Canadian Minister Rejects Trump To Relocate Palestinians Outside Gaza

Safe shelters, blankets, or warm clothes are urgently needed by Gazans who seek protection from Israeli aggression by the end of 2024. (X @UNRWA - @UNLazzarini)

JAKARTA - Canadian International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen stressed that the Palestinian people must remain in their homeland and must not be forcibly relocated outside their territory.

"We believe that Palestinians have rights to their homeland, international law must be adhered to, and none of them may be relocated from their own lands," Hussen said at a press conference on the sidelines of his visit to Jakarta, Friday, February 14, as reported by Antara.

Regarding conditions in Gaza following the ceasefire, he said that the drastic increase in the number of humanitarian aid trucks entering Gaza at this time should be grateful considering that before the ceasefire, none of the aid could enter the region.

However, he said, humanitarian assistance that entered the enclave still had to be added.

The Canadian minister said the current need for assistance was still urgent for the supply of emergency response commodities before supplies of aid for regional recovery and reconstruction could generally be distributed.

Hussen believes that the only way to end the conflict is to realize a two-state solution where the people of Israel and Palestine coexist safely and peacefully.

"It is inevitable, it also means that the Palestinian state must stand up so that the Palestinian people can live in the freedom, dignity, and independence they have fought for so far," he said.

"We also believe that the reconstruction process in Gaza must go hand in hand with an irreversible political process in an effort to realize a two-state solution," said Hussen.

Following his proposal to relocate Palestinians out of the Gaza Strip, United States President Donald Trump stated that the US plans to "take over Gaza".

Trump claims that the Palestinian people in Gaza don't actually want to return to Gaza, but they come back just because they have no choice. He said Gaza reconstruction could be considered a real estate development project for the future' that would make Gaza intimate."

Moreover, in an interview with Fox News that aired Monday (10/2), Trump stated, if relocated, Gazans will not be entitled to return to their homeland under the pretext of they will get much better housing."