Iran condemns Trump 'relocation of Palestinians' proposal as ethnic cleansing

AFP , Monday 3 Feb 2025

Iran on Monday condemned US President Donald Trump's proposal to relocate Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, warning it would amount to "ethnic cleansing".

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File photo: People walk along Gaza's coastal al-Rashid Street to cross the Netzarim corridor from the southern Gaza Strip into the north. AFP

 

Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said the international community should help Palestinians "secure their right to self-determination... rather than pushing for other ideas that would be tantamount to ethnic cleansing".

The remarks from Baqaei come after Trump repeatedly floated an idea to "clean out" the Gaza Strip and move its population to Egypt and Jordan.

"Cleaning out Gaza... is part of colonial erasure of (the) Gaza Strip and the whole Palestine," Baqaei said, adding that "no third party" can decide on the future of the Palestinian territory.

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