Maher Abdel Qader: The "whirlwind" that Trump stirred up has begun to subside due to international, Arab, Palestinian, and even some moderate opposition in America

Ali Al-Marabi: Trump's statement is dangerous, unprecedented, and violates the law, and falls within the framework of racial discrimination and war crimes.

Vera Baboun: The forced displacement of an entire people has nothing to do with peace, but rather is a flagrant violation of international law, humanitarian principles and justice.

Mansour Abu Karim: Confronting displacement can be achieved by strengthening Palestinian unity, ending division, and unifying institutions between Gaza and the West Bank.

Sami Mshasha: Implementing this plan requires American military intervention, which is out of the question due to its financial cost and legal repercussions.

Tawfiq Taama: Trump's statements are not just "trial balloons" but a real threat that coincides with Israeli ambitions

US President Donald Trump's statements regarding the displacement of the residents of the Gaza Strip and turning it into the "Riviera of the East" continue to resonate, despite the widespread and negative reactions to such statements, even from within the United States and many of its European allies, China, Russia, Arab countries, the Palestinian Authority, and Latin American countries. There are those who see the implementation of such American plans by force as unlikely, and therefore voices have emerged suggesting providing incentives to the residents of the Strip to encourage them to emigrate voluntarily.

Writers, analysts and diplomats who spoke to “I” said that the “storm” stirred up by Trump has begun to subside due to international, Arab and Palestinian opposition, and even from some moderates in America, stressing that the forced displacement of an entire people has nothing to do with peace, but rather is a flagrant violation of international law, humanitarian principles and justice, and that confronting displacement is done by strengthening Palestinian unity, ending the division and unifying the institutions between Gaza and the West Bank.

They stressed that the world must categorically reject any proposal that seeks to impose solutions by force, and that countries that have not yet expressed their position on Trump's calls for displacement must be urged to take the initiative to declare their rejection of displacement and annexation, in accordance with international law and international legitimacy resolutions.

Trump's statements about displacing Gazans are an extension of the "Deal of the Century"

Maher Abdel Qader, an expert in international relations, said that US President Donald Trump’s statements regarding the displacement of Palestinians from Gaza and the construction of a “Riviera” in its place are an extension of the “Deal of the Century” plan that he launched during his first presidential term under the slogan of peace, but its real goal was to strengthen Israel’s interests and enable its control over all of Palestine and the Golan Heights, in addition to other lands, in exchange for providing humanitarian and economic services to the Palestinians without fulfilling their legitimate political rights.

He pointed out that this proposal was widely rejected in the past, and remains rejected until now.

Abdul Qader explained that the Palestinian people have been subjected to forced displacement campaigns since the beginning of the immigration of European Zionists to Palestine, and the declaration of the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, during which period hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were displaced, and then the displacement operations were repeated in 1967. History has also witnessed repeated attempts to settle the Palestinians outside their homeland, most notably the 1955 campaign led by the Israelis, Americans and British, but it failed, as did similar attempts in the sixties and seventies of the last century.

Abdel Qader added: Israel and its allies also sought to push UNRWA to develop an incentive and compensation program to encourage Palestinians to emigrate, but this project failed due to political complications and Palestinian and Arab popular resistance.

War crime and crime against humanity

He pointed out that Trump's recent statements regarding the displacement of Palestinians from Gaza, which is considered a war crime and a crime against humanity under international law, aim to boost his popularity among the pro-Israel base, especially the Zionist lobby and Zionist evangelical Christians, who donated hundreds of millions of dollars to his election campaign.

He said: "These statements also aim to exert pressure on Egypt, Jordan and other countries to bear additional responsibilities towards Palestinian refugees, with the aim of uprooting the Palestinians from their land, eliminating their cause, easing the political, economic and security burdens on Israel, and turning it into an 'extremist religious state protected', as it has always been by the United States."

Abdul Qader saw that Trump began to backtrack on his plan hours after announcing it, as his Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, stated that Trump’s goal in transferring the population was to enable the United States to remove the rubble and destruction in Gaza, pointing out that there were 35,000 tons of weapons that Israel dropped on the Strip and did not explode.

Palestinians who experienced displacement in 1948 will not leave their land

Abdul Qader considered this statement a political blackmail method, because the Palestinians who were displaced since 1948 realize that immigration is a one-way street with no right of return, and therefore this trick will not fool them. The US Secretary of Defense also confirmed at the time that there is no plan to deploy the US army in Gaza.

Abdul Qader added: The "storm" that Trump stirred up has begun to subside due to international, Arab and Palestinian opposition, and even some moderates in the United States, although these statements were welcomed by extremist settlers, who now consider them an idea that must be established, especially after they were publicly adopted by an American president and members of his administration and Congress, without hesitation or shame.

Abdul Qader stressed that the Palestinian people's continued presence on their land, strengthening their struggle, and adhering to their right to self-determination and the establishment of their independent state with Jerusalem as its capital, while not abandoning the demand for the right of return, requires a supportive Arab consensus, especially from Saudi Arabia, which the United States is demanding normalization without compensation, in addition to the position of Egypt and Jordan, which rejects any solution that diminishes Palestinian rights.

He also stressed that international solidarity, which showed an explicit rejection of displacement, and the re-proposal of the two-state solution, along with unifying the Palestinian ranks, is the way to thwart the Trump project and the plans of the extreme right in Israel.

Abdul Qader considered that the real battle now is the battle to rebuild Gaza, warning that keeping aid scarce and not starting reconstruction will push the Palestinians in the Strip to live in a deadly hell among the rubble and tents that will not withstand the changing weather conditions for long.

Strange positions that have nothing to do with international and humanitarian relations

For his part, Ali Al-Marabi, Secretary-General of the Union of Arab Journalists and Writers in Europe, said that since he came to power last January, US President Donald Trump has been taking strange positions that have no connection to international and humanitarian relations.

He pointed out that among these positions was what he announced a few days ago about the necessity of displacing the Palestinian people from Gaza to Egypt and Jordan, and later to other countries.

Al-Marabi described this statement as dangerous, unprecedented, and contrary to international law and human rights, and falls within the framework of racial discrimination and war crimes against the Palestinian people.

He said: So, in light of these decisions that Donald Trump is taking in a strange way that has no connection to international norms and international law, which requires respecting the rights of peoples subject to occupation, there are international laws that protect people who are under foreign occupation, and this applies to a large extent to the Palestinian people who have been suffering from the Zionist occupation since 1948.

The position of the Arab countries is clear and rejects the displacement of the Gazans

Al-Marabi believes that the Arab countries’ position was clear, and we hope that they will always confirm their position opposing the displacement of our Palestinian brothers from their land in the Gaza Strip.

He added: We also hope that the international community will move urgently to prevent the commission of these crimes that aim to evacuate the Gaza Strip of its people and residents.

He stressed that the world was surprised by the decisions taken by President Trump against the International Criminal Court, which included imposing sanctions on members of the International Criminal Court, seizing their assets, and preventing them from entering the United States.

He said: The matter was not limited to members of the court only, but also included everyone who cooperates with it or provides any evidence to it.

Continued instability in the Arab Levant

Al-Marabi explained that these fierce aggressive policies adopted by Donald Trump ultimately lead to strengthening the Zionist occupation on Arab Palestinian land, and prevent, in one way or another, the establishment of a Palestinian state in accordance with international resolutions on the West Bank and Gaza Strip. This will lead in the future to the continuation of the crisis and the continuation of the state of instability in the Arab Levant and Palestine.

Al-Marabi stressed the need for the Arab countries to confirm to the American leadership their rejection of these wrong political decisions and orientations, and to continue their support for the Palestinian people to obtain their legitimate and legal rights, including the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital, at least according to the Arab initiative that was approved at the Arab Summit in 2002 in Beirut, which bore the title “Land for Peace.”

Al-Marabi concluded his statement by saying: “We reaffirm our support for the Palestinian people in their national choices, and we support their struggle to establish their independent state with full sovereignty.”

Trump's proposal ignores basic principles of international law

“In an unprecedented and deeply disturbing statement, US President Donald Trump has presented his signature solution for peace, calling for the forced displacement of more than two million Palestinians from Gaza and the formal annexation of part of the occupied Palestinian territories in the West Bank, to facilitate the expansion of Israeli settlements,” said Vera Papon, Ambassador of the State of Palestine to Chile.

Baboun noted that Trump's proposal ignores the basic principles of international law and human rights, while recalling colonial-era policies that prioritize territorial expansion over the rights and existence of the Palestinian people.

She considered that these statements regarding the forced displacement of Palestinians from Gaza stirred official and public opinion in Chile, as the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed in a post on the XN platform, "Chile, as a responsible country that values peace and respect for human rights and international law, affirms that there is no other way to resolve the regional conflict and ensure peace other than the two-state solution."

Chilean President: Palestine for Palestinians without colonies

She added: “This statement was exchanged between Prime Minister Alberto Van Klaveren and the President of the Republic himself, Gabriel Boric, who in turn confirmed in his post on the same platform that “Palestine is for the Palestinians, without external invasions, colonies or displaced persons. Two integrated and sovereign states, with internationally recognized borders.”

Ambassador Babon added, "In a statement published by the Palestinian community in Chile, it stressed that "it is unacceptable that the insistence on expelling Palestinians from their land and imposing foreign rule on the Gaza Strip continues, after a year of terror, genocide and war crimes against the Palestinian people. This is nothing less than the entrenchment of the occupation and the denial of the inalienable right of the Palestinian people to self-determination."

The community stressed that “in the face of this new attack on the rights of the Palestinian people, the international community can no longer limit itself to rhetorical statements. We need to take concrete action to prevent the imposition of illegal measures that lead to the entrenchment of colonialism, forced displacement and systematic violence. In this context, we welcome our government’s statement and call on other countries to clearly condemn these statements and to actively promote diplomatic measures in international forums that demand compliance with international law and the protection of the Palestinian people.”

Pabon noted that former Chilean diplomat José Rodríguez Elizondo published a letter in response to Chilean President Boric’s post in El Mercurio: “We are too marginal a country to take the initiative against the Trump administration in the event of a possible displacement of the Gaza population. It seems to me that this is an ideological show that puts us in the direct spotlight. First of all, goodbye to the visa exemption. My doubt is whether we realize that in this way we are ‘intensifying contradictions’, as they say in the Leninist lexicon.”

Chile's condemnation of Trump's remarks was neither exceptional nor isolated.

In a letter published in the same newspaper, Senators Francisco Chahuan, Iván Moreira and José Ansulsa, members of the Foreign Policy Committee of the Parliament, responded that “his call to modify this position based on current calculations is nothing more than a call to abandon the leadership of our country and the doctrine of the Chilean State that has transcended governments in power, based on adherence to international law. Moreover, his argument suffers from dialectical weakness. Since Chile is a small country exposed to the interests of foreign powers, the most important interest of our country is to defend international law. Adopting accommodating positions, as Rodríguez Elizondo suggested, would only weaken our standing in the world and undermine the credibility of our foreign policy. Finally, it is necessary to assume that Chile’s condemnation was not exceptional or isolated, but rather was similar to the position of the vast majority of countries in the world, including the United Kingdom, France and Germany, which rejected President Trump’s illegal proposal that entails the forced displacement of Palestinians from their lands.”

She stressed that the forced displacement of an entire people has nothing to do with peace, but is a clear and flagrant violation of international law, humanitarian principles and justice.

Baboun believed that the world must categorically reject any proposal that seeks to impose solutions by force, and we urge countries that have not yet expressed their position on these calls to take the initiative to declare their rejection of displacement and annexation, in accordance with international law and international legitimacy resolutions.

The vision of the populist right in the United States

Writer and researcher Mansour Abu Karim stressed that US President Donald Trump’s insistence and statement regarding the displacement of the people of the Gaza Strip reflects the vision of the populist right in the United States.

Abu Karim pointed out that this trend, represented by Trump, deals with international politics and rights with the logic of commercial deals, as it sees things from the perspective of ownership, buying and selling.

He explained that this logic is not consistent with international relations or international law, and reflects ignorance of the nature of the conflict and the historical rights of the Palestinian people, considering Trump's statements to be nothing more than a "soap bubble" that will not have a significant impact on the Palestinian-Israeli political reality, as happened with the so-called Deal of the Century.

Abu Karim added: "The issuance of this position by the president of the largest country in the world is considered a disregard for international law and the historical rights of the Palestinian people, in addition to being in contradiction with the system of international legitimacy resolutions."

The researcher pointed out that this trend reinforces the logic of commercial deals in international relations, and paves the way for a new phase based on expelling Palestinians from their lands and displacing them in favor of economic projects and the vision of the ruling religious right in Israel.

Israel sees Trump's statements as an opportunity to finally get rid of the Gaza crisis

Regarding the Israeli Defense Minister, Yisrael Katz’s, order to prepare plans for displacement, Abu Karim explained that Israel is exploiting this opportunity, and finds in Trump’s vision an opportunity to liquidate what remains of the Palestinian issue through displacement or implementing what is known as the “conflict resolution” project, which is based on the principle of expulsion (transfer).

He added: "The ruling right in Israel considers Trump's statements an opportunity to finally get rid of the Gaza crisis and the population density in the Strip, especially since Gaza has been, throughout the history of the struggle, a dagger in Israel's southern flank."

Regarding the possibility of absorbing the people of Gaza in other countries, he stressed that there is no country in the Arab or Islamic world, or even at the international level, that is prepared to receive more than two million Palestinian citizens, considering that this would represent the largest displacement operation in history, and would be considered a crime according to international law and international norms.

Abu Karim stressed that there is no readiness on the part of Egypt, Jordan, or any Arab country to receive the Palestinians whom Trump seeks to displace from the Gaza Strip.

Fear of returning to war to implement the forced displacement project

He pointed out that confronting displacement can be done by strengthening Palestinian national unity, ending the division, unifying the institutions between Gaza and the West Bank, allowing the Palestinian Authority to return to assume full responsibility for the Gaza Strip as the administrative and political entity recognized by the world, upholding the supreme interests of the Palestinian people, and removing the pretexts from the hands of the Israeli occupation to return to war again.

He warned that returning to war would enable Netanyahu and Trump to implement the displacement project through military force, adding: “Trump’s project can be confronted through a unified Arab and Islamic position by rejecting the idea in its entirety and calling for an Arab and Islamic summit in Riyadh to come up with a unified position towards this dangerous project.”

Internationally, Abu Karim believes that it is possible to resort to the International Court of Justice through a decision by the Assembly, and to escalate the clash with the Trump administration and the Netanyahu government in international forums, to thwart this plan, just as the Deal of the Century was thwarted.

A proposal that conflicts with American political and economic interests.

In turn, Sami Mshasha, a writer specializing in international institutions, revealed that US President Donald Trump’s proposal to “seize Gaza and expel its residents” is not just a passing statement, but rather comes within a complex political context that serves Israel’s interests, even though it is not feasible.

"Trump, a man of real estate deals and commercial exchanges, realizes that this proposal conflicts with the political and economic interests of the United States in the region, especially in light of the Chinese economic competition and the Russian political and military competition," Mish'ash explained.

He pointed out that implementing such a plan would require American military intervention, which is unlikely given its financial cost and legal repercussions, in addition to the Palestinians' categorical rejection of such a scenario, which would mean a new Nakba.

Mish'sha'a believes that the proposal is not a ready-made plan, but rather a "moving proposal" that gives Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a chance to consolidate his government coalition and the possibility of forming a unity government to avoid internal crises that threaten the entity's survival. It also gives the occupation room to reformulate the second phase of the ceasefire agreement in a way that ensures the achievement of its strategic goals.

Mshasha pointed out that the main goal of raising Trump’s proposal is to attract broad Arab rejection of it, so that “thwarting the displacement” becomes an achievement in itself, which paves the way for proposing an alternative plan represented by rebuilding Gaza under regional supervision, while offering economic incentives to encourage the voluntary migration of the Strip’s residents, especially the youth, which he described as “the real danger.”

Intensifying settlement and uprooting plans in the West Bank

He added: In return, Israel is exploiting this situation to continue settlement expansion in the West Bank, legalize settlement outposts, annex the Jordan Valley, and internally displace Palestinians, with a focus on dismantling the camps in the northern West Bank. It is also working to strengthen its control over Jerusalem legally and practically, by ending the work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), revoking the refugee status of more than 110,000 Jerusalemites, and eliminating any presence of camps within the city’s borders.

Mish'sha' stressed that the US administration is seeking, in parallel with these steps, to impose normalization with the largest possible number of Arab and Islamic countries, but this normalization is conditional on achieving Israeli goals first, most notably annexation, establishing Jerusalem as the "eternal capital" of Israel, eliminating any Palestinian resistance, eliminating the right of return, and ending UNRWA.

Mish'sha concluded his speech by emphasizing that the real challenge for the Palestinians does not lie in the positions of the Arab countries, which are governed by calculations of interests and survival, but rather in their ability to unify their ranks and end the internal division, considering that the continuation of the division is the loophole that allows the plans of Trump, Netanyahu and their allies to pass.

Mish'sha' concluded his statement to "I" by emphasizing that "without true Palestinian unity, the resistance trade will be a losing one, and the deals to liquidate the Palestinian cause will succeed."

An extension of old plans aimed at emptying the Gaza Strip

For his part, political analyst Tawfiq Taama said: The statements of former US President Donald Trump about displacing Palestinians from the Gaza Strip are an extension of old plans aimed at emptying the Strip of its residents, pointing out that the Israeli occupation has sought to achieve this goal over decades through repeated wars on Gaza.

Taama explained that the recent Israeli aggression, which continued for more than a year, revealed the occupation's intentions to impose forced displacement on the residents of the Strip.

He added: "The occupation's failure to achieve its goals through military force prompted Trump to try to achieve them through political and economic pressure and blackmail, under the pretext of reconstruction."

Taama stressed that Trump's statements are not just "trial balloons", but rather represent a real threat, especially since he promised Israel during his election campaign to annex the West Bank, which reflects a trend towards imposing American or Israeli control over the Gaza Strip as well.

Achieving true Palestinian national unity is required.

He pointed out that thwarting these plans requires the steadfastness of the Palestinian people in Gaza, strengthening the resistance, and achieving true Palestinian national unity.

He criticised the continuation of the Palestinian division, stressing that Israel exploited this division to implement its aggressive policies in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Political analyst Taama called for a Palestinian and Arab move to confront the American-Israeli plan, by mobilizing international positions, and holding emergency sessions at the United Nations, the Arab League, and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to denounce these statements.

Taama considered the Arab popular movement an important element in confronting these plans, pointing out that the Arab street protests may put pressure on the American administration, which takes into consideration the impact of popular positions on the stability of its allied regimes in the region.

Taama concluded by saying: The battle is not only in Gaza, but also includes the West Bank, where Israel seeks to impose the annexation plan, which requires a unified Palestinian movement to confront these dangers.