Saudi Arabia is neutral ground for Trump to restore high-level ties to Russia, but the crown prince is opposing his Gaza plans
Archiv: 04-02-2025 After annihilation of 2 percent of the Gaza population the US-Israel war coalition proposes US-colonization of Gaza and ethnic cleansing of natives
Thousands March to US Embassy in London With Message for Trump: ‚Hands Off Gaza‘
An 87-year-old Holocaust survivor called the U.S. president‘s plan to permanently force Palestinians out of Gaza „completely immoral and illegal, and also impractical and absurd.“
London Protest Against Trump‘s Gaza Plan Outside US Embassy | DRM News | AH1Z
On February 15, 2025, thousands gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in London to protest President Donald Trump‘s controversial proposal to move Gazans out of Gaza. Protesters marched through central London, voicing their disapproval of the plan to transform Gaza into a resort-like area, calling it unjust and unrealistic. The protestors held Palestinian flags and banners, while some condemned the plan as „ethnic cleansing.“ The protests came after Arab nations, such as Jordan and Egypt, rejected the idea, stating it would destabilize the region. The demonstration coincided with ongoing violence in Gaza, where tens of thousands have been affected by the conflict.
‘Civilization has failed’: Malaysian statesman Mahathir slams US, EU over Gaza genocide
Veteran Malaysian statesman Mahathir Mohamad on Friday criticized the support extended to Israel by the US and EU, saying it is „disgusting.“
“The America which wants to be great again, aid and abet the genocide by the Israelis,” said the 99-year-old former prime minister of the Southeast Asian nation.
“So do its European allies. This is the behavior of savages, not civilized people,” he said about support provided to Tel Aviv in its genocidal military campaign in the Gaza Strip.
LIVE: Für einen gerechten Frieden in Palästina und Israel – Töten beenden, Waffenexporte stoppen!
Berlin-Mitte, vor dem Bundeskanzleramt , 15.02.2024
Saudi Arabia spearheads Arab scramble for alternative to Trump‘s Gaza plan
The role of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, widely known as MbS, is shaping up to be key.
„We are telling the Americans we have a plan that works. Our meeting with MbS is going to be critical. He is taking the lead,“ said a Jordanian official.
Palestinian Central Council asserts unity against U.S. President’s comments on forced displacement
The Council also praised the consistent support for international law and Palestinian rights from regional and global political parties, including members of the U.S. Congress, and expressed appreciation for the United Nations Secretary-General‘s defense of international law and human rights.
The Palestinian Central Council reiterated its commitment to justice through international legal bodies, including the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court, rejecting President Trump’s punitive measures against the ICC.
Hundreds of rabbis protest „ethnic cleansing“ plan for Gaza
On Thursday, February 13, 350 rabbis and Jewish public figures took out a full-page ad in the New York Times and used it to condemn President Trump‘s new proposal.
The ad reads: “Trump has called for the removal of all Palestinians from Gaza. Jewish people say no to ethnic cleansing!” and is followed by a list of the signatories, which include Rabbis Sharon Brous, Roly Matalon, and Alissa Wise, as well as Jewish creatives and activists such as Tony Kushner, Ilana Glazer, Naomi Klein, and Joaquin Phoenix.
‘NO to ethnic cleansing’: Hundreds of US rabbis, Jewish celebs slam Trump in full-page NYT ad
The lead signatories are dozens of Jewish actors, artists and public figures, including Joaquin Phoenix and his siblings Summer and Rain, Ilana Glazer, Eric André, Morgan Spector, Tony Kushner, Jonathan Glazer, Larry Charles, Naomi Klein, Peter Beinart, Tavi Gevison and Wallace Shawn. Many on the list have previously spoken out in support of the Palestinians in public forums.
The public figures are followed by a list of hundreds of rabbis.
Joaquin Phoenix and Ilana Glazer among hundreds of Jews who ‘say no to ethnic cleansing’ in Gaza in full-page NYT ad
The ad’s website says donations from the project go to the In Our Name Campaign, an initiative founded by Jews in philanthropy who sought to raise $10 million for “organizations that support Palestinian-led efforts to build safety, dignity, and self-determination in Palestine” as well as pro-Palestinian organizing in the United States.
Für einen gerechten Frieden in Palästina und Israel: Das Töten endlich beenden, Waffenexporte stoppen!
Die Berliner Kundgebung wird veranstaltet von:
Amnesty International Deutschland • Ärzte der Welt • CARE Deutschland • Deutsch-Palästinensische Gesellschaft • Humanistische Union • IPPNW Deutschland • Israelis für Frieden • medico international • 4neukoellnplusberlin • Oxfam Deutschland • pax christi, Deutsche Sektion • Sea-Watch • Terre des Hommes Deutschland • Weltfriedensdienst
Außerdem rufen dazu auf:
Allianz für Kritische und Solidarische Wissenschaft • Arbeitskreis Internationalismus IG Metall Berlin • Arbeitskreis Palästina Brühl-Battir • Arbeitskreis Palästina der Lokalen Agenda 21 in Stadt und Kreis Neuwied • Berliner Krankenhausbewegung • Bundesweite Arbeitsgruppe Globalisierung und Krieg • Bündnis für Gerechtigkeit zwischen Israelis und Palästinensern (BIP) • ChanceMaker Foundation • Church and Peace • Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft – Vereinigte KriegsdienstgegnerInnen • Ende Gelände Berlin • EYE4PALESTINE • Föderation Demokratischer Arbeitervereine Berlin • Forum InformatikerInnen für Frieden und gesellschaftliche Verantwortung • Forum Ziviler Friedensdienst • Frauen wagen Frieden • Freunde von Sabeel Deutschland • Friends of Standing Together Berlin • Gaza Komitee Berlin • IALANA Deutschland – Vereinigung für Friedensrecht • Informationsbüro Nicaragua • Initiative zur Förderung der Beziehungen zwischen Nablus und Nürnberg (INNA) • Internationale der Kriegsdienstgegner*innen (IDK) • Internationale Frauenliga für Frieden und Freiheit (WILPF Germany) • Internationale Liga für Menschenrechte • Internationaler Versöhnungsbund, Deutscher Zweig • interventionistische Linke Berlin • Israelisches Komitee gegen Hauszerstörungen (ICAHD) • Kairos Palästina Solidaritätsnetz Deutschland • Kölner Friedensforum • Komitee für Grundrechte und Demokratie • Kooperation für den Frieden • Kulturkosmos Müritz (Fusion-Festival) • KURVE Wustrow – Bildungs- und Begegnungsstätte • Lebenshaus Schwäbische Alb – Gemeinschaft für soziale Gerechtigkeit, Frieden und Ökologie • Netzwerk Friedenskooperative • Netzwerk Ökumenisches Begleitprogramm in Palästina und Israel in Deutschland • Nürnberger Evangelisches Forum für den Frieden (NEFF) • Ohne Rüstung Leben • Palästina Initiative Region Hannover • Partnerschaftsverein Bonn-Ramallah • Reiter und Reiterinnen für den Frieden (Friedensritt) • Solidarität International • Städtepartnerschaftsverein Köln-Bethlehem • VVN-VdA (ehemals Westberlin) • Wuppertaler Friedensforum
Voters Strongly Oppose Trump’s Plan to “Take Over” and “Own” Gaza
The survey described how Trump called for the U.S. to “take over” and “own” Gaza, and transform it from a “demolition site” into the “Riviera of the Middle East.” After being informed that such a takeover would require forcibly resettling the roughly 1.8 million Palestinians who live in Gaza into neighboring countries, 64% of voters, including a majority of Democrats (85%) and Independents (63%), say they oppose this proposal. Republicans are more divided, with 46% in support and 43% opposed.
EXCLUSIVE: Nearly Two in Three American Voters Oppose Trump‘s Gaza ‚Takeover‘ Plan
Donald Trump has floated countless outlandish ideas during his time as president, but his latest — that the US should “take over” and “own” Gaza — stands out. On Feb. 4, he proposed turning Gaza from a “demolition site” into the “Riviera of the Middle East,” as if a geopolitical crisis could be solved with a real estate makeover and the ethnic cleansing of the enclave’s entire population. Our new Data for Progress survey, shared exclusively with Zeteo, shows that US voters strongly reject the idea.
Trump pushes Gaza plan in meeting with Jordan‘s King Abdullah II
„I don‘t have to threaten that. I do believe we‘re above that,“ Mr. Trump said. That contradicted his previous suggestion that holding back aid was a possibility.
Gaza: Trump forces King Abdullah II of Jordan into diplomatic contortions
There was something painful about watching Jordanian King Abdullah II at the White House on Tuesday, February 11, his eyes nervously twitching as he tried not to upset his host, Donald Trump. Journalists asked him, several times over: Was his country, Jordan, ready to receive a part of the Gazan population on its soil, as the American president wants to remove them from Palestinian territory?
The king refused to answer. In his impeccable English, he cautiously took refuge behind Egypt‘s broader international stature.
Jordan‘s King Abdullah avoids contradicting Trump‘s claim to authority over Gaza
“I think we have to keep in mind that there is a plan from Egypt and the Arab countries,” Abdullah said when prompted to speak by the president.
“We‘re being invited by [Crown Prince] Mohammed bin Salman to discussions in Riyadh..“
King, US president hold talks in White House
His Majesty King Abdullah reiterated during talks with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday, that he will put Jordan’s interests above all else.
Speaking to journalists before bilateral talks with the US president, His Majesty stressed that achieving stability, peace and prosperity in the region is a collective responsibility.
The King said Egypt and Arab countries will present a plan on Gaza, noting that it is important to find a solution that takes everyone’s interests into consideration, including peoples in the region and especially the Jordanian people, according to a Royal Court statement.
Mitglied der Hamas? Terror-Razzia gegen Sohn von Nobelpreisträgern
(February 8, 2025)
Medhursts Mutter und Vater hatten 1988 als Teil eines UN-Kontingents symbolisch den Friedensnobelpreis für die Blauhelme bekommen. Jetzt der brisante Verdacht gegen ihn nach Paragraf 278b: Mitgliedschaft in einer terroristischen Vereinigung! Dafür drohen bis zu zehn Jahre Haft.
Austrian Police Detain Richard Medhurst; Accuse Him of Being Hamas Member; UK Extends Probe Against Him
(February 7, 2025)
“I categorically deny all of these accusations by the Austrian and British governments, I’m a journalist, not a terrorist, and they bloody-well know it,” Medhurst said in his video. He added that he was a Christian being accused of belonging to Hamas, an Islamist organization resisting Israel’s occupation of Gaza.
Medhurst said the allegations by both countries were similar, but there has now been a “massive escalation” to accuse him of being a “member of a proscribed organization.” The British only accuse him of supporting the proscribed organization, Hamas, through his journalism.
“This is insanity,” he said. “This is an attack on the entire profession, on freedom of speech, on democracy itself.”
Medhurst said he could face up to 14 years of prison in Britain, plus 2-5 years if he doesn’t give them the passwords to his devices and perhaps 10 years in Austria.
Für einen gerechten Frieden in Palästina und Israel: Das Töten endlich beenden, Waffenexporte stoppen!
Die Berliner Kundgebung wird veranstaltet von:
Amnesty International Deutschland • Ärzte der Welt • CARE Deutschland • Deutsch-Palästinensische Gesellschaft • Humanistische Union • IPPNW Deutschland • Israelis für Frieden • medico international • 4neukoellnplusberlin • Oxfam Deutschland • pax christi, Deutsche Sektion • Sea-Watch • Terre des Hommes Deutschland • Weltfriedensdienst
Außerdem rufen dazu auf:
Allianz für Kritische und Solidarische Wissenschaft • Arbeitskreis Internationalismus IG Metall Berlin • Arbeitskreis Palästina Brühl-Battir • Arbeitskreis Palästina der Lokalen Agenda 21 in Stadt und Kreis Neuwied • Berliner Krankenhausbewegung • Bundesweite Arbeitsgruppe Globalisierung und Krieg • Bündnis für Gerechtigkeit zwischen Israelis und Palästinensern (BIP) • ChanceMaker Foundation • Church and Peace • Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft – Vereinigte KriegsdienstgegnerInnen • Ende Gelände Berlin • EYE4PALESTINE • Föderation Demokratischer Arbeitervereine Berlin • Forum InformatikerInnen für Frieden und gesellschaftliche Verantwortung • Forum Ziviler Friedensdienst • Frauen wagen Frieden • Freunde von Sabeel Deutschland • Friends of Standing Together Berlin • Gaza Komitee Berlin • IALANA Deutschland – Vereinigung für Friedensrecht • Informationsbüro Nicaragua • Initiative zur Förderung der Beziehungen zwischen Nablus und Nürnberg (INNA) • Internationale der Kriegsdienstgegner*innen • Internationale Frauenliga für Frieden und Freiheit (WILPF Germany) • Internationale Liga für Menschenrechte • Internationaler Versöhnungsbund, Deutscher Zweig • interventionistische Linke Berlin • Israelisches Komitee gegen Hauszerstörungen (ICAHD) • Kairos Palästina Solidaritätsnetz Deutschland • Kölner Friedensforum • Komitee für Grundrechte und Demokratie • Kooperation für den Frieden • Kulturkosmos Müritz (Fusion-Festival) • KURVE Wustrow – Bildungs- und Begegnungsstätte • Lebenshaus Schwäbische Alb – Gemeinschaft für soziale Gerechtigkeit, Frieden und Ökologie • Netzwerk Friedenskooperative • Netzwerk Ökumenisches Begleitprogramm in Palästina und Israel in Deutschland • Nürnberger Evangelisches Forum für den Frieden (NEFF) • Ohne Rüstung Leben • Palästina Initiative Region Hannover • Partnerschaftsverein Bonn-Ramallah • Reiter und Reiterinnen für den Frieden (Friedensritt) • Solidarität International • Städtepartnerschaftsverein Köln-Bethlehem • VVN-VdA (ehemals Westberlin) • Wuppertaler Friedensforum
Kundgebung „Für einen gerechten Frieden in Palästina und Israel“ mit MdB Sevim Dagdelen
Ein breites Bündnis aus mehr als 50 Organisationen ruft am 15. Februar 2025 erneut in Berlin, Köln und Nürnberg zu Kundgebungen „Für einen gerechten Frieden in Palästina und Israel“ auf.
We are with Jordan — an expulsion of Palestinians is unacceptable
My country continues to support the ceasefire deal, continues to call for an end to settlers’ violence, continues to work towards a viable Palestinian state and continues to stand with Jordan and His Majesty’s vision for a peaceful Middle East with two states living side by side in prosperity and security.
Trump to Meet Jordan’s King as Gaza Truce Hangs in the Balance
The future of the cease-fire in Gaza, along with the territory’s long-term fate, hung in the balance on Tuesday as President Trump prepared to meet with King Abdullah II of Jordan …
State Department announces $7 billion arms sale to Israel, circumventing review process
The State Department on Friday announced a $7 billion arms sale to Israel, circumventing the congressional review process, according to Rep. Gregory Meeks, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
The announcement, which includes thousands of Hellfire missiles and bombs, comes days after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met President Donald Trump and other top administration officials in Washington, DC.
United against displacement – Standing with you, King Abdullah
In light of the ongoing conflicts and tensions sweeping the Middle East, the issue of displacement emerges as one of the most prominent challenges facing peoples and nations. In Jordan, the people demonstrate their steadfast support for the policies pursued by His Majesty King Abdullah and his loyal Crown Prince, in their categorical rejection of any form of forced displacement and their call for a two-state solution as a just and lasting solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Egypt‘s Sisi scrambling to respond to Trump‘s Gaza seizure plan
Diplomatic and intelligence sources tell Middle East Eye that Cairo has no plans for preventing the US president‘s idea to take over Gaza and forcibly displace its population
Palestine rally to march to US embassy amid Donald Trump‘s Gaza ethnic cleansing plan
Campaigners are set to march to the US Embassy in London to demand freedom for Palestine amid Donald Trump‘s comments on a Gaza ethnic cleansing plan.
The demonstration, organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), is set to be held on Saturday, February 15.
If Trump tries to take over Gaza, Palestinians will die where they stand
We have all called out former US President Joe Biden’s role in acting as the quartermaster general for Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza. And rightly so.
But Biden did more than enable a war to continue for 15 months. He laid the foundation for something much worse to follow. It was not just a case of impotence; it was malice aforethought.
That has now been put into words and policy by his successor, Donald Trump.
Trump says Israel would hand over Gaza after fighting, no US troops needed
„The Gaza Strip would be turned over to the United States by Israel at the conclusion of fighting,“ he said. Palestinians „would have already been resettled in far safer and more beautiful communities, with new and modern homes, in the region.“ He added: „No soldiers by the U.S. would be needed!“
Only 3% Of Jewish Israelis Think Trump’s Ethnic Cleansing Plan For Gaza Is Immoral
Three percent. If that isn’t a sign of a morally diseased society, I don’t know what would be.
‘Gaza is not for sale’: Palestinians dismiss Trump’s ethnic cleansing plan
For Sourani, the international community now has a simple choice: enable the erasure of Palestinian rights or stand up for justice. “Silence is complicity,” he emphasizes.
Report: Jared Kushner Behind Trump’s Call for the US To ‘Take Over’ Gaza
Citing Puck, The Times of Israel reported that Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, helped prepare the shock remarks the president made on Tuesday night during his press conference with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Kushner, who has a long history of friendship with Netanyahu, served as an advisor to President Trump during his first term in office and was involved in negotiating the Abraham Accords, the deals that sought Israel’s regional integration without settling the issue of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory.
Trump’s Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza Is a Brutal Form of Colonial Capitalism
The colonial creation of private property from stolen land is the American way, from the theft of Indigenous people’s lands to the urban renewal clearance projects that built the modern New York City in which Donald Trump was able to thrive and build wealth. There can be no shock that the developer president’s first public words on Gaza would celebrate the old method of generating “demolition sites” (terra nullius, or empty land). In a way, Trump actually is daring those of us who support Palestinian sovereignty to understand the interdependence of capitalism and genocidal colonialism. There must be a people, and there must be a land. One without the other presents a windfall to the developers.
Blueprint for Ethnic Cleansing: Trump Proposes U.S. Take Over Gaza & Forcibly Remove All Palestinians
We also speak with former Israeli peace negotiator Daniel Levy, who says Israeli society is currently “giddy with excitement” over Trump’s presidency. But he adds that “perhaps Israel’s greatest Achilles’ heel is if it actually falls for the idea that America is all-powerful.”
Trump Wants US to Take Over & Ethnically Cleanse Gaza
Asked by an Israeli reporter if he supported “Israeli sovereignty” over “Samaria, which many believe is the Biblical homeland of the Jewish,” otherwise known as the West Bank, Trump said, “Well, we are discussing that with many of your representatives … who do like that idea, but we haven’t take a position on it yet. We will be making an announcement on that specific topic over the next four weeks.”
A Movement to Suspend Israel From the UN Needs a Country to Take the Lead
(August 28, 2024)
Saleh Hijazi, a BNC adviser on apartheid-free policy, said he expected calls for Israel’s suspension to intensify next month with the opening of the 79th session of the General Assembly. UNGA, as it is known, begins on Sept. 10.
‘Non-negotiable’: Saudi Arabia flatly rejects Trump’s Gaza takeover plan
“His Highness [Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman] has affirmed this position in a clear and explicit manner that does not allow for any interpretation under any circumstances.
“His Highness stressed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will not stop its tireless work towards the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, and the Kingdom will not establish diplomatic relations with Israel without that.”
World reactions to Trump‘s proposal for US to ‚take over‘ Gaza Strip
„The US will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it too,“ Trump said. „We‘ll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site, level the site, and get rid of the destroyed buildings, level it out, create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs.“
Trump’s Gaza ‘Riviera’ plan is the most outlandish idea in the history of US Middle East peacemaking
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu couldn’t keep the smirk off his face.
And no wonder.
Trump proposes permanent displacement of Gazans as he welcomes Netanyahu to White House
President Donald Trump on Tuesday proposed moving Gazans to a “good, fresh, beautiful piece of land” in another country, offering a vision of mass displacement that would likely inflame sentiments in the Arab world as he prepared to welcome Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House.