People Watch a Television Along a Street in Khan Yunis in the Southern Gaza Strip on Jan. 15, 2025, Amid the Ongoing War in the Palestinian Territory between Israel and Hamas.
President Donald Trump’s Suggestion that Egypt and Jordan Take in Palestinians from the War-Ravaged Gaza Strip has Been Met with a Hard “No” from the Two U.S. Allies and the Palestinians Themselves Who Fear Israel Would Never Allow Them to Return. Trump Floated the Idea on Saturday, Saying He Would Urge the Leaders of the Two Arab Countries to Take in Gaza’s Now Largely Homeless Population, So That “We Just Clean Out That Whole Thing.”
The Idea is Likely to Be Welcomed by Israel, Where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Far-Right Governing Partners Have Long Advocated What They Describe as Voluntary Migration of Large Numbers of Palestinians and the Reestablishment of Jewish Settlements in Gaza.
Human Rights Groups Have Already Accused Israel of Ethnic Cleansing, Which United Nations Experts Have Defined as a Policy Designed by One Ethnic or Religious Group to Remove the Civilian Population of Another Group from Certain Areas “by Violent and Terror-Inspiring Means.”
