Hamas Says More than 400 Killed as Israel Launches ‘Extensive Strikes’ on Gaza Strip | BBC News

Mar 18, 2025 | The Israeli military says it is carrying out "extensive strikes" in the Gaza Strip, with the Hamas-run health ministry reporting that more than 400 people Palestinians have been killed.

The biggest wave of strikes since the ceasefire began in January comes after the Israeli military said talks to extend the ceasefire failed.

Hamas accuses Israel of attacking "defenceless civilians", and says mediators should hold Israel "fully responsible" for "violating and overturning" the ceasefire.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office says Israel will "from now on act against Hamas with increasing military strength", accusing Hamas of "repeated refusal to release our hostages", and of rejecting proposals to extend the ceasefire.

In a statement, Hamas says the United States "bears full responsibility for the massacres" in Gaza, after it emerged Israel briefed the US on the strikes prior to launching them.

Netanyahu ‘Committed’ to Trump’s Plan to Take Over Gaza

THE GUARDIAN: Comments suggest Israeli PM will reject Hamas pledge to hand over control of territory to the PA

Benjamin Netanyahu has reiterated that he is “committed” to Donald Trump’s plan to take over and develop the Gaza Strip, amid uncertainty over whether Israel will send a delegation to Qatar to discuss the second stage of the fragile ceasefire in the war with Hamas.

In a statement on Monday, the Israeli prime minister said: “Just as I have committed to, on the day after the war in Gaza, there will be neither Hamas nor the Palestinian Authority. I am committed to US president Trump’s plan for the creation of a different Gaza.”

The remarks come after a report by Sky News Arabia on Sunday night that Hamas was prepared to hand over control of Gaza to its West Bank-based rival, the semi-autonomous Palestinian Authority (PA), following pressure from mediator Egypt. » | Bethan McKernan | Monday, January 17, 2025

Humza Yousaf Slams Gaza 'Ethnic Cleansing' by Israel & UK Government 'Complicity' | Full Interview

Feb 12, 2025 | Former First Minister of Scotland, Humza Yousaf, joins Global News Today with Tom Burges Watson for an exclusive interview to discuss the Gaza ceasefire and the recent threats made by US President Donald Trump and supported by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Hamas, demanding the immediate release of the rest of the hostages by Saturday, otherwise "all hell will break out." President Trump had also wanted to turn Gaza into a "Riviera of the Middle East" and says that all Palestinians should move to neighboring countries.

Yousaf slams these ideas put forward by the US president and says its simply "ethnic cleansing," stating many countries are being cowardly in not labeling Israel's treatment of Palestinians in Gaza as such.

Yousaf also attacks Keir Starmer and the UK government for being "complicit" in Israel's "ethnic cleansing," suggesting that the language they use to describe Israel's actions is limited and the fact they continue to send weapons to Israel which are used against the Palestinians.

What Fallout Does Jordan Face from Trump’s Gaza Plan? | The Take

Feb 12, 2025 | King Abdullah II of Jordan met United States President Donald Trump at a critical moment. With Jordan hosting more than two million Palestinian refugees, Trump’s plan to “own” Gaza and relocate its population puts the kingdom in a tough spot. Abdullah calls displacement a red line – but how much can he push back? In this episode:

• Nour Odeh, Senior Correspondent


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Tariq Ali on Trump's Embrace of Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza & Global Rise of the Far Right

Feb 12, 2025 | Acclaimed scholar and activist Tariq Ali joins us for a wide-ranging conversation. In Part 1, he responds to Trump's support of the ethnic cleansing of Gaza, the U.S.'s capitulation to Israeli aggression in the Middle East and the rise in right-wing authoritarianism around the world. Ali says Donald Trump is "the most right-wing president in recent years" and exposes "in public what his predecessors used to say in private."

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"Trump Does Not See Palestinians as Human Beings": Plan for US to "Take Over" Gaza Faces Outcry

Feb 6, 2025 | World leaders are rebuking Donald Trump's proposal for the United States to take over the Gaza Strip, ethnically cleansing the region of Palestinians. "There's no question that even though the entire region would reject it … the fundamental reality is that we are heading to the complete destruction of Palestinian society in Gaza as a matter of status quo," says our guest Omar Baddar. Baddar, a Palestinian American political analyst and member of the National Policy Council of the Arab American Institute, also discusses Trump's recent statements signaling a potential breakdown of the official ceasefire in Gaza.

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Gaza Update: How Do Gaza's Arab neighbors React to US President Trump's Proposals? | DW News

Feb 12, 2025 | Donald Trump has doubled down on his plans for the United States to 'take over' Gaza, after talks with Jordan's King Abdullah at the White House. Trump repeated his claims that the two million Palestinians living in Gaza would voluntarily leave for Jordan and Egypt. Jordan's King Abdullah skirted the issue when reporters asked about Trump's comments, saying it would be discussed with regional leaders. Egypt meanwhile has announced its own reconstruction plan. How seriously are people in the region taking Trump's proposal?

Trump is such a brazen character. – © Mark Alexander

Jordanian King Rebuffs Trump Proposal to Displace Palestinians in Gaza

THE NEW YORK TIMES: His pushback came after President Trump insisted Tuesday that the United States has the authority to “take” Gaza.

A screenshot taken from this article in today’s New York Times. | King Abdullah II of Jordan and President Trump meeting at the White House on Tuesday. | Eric Lee/The New York Times
King Abdullah II of Jordan on Tuesday rebuffed President Trump’s proposal for his country to absorb Palestinians living in Gaza, saying that he remained opposed to a plan Mr. Trump has laid out to clear the territory so the United States can seize control of it.

During a “constructive” meeting with the U.S. president at the White House, King Abdullah said, he “reiterated Jordan’s steadfast position against the displacement of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.”

“This is the unified Arab position,” he stated in a post on social media after the meeting. “Rebuilding Gaza without displacing the Palestinians and addressing the dire humanitarian situation should be the priority for all.”

His statement came hours after Mr. Trump insisted the United States had the authority to “take” Gaza, part of an effort to pressure the leader of Jordan and other Arab nations to embrace a forced removal, which has drawn widespread condemnation. » | Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Maggie Haberman | Reporting from Washington | Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Trump Says Gaza Ceasefire Should End If All Hostages Not Freed on Saturday

Feb 11, 2025 | Donald Trump says the Gaza ceasefire deal should end if all hostages aren't released by Saturday. Hamas is saying it will delay the next exchange, because Israel isn't living up to its part of the deal and has carried out multiple violations. Fawaz Gerges, a professor at the London School of Economics, discusses the Gaza ceasefire agreement with TRT World.

Trump Says Gaza Ceasefire Should Be Cancelled Unless All Israeli Hostages Freed | BBC News

Feb 11, 2025 | US President Donald Trump said if Hamas does not release all remaining hostages from Gaza by midday on Saturday, Israel should cancel the ceasefire and "let hell break out”.

Ahead of a meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah, Trump suggested he may withhold aid to Jordan and Egypt if they don't co-operate with his plan to take control of Gaza and resettle the population in the two countries.

Hamas said it would delay the release of Israeli hostages until further notice, accusing Israel of breaching the Gaza ceasefire agreement.

Israel called the move a "complete violation" of the ceasefire deal, which began last month, and said its military was preparing at "the highest level of alert for any possible scenario in Gaza".

Trump Says He May Cut Aid to Jordan and Egypt if They Don’t Take Gazans

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The president turned up the pressure on the two nations to agree to his proposal for them to house the Palestinian population of Gaza and said the Palestinians would not have the right to return to the territory.

President Trump said on Monday that he could cut aid to Jordan and Egypt if they refused his demand to permanently take in most Palestinians from Gaza, substantially increasing the pressure on key allies in the region to back his audacious proposal to relocate the entire population of the territory in order to redevelop it.

The president also said from the White House that if Hamas did not release all the remaining Israeli hostages by “12 o’clock on Saturday,” the cease-fire agreement with Israel should be canceled.

“All hell is going to break out,” Mr. Trump said to reporters in the Oval Office, while acknowledging that the choice over ending the cease-fire ultimately fell to Israel.

Jordan and Egypt, both major recipients of U.S. military and economic aid, have rejected any suggestion that Palestinians be relocated to their countries. But Mr. Trump said on Monday that the assistance could be in jeopardy. » | Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Shawn McCreesh | Reporting from Washington | Monday, February 10, 2025

Mustafa Barghouti on Trump, Ethnic Cleansing & Israel “Moving the War” from Gaza to the West Bank

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Trump Doubles Down on Gaza & Canada Takeover Plans | Vantage with Palki Sharma

Feb 10, 2025 | Trump Doubles Down on Gaza & Canada Takeover Plans | Vantage with Palki Sharma | N18G

US President Donald Trump hasn't been shy about his expansionist ambitions. Trump wants to buy Greenland from Denmark and retake the Panama canal. His latest idea is the at the US will buy and own Gaza, and redevelop the war-torn enclave. He is doubling down on the idea, despite almost universal criticism. Meanwhile, Canada is genuinely afraid that Trump is serious about turning the country into the 51st US state.

Riyadh Slams Israel's Netanyahu for "Palestine in Saudi Arabia" Remark | Firstpost Spotlight

Feb 10, 2025 | Riyadh Slams Israel's Netanyahu For "Palestine In Saudi Arabia" Remark | Firstpost Spotlight | N18G

Riyadh condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's suggestion that Saudi Arabia's land can be used to establish a Palestinian state. In a statement on February 9, the Saudi Foreign Ministry called the suggestions to displace Palestinians from their land an "extremist" idea. Saudi Arabi also affirmed that the "Palestinian people have a right to their land, and they are not intruders or immigrants" who could be expelled as per the wishes of Israeli leadership. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump doubled down on his earlier proposal that Washington D.C. will "take over" and "own" Gaza by resettling people of Palestine elsewhere.

«Nous ferons le travail» : Benyamin Netanyahou veut «poursuivre» le plan de Donald Trump pour Gaza

LE FIGARO : «Le vrai problème» est de trouver une «destination» pour accueillir les Gazaouis déplacés, a ajouté le premier ministre israélien.

Le premier ministre israélien Benyamin Netanyahou a salué le plan, largement critiqué, de Donald Trump visant à déplacer les Palestiniens de la bande de Gaza, ravagée par la guerre, en déclarant qu'Israël était prêt à «faire le travail».

Dans une interview diffusée samedi soir sur Fox News, à la veille de la fin de sa visite à Washington, Benyamin Netanyahou a défendu la proposition du président américain, objet de vives condamnations à travers le monde. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | dimanche 9 février 2025

Cenk Uygur Reacts to Trump’s Displacement Plan

Feb 5, 2025 | ‘This is absolutely insane’.

American political commentator Cenk Uygur reacts to Trump’s plan to ‘take over’ Gaza, saying the proposal is the ‘definition of ethnic cleansing’ and urging Americans to ‘unite against it’.

'It's Ethnic Cleansing': Trump Receiving Major Backlash for Gaza 'Take Over' Comments

Feb 7, 2025 | President Trump is facing backlash for his proposal for the U.S. to “take over” the Gaza strip and “own” it. Diana Buttu, former Advisor to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, joins José Díaz-Balart to share her reaction to Trump’s comments and to discuss what she thinks would be a better outcome for the Middle East.

Trump's Gaza Scheme Alarms Arab nations, as UN Chief Warns against 'Ethnic Cleansing' | DW News

Feb 7, 2025 | Just a day after US President Trump suggested that the US should take over the Gaza Strip, Israel says it is already preparing for large numbers of Palestinians to leave the territory. On Thursday, members of the Trump administration have tried to walk back some of the president's shocking proposal--a proposal that is drawing condemnation from around the world, with the head of the United Nations warning against ethnic cleansing.

Fact is Trump is bad news for just about everyone, except the superrich and Netanyahu and his cronies! – © Mark Alexander

Trump’s Gaza Takeover Would Violate International Law, Experts Say

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Forcing Palestinians to leave the enclave would be “a straightforward crime against humanity,” an Oxford professor said. It would be a further violation to take over the territory.

President Trump’s proposal for the United States to take over Gaza, transfer its population to Egypt and Jordan and redevelop it into the “Riviera of the Middle East” would unquestionably be a severe violation of international law, experts say.

Forced deportation or transfer of a civilian population is a violation of international humanitarian law, a war crime and a crime against humanity. The prohibition against forced deportations of civilians has been a part of the law of war since the Lieber Code, a set of rules on the conduct of hostilities, was promulgated by Union forces during the U.S. Civil War. It is prohibited by multiple provisions of the Geneva Conventions, and the Nuremberg Tribunal after World War II defined it as a war crime.

The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court lists forcible population transfers as both a war crime and a crime against humanity. And if the displacement is focused on a particular group based on their ethnic, religious or national identity, then it is also persecution — an additional crime. (Because Palestine is a party to the International Criminal Court, the court has jurisdiction over those crimes if they take place within Gaza, even if they are committed by citizens of the United States, which is not a member of the court.)

When Mr. Trump was asked how much of Gaza’s population he wanted to move, he said, “all of them,” adding, “I would think that they would be thrilled.” And when he was pressed on whether he would force them to go even if they did not want to, Mr. Trump said, “I don’t think they’re going to tell me no.”

Janina Dill, the co-director of the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, said in a statement that forcing Gazans to leave would be a crime: “The scale of such an undertaking, the level of coercion and force required, hence the gravity, make this a straightforward crime against humanity.” » | Amanda Taub | Wednesday, February 5, 2025

‘Worst Nightmare’: Egypt and Jordan Put in Impossible Bind by Trump Gaza Plan

THE GUARDIAN: Though heavily dependent on US aid, Amman and Cairo face political calamity at home should they comply

International outrage in recent days has focused on Donald Trump’s proposal that the US take “ownership” of Gaza, and that more than two million Palestinians be displaced to allow the territory to be transformed from “a demolition site” into a “riviera” in the Middle East.

In Jordan and Egypt, the demand that both countries accept huge numbers of Palestinians from Gaza – potentially on a permanent basis – has prompted equal concern. Leaders of both countries immediately rejected the proposal, and the Jordanian king, Abdullah II, and the Egyptian president, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, are heading to Washington in an attempt to convince Trump to change course.

“They are terrified that an Israeli policy of population transfer will actually become real,” said Neil Quilliam, an associate fellow of the Middle East programme at the Chatham House thinktank in London.

Abdullah and Sisi know that they are vulnerable to Trump’s trademark transactional style of geopolitics as their countries’ economies and security depend heavily on huge levels of US aid and trade.

Jordan accepted large numbers of displaced Palestinians in 1948 during the wars surrounding the foundation of Israel, and in 1967 when Israel occupied the West Bank and Gaza. A large proportion of Jordan’s population – probably more than half – is of Palestinian origin, with many still classed as refugees. » | Jason Burke, International security correspondent | Thursday, February 6, 2025

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