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Moving Palestinians 'unacceptable for Arab world': Arab League chief
"The focus today is on Gaza today and tomorrow it will shift to the West Bank with the objective of emptying Palestine of its historical inhabitants," he said at the World Governments Summit in Dubai.
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The Grand Palace hotel stands damaged, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, after a proposal by U.S. President Donald Trump for the U.S. to take over Gaza and displace its residents, in Gaza City February 6, 2025. (Reutters/Dawoud Abu Alkas)
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rab League secretary-general Ahmed Aboul Gheit on Wednesday rejected any displacement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and West Bank, calling it "unacceptable" for the region.
"The focus today is on Gaza today and tomorrow it will shift to the West Bank with the objective of emptying Palestine of its historical inhabitants," he said at the World Governments Summit in Dubai.
"It's unacceptable for the Arab world, which has fought this idea for 100 years."
Aboul Gheit was commenting on US President Donald Trump's plan to move Palestinians out of Gaza which has been widely condemned in the Arab world.
"After resisting this for 100 years, we Arabs are not about to capitulate in any way now because we have not suffered a political, military or cultural defeat," he said.
Meanwhile, Egypt rejected any proposal to allocate land to Gaza residents, the state-affiliated Al Qahera News TV reported on Tuesday, citing Egyptian sources.
US President Donald Trump said earlier on the same day that he believed there would be a parcel of land in Jordan, Egypt and someplace else where Palestinians can be resettled.
