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Erdogan: No power can remove Palestinians from their 'eternal' homeland

Monday, 10 February 2025 3:11 AM [ Last Update: Monday, 10 February 2025 3:11 AM ]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says that no power can remove Palestinians from their “eternal” homeland, as Gaza, the occupied West Bank, and East Jerusalem al-Quds belong to Palestinians.

Speaking at a news conference on Sunday night, Erdogan rejected Donald Trump's plan to remove the Gazans and let the US take control.

"No one has the power to remove the people of Gaza from their eternal homeland that has been around for thousands of years," Erdogan told reporters in Istanbul before flying to Malaysia.

"Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem belong to the Palestinians," he stated.

During a meeting between Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Tuesday in the White House, the US president said the US could “take over” Gaza's control and relocate its inhabitants as part of a redevelopment plan to transform the war-torn territory into what he called “the Riviera of the Middle East.”

Trump proposed that Gazans could be resettled in neighboring countries such as Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

In a TV interview on Thursday, Netanyahu said Saudi Arabia owns a lot of land and it could establish an independent Palestinian state on its territory.

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The Arab and Muslim world, however, responded with anger to the Israeli PM’s scheme to displace more Palestinians to grab their land, vehemently denouncing Netanyahu’s expansionist idea.

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry, for its part, said on Sunday that it categorically opposes all ideas about displacing Palestinians from their ancestral land Gaza.

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