“All deportation or forced transfer of people from an occupied territory is strictly prohibited,” Volker Türk declared, High Commissioner of the UN in response to the plans of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, to expel the Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to other countries.
“International law is very clear, self -determination is a fundamental principle and must be protected by all states, as the International Court of Justice has recently stressed,” Türk said in a written message.
“The suffering of the people in the occupied Palestinian territory and in Israel has been unbearable, we must enter a new phase to guarantee the peace and security of Palestinians and Israelis based on dignity and equality”he added.
Türk insisted in this regard by continuing with the successive phases of the current high fire, in order to free all the hostages and prisoners arrested arbitrarily, “and end the war to rebuild Gaza with complete respect for international humanitarian law and the Human Rights “.
Previously, the president of the National Palestinian Authority (ANP), Mahmud Abás, rejected Trump’s proposal on Wednesday, remembering that Gaza is “integral part” of the Palestinian state.
Trump said Tuesday, at a press conference with the Israeli prime minister, Benjamín Netanyahu, that the United States “will take control” of the Gaza Strip in the long term and rebuild it, making it the new “Riviera de Oriente Middle”, After permanently resetting the Palestinians in other countries.
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