The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia said that it will not establish relations with Israel unless a Palestinian state is established, and the US president is toppled Donald Trump A claim that the Saudis were not demanding a Palestinian home when the idea that the United States government was controlling the Gaza Strip.
Trump said on Tuesday at a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he wanted the United States to control the Gaza Strip, which was destroyed by the Hamas Israel war, after resettlement of the Palestinians in other countries.
“The United States will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will work with it as well,” Trump said at the White House. “We will have it and be responsible for dismantling all the dangerous bombs and other weapons on the site.”
He said: “The level of the location and the disposal of destroyed buildings, and its creation, which creates economic development that will provide unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the region's members.” “Do a real work. Do something different. Only you can't return. If you go back, it will end up in the same way that you have enjoyed for 100 years.”
The Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), will put before a work lunch with French President Emmanuel Macron at Eilese Presidential Palace on June 16, 2023, in Paris, France. (Getty Images)
The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Wednesday that the country rejects any attempts to provide the Palestinians from their homeland, stressing that its position on the Palestinians is not at the level of negotiation.
The statement indicated that the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman confirmed the Kingdom's position in a “clear and explicit” way “that does not make other interpretations possible under any circumstances.
Any proposed displacement for the Palestinians, an idea that Trump has proposed several times since the re -seizure of the position last month, is a very sensitive issue for both the Palestinians and the Arab countries.
US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu answer questions during a joint press conference in the Eastern Chamber of the White House in Washington, DC, February 4, 2025. (Reuters/Lea Milis)
Trump He said on January 25 He wanted Jordan, Egypt and other Arab countries to accept more Palestinian refugees from the Gaza Strip, and may move to enough people to “clean” the region.
He said at that time: “You are talking about a million and a half people, and we are cleaning this matter as a whole and we say:” You know, it is over. “
In the midst of the Israeli war in Gaza, the Palestinians were afraid to suffer from another “Nakba”, and this means a catastrophe in the Arabic language, which indicates displacement and ignoring hundreds of thousands of Palestinians during the 1948 war at the birth of Israel.
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US President Donald Trump speaks during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Eastern Chamber of the White House in Washington, DC, February 4, 2025. (Reuters/Lea Milis)
The United States has led the most famous diplomacy to persuade the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to normalize relations with Israel and get to know the country of the Middle East. But the war in Gaza, which started with Hamas on October 7, 2023, an attack on the Jewish state, prompted the Saudis to abandon the matter amid Arab anger on Israel's attack.
Trump wants to follow the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the footsteps of countries including the United Arab Emirates, the Trade and Business Center in the Middle East, and Bahrain, which signed Ibrahim agreements in 2020 and natural relations with Israel.
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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which creates relations with Israel, will be a great prize for the Jewish state because the Kingdom has a great impact in the Middle East and the wider Islamic world, and it is the largest oil source in the world.
Reuters contributed to this report.
