In late January, American Secretary of State Marco Rubio received a joint letter from (5) Arab foreign ministers and a top Palestinian official criticizing President Donald Trump’s proposal to force Palestinians out of Gaza.

In this manner (Hussein al-Sheikh, the Palestinian presidential adviser, and the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, and Egypt) signed the letter, which was delivered on Monday. The senior diplomats gathered in Cairo over the weekend, according to Axios, which broke the story first.

Highly Criticized The Proposal

On January 25, Trump initially suggested that Jordan and Egypt take in Palestinians from Gaza. The president responded, There might be as well, when asked if he was supporting that as a for a long time or short-term solution.

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Critics characterized the US president’s remarks as a proposal for cultural cleansing, repeating strong Palestinian fears of being removed from their homes permanently. -Jordan, Egypt and other Arab nations- criticized the proposal.

The letter stated that “the rebuilding process in Gaza should be through personal interaction with and involvement of the people of Gaza. Palestinians will live in their land and contribute to restoring it.” Israel’s military attack on Gaza has killed (47,000) Palestinians,

in accordance with the Gaza health ministry, and given rise to reports of war crimes and mass murder, which Israel denies. The fighting has paused during an unclear ceasefire. The most recent bloodshed in the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict began on the seventh of October, 2023, when Hamas attacked Israel, killing (1,200) people and taking roughly (250) hostages, according to Israeli estimates.