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Gazans reject Trump’s displacement plan despite destruction: ‘This is our land’

The Times of Israel reports: “Whenever Mansour Abu Al-Khaier stares across Gaza, all the 45-year-old Palestinian man sees is death and destruction in the tiny enclave after nearly two years of war between Hamas and Israel.

But even though Palestinian lives have been shattered during the course of Israeli airstrikes and heavy bombardment, Al-Khaier and others flatly reject US President Donald Trump’s Israeli-backed plan to displace Gaza’s 2.3 million population.

‘This is our land. Who would we leave it to, where would we go?’ asked Al-Khaier, a technician.

Trump, hosting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday, indicated progress on a highly disputed initiative to relocate Palestinians out of the coastal enclave, citing ‘great cooperation from… surrounding countries.’

Speaking to reporters at the start of a dinner between US and Israeli officials, Netanyahu said the United States and Israel were working with other countries that would give Palestinians a ‘better future,’ suggesting that Gazans would be able to move to neighboring nations…”

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