On Saturday, the Swedish capital, Stockholm, witnessed a massive demonstration in protest against US President Donald Trump's plan to seize the Gaza Strip and forcibly displace Palestinians from their lands.

In the Odenplan area of Stockholm, hundreds of activists and citizens gathered to express their solidarity with the people of Gaza, and their rejection of what they described as a colonial plan to forcibly deport Palestinians from their homeland.

The demonstrators held up banners reading "No to American imperialism, No to the Zionist occupation," carried anti-Trump posters, and chanted slogans rejecting "forced displacement," before heading to the Swedish Foreign Ministry headquarters.

Swedish activist Karl Kjellén told Anadolu Agency that he participated in the demonstration in protest against what he described as "the genocide being carried out by Israel in Gaza and the West Bank."

Criticizing Swedish support for Israel, Kälin added: “I strongly condemn the Swedish imperialist government’s support for the Israeli occupation.”

He continued: "Despite the calm atmosphere that has passed in recent weeks, the imperialists have revealed their true colors once again. Trump said it clearly, he wants to erase the Palestinians from Gaza and turn it into a tourist resort. This proves that these politicians do not carry any human values. We must support the Palestinians with all our strength to confront this plan."

On February 4, Trump sparked widespread controversy when he suggested that the United States take control of the Gaza Strip and turn it into the “Riviera of the Middle East,” after displacing the 2.4 million Palestinians there to other places, especially Egypt and Jordan, without any plans to return them.

In the face of this proposal, Arab leaders adopted an Egyptian plan to rebuild Gaza at the Cairo Summit last Tuesday, which guarantees the return of the Palestinian Authority to the Gaza Strip.

Despite the adoption of the Arab plan, the US State Department said on Thursday that the Egyptian plan does not meet the aspirations of the Trump administration, indicating the continuing dispute between Washington and Arab countries over the future of the Strip.

With American support, Israel committed genocide in Gaza between October 7, 2023 and January 19, 2025, leaving more than 160,000 Palestinians dead and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 14,000 missing.