From Europe to America against Trump

Four European countries (Britain, France, Germany and Spain) on Wednesday openly opposed Donald Trump's statements on the future of the Gaza Strip, stressing that the strip belongs to the Palestinians and its fate should be determined in accordance with international law.

Feb 6, 2025 - 12:27
From Europe to America against Trump

Four European countries (Britain, France, Germany and Spain) on Wednesday openly opposed Donald Trump's statements on the future of the Gaza Strip, stressing that the strip belongs to the Palestinians and its fate should be determined in accordance with international law.

French Foreign Ministry spokesman Christophe Lemoyne warned that Donald Trump's plan to seize Gaza and displace Palestinians would destabilize the region. He also added that Gaza's future should be within the framework of a future Palestinian state and should not be under the control of a third country.
 
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock also stressed: "Gaza belongs to the Palestinians and any action to expel them is unacceptable and contrary to international law." She warned that such a policy would only lead to more suffering and hatred in the region.
 
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy also stressed that the Palestinians must live in their homeland in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank and make progress on their land, and said that any changes to the situation in the Gaza Strip must be driven by the will of the Palestinian people and not by unilateral decisions by other countries.
 
Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Alvarez also said Gaza is the land of the Palestinians who live there and they should stay there. He added: "Gaza is part of a future independent Palestinian state and Spain is committed to achieving this goal."
 
Rashida Tlaib, a Democrat and Palestinian-American representative to the United States, also said: "The Palestinians are not going anywhere. This president can only spout this bigoted nonsense because of bipartisan support in Congress to fund genocide and ethnic cleansing."
 
Democratic U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen also said: "Trump's proposal to expel more than two million Palestinians from Gaza and take 'ownership' by force is simply ethnic cleansing by another name."
 
The American Muslim Defense Council also reacted sharply to Donald Trump's statements, stressing that Gaza belongs to the Palestinian people, not the United States.
 
The group added: "If the Palestinian people are forcibly expelled from Gaza in any way, this crime against humanity will trigger a full-scale conflict, driving the final nail into the coffin of international law."
 
The Arab American Institute also rejected this approach, saying that if Trump were truly interested in creating an era of peace in West Asia, he would support self-determination for the Palestinian people on their historic land and in accordance with international law, not to mention their forced and illegal displacement.
 
Trump recently said at a White House press conference and during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that “the Palestinians have no choice but to leave Gaza.” He said living conditions in the region had become very dangerous and that a solution must be found to resettle its residents in other countries.
 
Trump also proposed that the United States take control of Gaza and turn the region into the “Riviera of the Middle East.” He said Egypt and Jordan should take in refugees from Gaza and supported Arab investment in resettling Palestinians outside Gaza. The proposal drew a sharp response from Arab countries and Palestinian leaders.