Trump’s suggestion, United States, “takes over” of the Gaza Strip is rejected by allies and adversaries equally

The comments arrived in a high fragile fire between Israel and Hamas, during which the militant group has been delivering to the hostages in exchange for the release of prisoners in the possession of Israel.

Egypt, Jordan and other American allies in the Middle East have already rejected the idea of ​​relocating more than 2 million Palestinians from Gaza in other parts of the region.

Saudi Arabia, an important American ally, quickly intervened in Trump’s expanded idea to take care of the Gaza Strip in a very drafted state .

“The kingdom of Saudi Arabia also emphasizes what had previously announced with respect to its absolute rejection of the infraction of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, either through Israeli settlement policies, the annexation of the Palestinian lands or efforts To displace the Palestinian people of their land, “the statement said.

Similarly, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told reporters in Canberra, Australia, that his country has long supported a solution of two states in the Middle East and that nothing had changed.

“Australia’s position is the same as this morning, as it was last year, as it was 10 years ago,” he said.

Trump has already made waves, and bothered the allies of a lifetime, which suggests the purchase of Greenland, the annexation of Canada and the possible acquisition of the Panama Canal. It was not clear immediately if the idea of ​​taking care of the Gaza Strip was a well thought out plan or an opening gambit in the negotiations.

Albanese, whose country is one of the strongest American allies in the Asia and Pacific region, seemed frustrated to be asked about the Gaza Plan, which stresses that its policies “will be consistent.”

“I will not give, as Prime Minister of Australia, make a daily comment about the statements of the president of the United States,” he said. “My job is to support Australia’s position.”

The New Zealand Foreign Ministry said in a statement that its “long -standing support for a two -states solution is in the registry” and added that “will not comment on each proposal that arises.”

Hamas, which caused the war with its October 7, 2023 attack against Israel, said Trump’s proposal was a “recipe to create chaos and tension in the region.”

“Instead of holding the Zionist occupation for the crime of genocide and displacement, it is being rewarded, not punished,” said the militant group in a statement.

In his attack against Israel, Hamas killed about 1,200 people, mainly civil, and took around 250 hostages.

Israel’s next air and land war has killed more than 47,000 Palestinians, more than half of them women and children, according to local health authorities that do not say how many of the dead were combatants. The war has left large parts of several cities in ruins and displaced around 90% of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million people.

In the United States, opposition politicians quickly rejected Trump’s idea, with Democratic Senator Chris Coans calling his comments “offensive, crazy, dangerous and dumb.”

The idea “risks the rest of the world thinking that we are an unbalanced and unreliable partner because our president makes crazy proposals,” Coons said, pointing out the irony of the proposal shortly after Trump moved to dismantle the US agency for development international.

“Why would demons abandon decades of well established humanitarian programs, and now we would launch one of the world’s greatest humanitarian challenges?” Coons said.

Democratic representative Rashida Tlaib, an American Palestinian member of the Congress of the Michigan Congress, accused Trump in a social media post to “openly call ethnic cleaning” with the idea of ​​resetting the entire population of Gaza.

Rising reported from Bangkok. Associated Press Zeke Miller writers in Washington and Charlotte Mclay in Wellington, New Zealand, contributed to this report.