Arab Foreign Ministers Reject Trump’s Statements on Palestinian Relocation: Sustainable Peace with Two States

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Arab foreign ministers rejected on Saturday the relocation of Palestinians from their land “under any circumstances or justification,” presenting a unified stance against U.S. President Donald Trump’s call for Egypt and Jordan to accept residents of the Gaza Strip.

In a joint statement following a meeting in Cairo, foreign ministers and officials from Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the Palestinian Authority, and the Arab League said they were eager to work with the Trump administration to achieve a just and comprehensive peace in the Middle East, based on a two-state solution.

“We affirm our rejection of [any attempt] to compromise the inalienable rights of the Palestinians, whether through settlement activities, expulsions, land annexation, or through the relinquishment of land by its owners… in any form or under any circumstances or justification,” the joint statement reads.

Achieving peace in the Middle East, the statement continued, is based on a two-state solution.

The meeting follows Trump’s comments last week suggesting that Egypt and Jordan should accept Palestinians from Gaza, which he described as a “destroyed place” after 15 months of Israeli bombings that left most of its 2.3 million residents homeless. His suggestion was criticized as being akin to ethnic cleansing.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi rejected the idea on Wednesday, stating that Egypt would not facilitate the displacement of Gaza’s residents and that Egyptians would take to the streets to express their disapproval. However, on Thursday, Trump reiterated his idea, saying: “We do a lot for them, and they will do it,” referring clearly to the substantial U.S. aid, including military assistance, for both Egypt and Jordan.

Any suggestion that Palestinians should leave Gaza, the territory they wish to form an independent state in, has long been condemned by Palestinian leadership for generations and has been repeatedly rejected by neighboring Arab countries since the start of the Gaza conflict in October 2023.

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