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Arab States Say No to Trump On Gaza

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February 7, 2025

Arab nations and organizations continued to express their firm rejection of US President Donald Trump’s plan to seize Gaza and displace Palestinians.

Egypt, Algeria, Iraq, Libya and the Palestinian group Hamas released statements Thursday.

It followed earlier rejections from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Oman, along with several regional and international organizations including the Arab League and the Gulf Cooperation Council.

On Thursday, Trump claimed that Palestinians would have “better lives” under his plan, suggesting they would settle in “safer and more beautiful communities with modern homes.” He said the US would collaborate with development teams to build “one of the greatest projects of its kind.”

Earlier in the day, he claimed that Palestinians would have “a chance to be happy, safe, and free” due to the relocation scheme he proposed.

He added that they “would have already been resettled in far safer and more beautiful communities, with new and modern homes, in the region.”

On Tuesday, Trump told a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the US will “take over” Gaza and resettle Palestinians elsewhere under an extraordinary redevelopment plan that he said could turn the enclave into “the Riviera of the Middle East.”

Commenting on Trump’s plan, Egypt said it rejects any proposal “that aims to liquidate the Palestinian cause by uprooting the Palestinian people or displacing them from their historical land and seizing it, whether temporarily or permanently.”

King Abdullah II of Jordan reiterated in a call with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that Jordan opposes any attempts to annex land or displace Palestinians from Gaza and the West Bank.

Kuwait’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs reaffirmed its steadfast support for Palestine’s right to establish an independent state, condemning Israeli settlement policies and the displacement of Palestinians.

Algeria condemned any plan to expel Gaza’s residents, warning that such schemes “undermine the core of the Palestinian national project.”

Both Iraq and Libya expressed their strong opposition to any proposals or attempts to forcibly displace Palestinians, calling on the international community to take a firm stand against these actions.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called Trump’s plan a violation of international law, asserting that Gaza is an integral part of Palestine and rejecting foreign decisions about the future of Palestinians.

Hamas also denounced Trump’s statements, with spokesperson Hazem Qassem calling for an urgent Arab summit to oppose the displacement project, warning that the US is essentially seeking to occupy Gaza.

Saudi Arabia reiterated its unwavering support for Palestinian statehood, while the United Arab Emirates also condemned the displacement efforts, calling for a just solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The Arab League and Gulf Cooperation Council both reaffirmed their commitment to the Palestinian cause, rejecting any plans for the forced relocation of Palestinians.

The Houthi movement in Yemen also condemned Trump’s statements as a blatant attack on Palestinian rights and an insult to the Arab and Muslim world.

A ceasefire agreement took effect in Gaza on Jan. 19, halting Israel’s genocidal war, which has killed nearly 47,600 Palestinians, most of them women and children, and left the enclave in ruins, according to Anadolu.

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants in November last year for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.

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Some Arab States Welcome ICC Decision…

CrossFireArabia
November 22, 2024

Arab countries welcomed the decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to formally issue arrest warrants Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

The Iraqi government “values the courageous and just stance taken by the International Criminal Court in issuing arrest warrants against the head of the Zionist entity’s government and its former defense minister,” government spokesperson Basim al-Awadi said in a statement.

“This historic decision affirms that no matter how much oppression persists and tries to prevail, justice and truth will confront it and prevent it from dominating the world,” he added.

Al-Awadi described the decision as “a vindication for the blood of the innocent and martyrs who perished during the criminal (genocidal) war waged by the Zionist entity for more than a year against Gaza and Lebanon.”

He reiterated his country’s demand for an end to the Israeli onslaught and urged “all free nations to implement this decision by bringing the accused to the competent courts to hold them accountable for their blatant violations against humanity.”

Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said the ICC’s decision “must be respected and implemented without selectivity,” Anadolu.

“This is a pivotal moment that requires immediate and effective international action to halt the Israeli aggression on Gaza,” Safadi added during a press conference with European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.

The court’s decision is “a message to the entire international community emphasizing the necessity of stopping the massacres against the Palestinian people,” he added.

Algeria also praised the ICC’s verdict, describing it as “an important step and a tangible advancement toward ending decades of impunity and the evasion of accountability and punishment by the Israeli occupation.”

It emphasized that “the Israeli occupation has perpetrated crimes against the Palestinian people and against all the countries and peoples of the region.”

Israel has launched a genocidal war on the Gaza Strip following a cross-border attack by the Palestinian group Hamas in October last year, killing more than 44,000 people, most of them women and children, and injuring over 104,000.

The second year of genocide in Gaza has drawn growing international condemnation, with officials and institutions labeling the attacks and blocking of aid deliveries as a deliberate attempt to destroy a population.

The ICC announced in a landmark move Thursday that it issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

The court’s Pre-Trial Chamber I said it “issued warrants of arrest for two individuals, Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu and Mr. Yoav Gallant, for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed from at least 8 October 2023 until at least 20 May 2024, the day the Prosecution filed the applications for warrants of arrest.”

“The Chamber considered that there are reasonable grounds to believe that both individuals intentionally and knowingly deprived the civilian population in Gaza of objects indispensable to their survival, including food, water and medicine and medical supplies as well as fuel and electricity,” the decision said.

Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its deadly war on Gaza.

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Algerian President Causes Uproar in Israel

CrossFireArabia
August 21, 2024

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s statement, a candidate for the presidential elections on 7 September, that his country’s army is “ready as soon as the borders between Egypt and the Gaza Strip are opened” is causing a great uproar in Israel. The Algerian president demanded his army be allowed to reach Gaza to build three hospitals there.

Israeli analyst in the Israeli Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper Lior Ben Ari said Tebboune’s words, which began with “I swear to you there is something we can do”, were considered by Tel Aviv as a direct threat and sparked reactions on the social media networks, in Israel and Arab countries.

Tebboune referred to the war between Israel and Hamas, and said in the speech he wanted to send aid to the Gaza Strip.

“We will not abandon Palestine in general nor Gaza in particular,” Tebboune said in a speech on the 4th day of his election campaign, in the city of Constantine.

⚡️🇩🇿🇵🇸BREAKING: President of Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune:

I swear to God that I am ready to send the Algerian army to Gaza once the borders are open. pic.twitter.com/tp6OGUQ3Zp
— Suppressed News. (@SuppressedNws) August 18, 2024

“I swear to God, if they help us and open the borders between Egypt and Gaza… there is something we can do,” he added.

He explained if the borders are opened and our trucks are allowed to enter, we will build three hospitals in 20 days, send hundreds of doctors there and help restore what the Zionists destroyed.

Yedioth Ahronoth said that the Algerian president’s words, which were sometimes taken out of context, were considered a threat to Israel and sparked widespread reactions in the Israel and the Arab world.

The London-based Arabic-language newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat covered the storm his words caused on social media, noting Tebboune’s statements suggested he wanted to send his army to fight Israel.

Many Internet users commented on the president’s speech, which was about transferring aid to the people of Gaza, and claimed he was calling on Egypt to “open the borders.” Other surfers linked his words to the presidential elections in Algeria, and others criticized the interpretations of what he said.

Egyptian journalist Ahmed Moussa wrote: “I listened several times to what Tebboune said…he was not talking about sending the Algerian army to war against Israel, but about opening the borders between Egypt and the Gaza Strip to transfer doctors to treat the wounded.”

Other surfers published Tebboune’s words, and called on Arab armies to move urgently to provide aid to the Palestinians.

While Dr. Tarek Fahmy, a lecturer in political science in Cairo, said the timing of the statement is linked to “using the Palestinian issue in the electoral process in Algeria.”

He explained the Palestine has its impact on the Algerian voter who cares about the issue “like any Arab citizen,” stressing Algeria’s attempt to play a role in the Gaza Strip may face technical obstacles, such as a lack of communication with Israel.