Trump Proposes Gaza Residents To Be Relocated To Indonesia, House Of Representatives Commission I: If Palestine Is Taken By Israel, How About It?

Chairman of the BKSAP DPR RI as well as a member of Commission II of the DPR, Mardani Ali Sera. (Nailin-VOI)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the BKSAP DPR RI, Mardani Ali Sera, responded to the suggestion of the President of the United States (US) Donald Trump who wanted to relocate Gazans to several countries, one of which was Indonesia. He is worried that the relocation plan will actually be a momentum for Israel to take over Palestine.

Mardani initially commented on Trump's thoughts that were always out of the box. However, according to him, relocating Gazans to several countries is not the business of the US President.

"First, of course, Donald Trump has a lot of thoughts that go out of the box, take Panama, the Mexican bay becomes America's bay, including wanting to move the relocation of Gazans to Indonesia for relocation, that's not Donald Trump's business, it must be asked to Gazans," said Mardani at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Tuesday, January 21.

Although, continued the chairman of the PKS DPP, Indonesia will always be ready to help Palestinians. It's just that he was surprised why Trump called Indonesia.

"But that Indonesia is ready to help Palestine, especially since Gazans are very clear and correct. So, what should be an interesting question is why mention the name of Indonesia, Donald Trump?", said Mardani.

The member of Commission II of the DPR said that maybe the reason Trump wanted Indonesia to be a shelter for Gazans was because they were vocal in fighting for Palestinian independence. However, Mardani is worried that Israel will actually take Palestine if Gazans leave their homeland.

"I think khusnuzon, because Indonesia is considered one of the countries that is very committed, very consistent, supporting Palestinian independence, helping Palestinians. There is a part of it at that point, but the proposal is absurd. Because when it has been transferred, how will Israel take it?", he concluded.

Sementara sebelumnya, Kementerian Luar Negeri (Kemlu) RI telah menanggapi isu terkait rencana Presiden terpilih Amerika Serikat Donald Trump yang ingin merelokasi warga Gaza beberapa negara, salah satunya Indonesia.

"The Indonesian government has never received any information about this," said a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rolliansyah Soemirat, on Monday, January 20.

The relocation plan comes after Trump's envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, considered visiting the Gaza Strip as part of his efforts to keep the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas running.

Witkoff is working to achieve long-term stability for Israel and about 2 million abandoned Palestinians, through three phases of the deal reached last week.

The first phase, which began on Sunday, is estimated to last about six weeks and involves the release of hostages by Hamas and Palestinian prisoners by Israel.

The second phase will be negotiated during the first phase and is expected to result in additional hostage releases and withdrawals of Israeli troops from Gaza.

The last phase, which still needs to be negotiated, is ending the war and starting the rebuilding of Gaza.

However, the idea of relocation is highly controversial among Palestinians and other Arabs, as many believe that relocation will be the first step in forcing them to leave their lands by Israel.