SÃO PAULO, February 5, 2025 (WAFA) – The Sultanate of Oman Wednesday affirmed its firm rejection of all proposals to forcibly displace Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.

Speaking in an interview with Brazilian radio stations, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said: ““No country, no matter how important, can fight the entire world all the time.”

“The US participated in encouraging everything Israel did in the Gaza Strip. So it doesn't make sense to meet with the president of Israel and say, 'We're going to occupy Gaza, we're going to recover Gaza, we're going to live in Gaza'. Where are the Palestinians going to go?”

“It's almost incomprehensible to any human being. People need to stop saying whatever comes into their heads. Everyone governs their own country, and let's leave other countries alone,” said Lula.

President Lula joined the resounding chorus of voices that have condemned US President Donald Trump’s proposal to forcibly displace Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and take over the enclave which was under Israeli genocidal assault since October 2023.

Trump said during a press conference in Washington with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu late on Tuesday that the US “will take over” Gaza after relocating Palestinians elsewhere under an extraordinary redevelopment plan that he claimed could turn the enclave into “the Riviera of the Middle East.”

Trump’s proposal came after the ceasefire agreement took effect in Gaza on January 19, pausing Israel’s genocidal assault on the enclave which has killed over 47,500 Palestinians and injured more than 111,000, according to Palestinian Health Ministry.

K.F.