’t ever be tolerated or allowed.”
“The solution to this issue is the two-state solution. It is the establishment of a Palestinian state,” he said. “The solution is not to remove the Palestinian people from their place. No.”
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