World Leaders react to Trump over Gaza plan

Comments from China, Russia, Japan, France, UK, Palestine, Brazil, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Spain, Ireland and Germany

 

Egypt and Jordan, as well as other Arab nations, have flatly rejected calls by Trump to relocate the territory’s 2.3 million Palestinians during the post-war rebuilding of the territory.

Abbas from the West Bank said “We will not allow any infringement of the rights of our people, which we have struggled for decades and made great sacrifices to achieve.”


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France is a statement by the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, Jean Noël Barrot said


Barrot added “France will continue actively promoting the implementation of the two-state solution, which alone can guarantee long-term peace and security to Israelis and Palestinians. Gaza’s future must lie not in the prospect of control by a third State but in the framework of a future Palestinian State, under the aegis of the Palestinian Authority. Hamas must be disarmed and have no part in the territory’s governance. France will continue to express its opposition to settlement activity – which is contrary to international law – and to any hint of the unilateral annexation of the West Bank”

UK Foreign minister David Lammy stated

The Turkish foreign minister reiterated that the evacuation of Gaza and the forced displacement of Palestinians are unacceptable, stressing that regional countries share this view. He recalled how the Palestinian issue began with the expulsion of Palestinians from their homeland and the subsequent settlement of Israelis in their place.

Regarding Türkiye-Israel relations, Hakan Fidan said Türkiye’s position is clear. “Our stance here is clear. When we took a stance, we took this stance for a purpose. It was our reaction. Because we stand against your genocide with the methods we can,” he asserted, adding that positive steps by Israel could lead to a corresponding reaction from Türkiye.

He warned that the world is shifting toward a “law of the jungle,” where no one considers the needs of others and applies the philosophy of “might makes right.”

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to take over the Gaza Strip, and dismissed his expansionist ambitions and tariff threats against trading partners as “bravado”.
“No country, no matter how important, can fight the entire world all the time,”

China rejects Trump’s plan to ‘take over’ Gaza, displace millions of Palestinians

Beijing has “all along believed that ‘the Palestinians governing Palestine’ is the fundamental principle of post-conflict governance of Gaza,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian.

“All relevant parties will take the ceasefire in Gaza and post-war governance as an opportunity to push the Palestinian issue back onto the correct track of political resolution based on the ‘two-state solution,’ in order to achieve lasting peace in the Middle East”

Australia’s position is the same as it was this morning, as it was last year, as it was 10 years ago,” Anthony Albanese told a news conference, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

The Australian government supports, on a bipartisan basis, a two-state solution,

Non-negotiable’: Saudi Arabia flatly rejects Trump’s Gaza takeover plan

Russia:  “There are Israeli plans to take full control of the occupied West Bank and attempts to displace Palestinians from the Gaza Strip,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, adding, “Practicing a policy of collective punishment is a method that Russia rejects.

Iran: “The plan to clear Gaza and relocate Palestinians to neighbouring countries is considered a continuation of the Zionist regime’s (Israel) plan to completely wipe out the Palestinian people,”

This idea is categorically rejected and condemned due to its clear contradiction with established principles and rules of international law and human rights. Esmail Baghaei Iran Foreign Monistry Spokesman

Spain

I want to be very clear on this: Gaza is the land of Gazan Palestinians and they must stay in Gaza,” Spain’s Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares.

Gaza is part of the future Palestinian state Spain supports and has to coexist guaranteeing the Israeli state’s prosperity and safety.

Ireland

It’s very clear the direction of travel here: We need a two-state solution and the people of Palestine and the people of Israel both have a right to live in states safely side by side, and that’s where the focus has to be,” Ireland’s Foreign Minister Simon Harris said.

“Any idea of displacing the people of Gaza anywhere else would be in clear contradiction with the UN Security Council resolutions.”

Getting aid into Gaza and its reconstruction is the top priority.

Japan

Japan, which supports a “two-state solution” that recognizes Palestinian independence, is currently making arrangements to accept a small number of wounded and sick people from the Gaza Strip for treatment purposes.

Germany

Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said in a statement that a negotiated two-state solution remains the only path forward that would ensure Palestinians and Israelis can live in peace, security, and dignity.

“It is clear that Gaza—like the West Bank and East Jerusalem—belongs to the Palestinians. They form the starting point for a future state of Palestine,” Baerbock said.

“The expulsion of the Palestinian civilian population from Gaza would not only be unacceptable and contrary to international law. It would also lead to new suffering and new hatred,” she warned.