CAIR condemns Trump proposal for ethnic cleansing in Gaza, says plan is “delusional and dangerous”

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The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization in the U.S., has strongly criticized President Donald Trump’s suggestion to relocate millions of Palestinians from Gaza to Egypt and Jordan.
CAIR described the idea as “delusional and dangerous nonsense”, emphasizing that a just and lasting peace can only be achieved by ending the Israeli occupation and addressing the systemic oppression of Palestinians.
The condemnation follows Trump’s comments to reporters aboard Air Force One on Saturday, where he proposed relocating Gaza’s population, stating:“I’d like [Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi] to take people. I’d like Egypt to take people. You’re talking about, probably a million and a half people, and we just clean out that whole thing and say, ‘You know it’s, over.’”
Trump claimed to have discussed the matter with King Abdullah II of Jordan and planned further talks with President el-Sissi to explore the proposal.
In a statement, CAIR said: “President Trump needs to stop pursuing an Israel First foreign policy and start pursuing an America First foreign policy. The idea of ethnically cleansing over a million Palestinians from Gaza is delusional and dangerous nonsense. The Palestinian people are not willing to abandon Gaza, and neighboring countries are not willing to help Israel ethnically cleanse Gaza. If President Trump is serious about making some sort of grand peace deal in the Middle East, he needs to get serious and get serious fast. The only way to achieve a just, lasting peace is to force the Israeli government to end its occupation and oppression of the Palestinian people.”
CAIR also condemned the Trump administration’s decision to transfer 2,000-pound bombs to the government of indicted war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israeli raids on Gaza have killed at least 47,000 people, mostly women and children, and likely killed hundreds of thousands according to medical journals like The Lancet.