The United States allies and adversaries reacted with shock and disapproval Wednesday at the announcement by President Trump for the United States to “take control” of the Gaza Strip.
The suggestion of Mr. Trump according to which the Palestinian territory – part of the land that many hope will ultimately become an independent Palestinian state – will be redeveloped in a “riviera in the Middle East”, belonging to the United States, sent waves of diplomatic shock in the world.
Palestinians and Israeli hostage families react to Trump’s plan
Mr. Trump’s announcement was worried about some Israeli family members hostage, and this led to an immediate conviction of Palestinian civilians and Hamas, who warned that he could threaten the Fragile ceasefire contract of Gaza.
“We were very close to dying, but we survived with the grace of God,” a resident Moeen Mohsen told Gaza. “Unfortunately, there has been a decision to move. We reject it in its entirety. We always expect our right to live.”
“We will not allow prejudices to the rights of our people, which we have struggled for many decades and have made great sacrifices to be carried out,” said the president of the Palestinian authority, Mahmoud Abbas, quoted by the agency Palestinian press wafa. AP has a limited authority on the other larger Palestinian territory, the West Bank occupied by Israeli, which is executed separately from Gaza.
“These calls represent a serious violation of international law, and peace and stability in the region will not be carried out without the establishment of a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as capital,” said Abbas.
Negotiations began the terms of the second phase of the ceasefire agreement, which saw 18 hostages published by Hamas And other activists in Gaza since its entry into force on January 19, including an American citizen man.
In the first current phase of six weeks of the agreement, Hamas is to release more hostages each week in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners released from Israeli prisons.
If the agreement is valid, the exchanges of hostages and prisoners will continue, with a total of 33 Israeli captives which should be released during the first phase. If the agreement is disintegrated, these versions could end and this prospect was worried about certain family members of those who were still hostage in Gaza.
“We are shocked. We did not know it, but it was clearly not a decision drawn from the hip,” said Ronen Neutra, the father of the Israeli soldier Omer Neutra, who was killed in the terrorist attack of 7 October of Hamas on October 7, 2023 it sparked the war and whose body is still detained in Gaza, the Israeli media Ynet said on Wednesday.
“We want to remind Trump and Netanyahu that human lives are at stake, and we have to return them as an absolute priority, and only after that if we want to make changes,” said Neutra.
Hamas condemned Mr. Trump’s plan, appealing to him “a crime against humanity and a strengthening of the jungle law at the international level”.
The terrorist group appointed by the United States and the Israelis said it required “urgent regional and international action to end these malicious plans, because any attempt to implement such plans will destabilize security in the region and beyond”.
“We demand that the mediators, in particular the United States, oblige the occupation [Israel] To implement the cease-fire agreement in its three stages without procrastination or manipulation, because we are committed to implementing the agreement as long as the occupation undertakes, and any manipulation in the implementation From the agreement can collapse, “the senior official of Hamas Naim’s basic Basem said in a statement.
American partners in the Middle East reject Trump’s Gaza Plan
Regional powers, including the American allies who had Already rejected previous suggestions By Mr. Trump, that the more than 2 million Gaza Palestinians are moved to other countries, also expressed the plans that the American president published on Tuesday.
The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stressed the importance of a two -state solution to create a Palestinian nation.
The Royal Court of Jordan published a statement while the King of the country Abdullah II met Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday.
“His Majesty King Abdullah II underlines the need to put an end to [Israeli] Expansion of regulationsExpressing the rejection of any attempt to annex land and move the Palestinians, “the statement said.
Saudi Arabia quickly declared that it would not restore links to Israel – a bilateral relationship that Mr. Trump A hoped to promote – without the creation of a Palestinian state.
“Saudi Arabia rejects any attempt to move the Palestinians from their land,” the Ministry of Saudi Affairs said on Wednesday in a statement. “Saudi crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman affirmed the position of the kingdom of” a clear and explicit way “which does not allow any interpretation under any circumstances.”
Trump’s Gaza’s plans from around the world
Countries outside the Middle East also quickly reacted to Mr. Trump’s proposal.
“France reiterates its opposition to any forced displacement of the Palestinian population of Gaza, which would constitute a serious violation of international law, an attack on the legitimate aspirations of the Palestinians, but also a major obstacle to the solution to two states and one major Destabilizing factor for our close partners Egypt and Jordan as well as for the whole region, “said the French Ministry of Foreign Ministry on Wednesday, Christophe Lemoine.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer reiterated the support of Great Britain to a two-state solution when Trump was asked in a parliamentary session on Wednesday.
Palestinians in Gaza “must be authorized at home. They must be allowed to rebuild, and we must be with them in this reconstruction on the way to a solution to two states,” Starmer told the Britain House of Commons .
Russia and China also published statements on Wednesday supporting a two -state solution.
The current government of Israel – it is The most extreme right, nationalist leadership In decades – and his Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was standing next to Mr. Trump while he was returning his public plans on Tuesday in the White House, said clearly They are not interested in working towards a solution to two states.
Dr. Sanam Vakil, Director of the Middle East and North Africa Program at Think Think Tank British Chatham House, said that Trump’s “provocateur” comments could try to disrupt conventional thought on a conflict of conflict long -standing that has not yet been resolved or produced viable solutions. “”
“He also wants to show a continuous commitment to Israel to appease supporters and high-level donors in the United States and consecrate the fragile political balance of Netanyahu’s powers to help the Prime Minister engage in cease negotiations -fire two -two, “said Vakils. “More broadly, this is also part of its extreme competition strategy which will put the ground for wider Israeli-Saudi-Saudi discussions. It could use it to open the way to promote Saudi normalization in exchange for any annexation.”
Vakil said there was a risk that Mr. Trump’s statements could be delayed in the release of new Israeli hostages in the current ceasefire phase.
