MADRID, February 19, 2025 (WAFA) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez Wednesday slammed US President Donald Trump’s proposal to take over the Gaza Strip and forcibly displace its population.

Speaking at a joint press briefing in Madrid with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, President Sanchez said: "I would like to reiterate, as I have said to you (al-Sisi) privately, and also to the delegation of Egyptian ministers, the absolute rejection of Spain and of your government to the proposal to move the Palestinian population out of the Gaza Strip."

He stressed that "Gaza belongs to the Palestinians and is part of the future Palestinian state,” while warning that “Its expulsion would not only be immoral and contrary to international law and the resolutions of the United Nations but would also have a destabilizing effect at a regional and global level.”

US President Donald Trump proposed 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, 4 February, 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 at least 48,291 Palestinians and injured 111,722, according to Palestinian Health Ministry.

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