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US Rejects Israel’s Plan to Empty Gaza

From Republika · () Indonesian

Translated from Indonesian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • The United States rejected calls by Israeli officials to remove Palestinians from Gaza and reaffirmed its support for President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan.
  • The State Department said the plan does not support forced displacement, expulsion or mandatory relocation, while Israel’s defense and national security ministers advocated what they called migration.
  • Arab countries, including close US allies, have firmly opposed efforts to move Palestinians from their land.

Washington has openly rejected calls from senior Israeli officials to empty Gaza of its Palestinian population, producing a rare public disagreement between the two allied governments.

No one will be forced to leave Gaza, and those who wish to leave will be free to do so and free to return. We will encourage residents to remain and offer them the opportunity to build a better Gaza.

· US State Department spokespersonThe spokesperson quoted Point 12 of President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan while rejecting forced displacement from Gaza.

Asked about Defense Minister Israel Katz’s call to depopulate Gaza as the only “solution” to the crisis, the US State Department reaffirmed its commitment to President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan and the ceasefire it established last year.

“ As explicitly stated in Point 12 of the President’s plan: ‘No one will be forced to leave Gaza, and those who wish to leave will be free to do so and free to return. We will encourage residents to remain and offer them the opportunity to build a better Gaza,’” a State Department spokesperson told Al Jazeera in a Friday statement. The spokesperson added: “The United States does not support any plan or proposal involving the forced transfer, expulsion or mandatory relocation of Gaza’s population.”

The United States does not support any plan or proposal involving the forced transfer, expulsion or mandatory relocation of Gaza’s population.

· US State Department spokespersonThe statement directly rejected proposals to move Gaza’s population.

Katz had said Trump had merely “suspended,” rather than abandoned, his support for moving Palestinians out of the territory. Human rights activists have described the proposal as tantamount to ethnic cleansing. “Ultimately, there is no real solution for Gaza without this migration,” Katz said Wednesday. He said Israel was prepared to remove Palestinians from Gaza “by sea, air and any means to make it happen,” adding that the idea remained under discussion.

Ultimately, there is no real solution for Gaza without this migration.

· Israel KatzIsrael’s defense minister argued that moving Palestinians was necessary to resolve the Gaza crisis.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir made a similar call the following day. “Instead of today’s illusion of peace, we need emigration action now,” he said. “Instead of [Palestinians] digging tunnels, it is time for them to pack up.” Israeli officials have used “migration” as a euphemism for emptying Gaza, the report said. Arab states, including several close US allies, have firmly rejected any attempt to move Palestinians from their land.

Instead of today’s illusion of peace, we need emigration action now.

· Itamar Ben-GvirIsrael’s national security minister called for immediate Palestinian emigration from Gaza.
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Originally published by Republika in Indonesian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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