ARAB AND WORLD
Mon 27 Jan 2025 11:36 am - Jerusalem Time
Arab League: Attempts to displace the Palestinian people are rejected and have proven to be a failure
The Arab League said on Sunday evening that "attempts to displace the Palestinian people from their land, through displacement, annexation or settlement expansion, have proven to have failed in the past, and are rejected and in violation of international law."
She stressed that "the forced displacement and deportation of people from their land can only be called ethnic cleansing."
On Saturday, US President Donald Trump called, in statements to reporters, for the transfer of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to neighboring countries such as Egypt and Jordan, citing the "lack of habitable places in the Gaza Strip," against which Israel has waged a war of extermination for more than 15 months.
The Arab League explained, in a statement, that "circumventing these fixed principles and stable determinants, which have received Arab and international consensus, will only prolong the conflict and make peace more distant."
She stressed that "the just Palestinian cause is a cause of land and people, and that attempts to displace the Palestinian people from their land, through displacement, annexation or settlement expansion, have proven to have failed in the past."
The Arab League stressed that these attempts are "unacceptable and in violation of international law."
She stressed that "the forced displacement and deportation of people from their land can only be called ethnic cleansing."
She pointed out that "the current stage requires continuous work from everyone to consolidate the ceasefire and ensure its continuation, in preparation for immediately starting the reconstruction of Gaza and healing the wounds of its people who were exposed to 15 continuous months of brutal war, and the infrastructure of the Strip was exposed to unprecedented destruction in the history of modern wars."
The Arab League called on "all countries of the world that believe in the two-state solution as a path to peace, to work diligently and immediately to start a credible path to reach this solution, and implement it on the ground as soon as possible, considering that this solution is what guarantees the achievement of security and peace for the Palestinians, the Israelis, and all the peoples of the region and the world."
Earlier on Sunday, Egypt rejected in a statement by the Foreign Ministry the displacement of Palestinians, saying that it "rejects any infringement on the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, whether through settlement or annexation of land, or by evacuating that land of its owners through displacement or encouraging the transfer or uprooting of Palestinians from their land, whether temporarily or long-term."
She considered this violation to "threaten stability, portend further spread of the conflict to the region, and undermine the chances of peace and coexistence among its peoples."
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said in statements on Sunday: “Jordan’s rejection of displacement is constant and unchangeable and is necessary to achieve the stability and peace that we all want,” stressing that “the solution to the Palestinian issue is in Palestine, Jordan is for Jordanians, and Palestine is for Palestinians.”
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Arab League: Attempts to displace the Palestinian people are rejected and have proven to be a failure