
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. AFP
"President Mahmud Abbas and the Palestinian leadership expressed their strong rejection of calls to seize the Gaza Strip and displace Palestinians outside their homeland," Abbas's office said in a statement, adding that "legitimate Palestinian rights are not negotiable".
Reading the statement on Palestinian public television, Abbas spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina stressed that the Gaza Strip "is an integral part of the State of Palestine".
The Palestine Liberation Organisation, an alliance of factions headed by Abbas, also condemned Trump's proposal to relocate Gazans to Egypt or Jordan.
It rejected "all calls for the displacement of Palestinians from their homeland", its secretary general, Hussein al-Sheikh, said.
Al-Sheikh reiterated the Palestinian leadership's firm position that the two-state solution, in accordance with international legitimacy and international law, is the guarantee of security, stability and peace.
Adding, "Here we were born, here we lived and here we will remain, and we appreciate the Arab position committed to these constants.
President Abbas also welcomed the sincere position of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that supports and backs the rights of Palestinian people and their just cause.
He praised what was issued by the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs this morning regarding the Kingdom's rejection of Israeli colonialism, calls for displacement and annexation, and any projects that affect the just and legitimate national rights of the Palestinian people, foremost of which is their right to self-determination, and the embodiment of the Palestinian state on the ground with East Jerusalem as its capital in accordance with international legitimacy resolutions
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