Iran urges UN to take ‘firm, clear’ stance against displacement plot for Gaza

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the United Nations, particularly its Security Council, must adopt a “firm and clear” position against the US-Israeli scheme aimed at forcibly displacing Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.

In a phone conversation with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday, Araghchi condemned the “dangerous” US-Israeli plot, which he said poses a threat to international peace and security.

“The proposal to forcibly relocate Palestinians violates all principles and standards of international law and the United Nations Charter, and, in fact, complements the Israeli regime's plan for genocide and the eradication of Palestine,” he said.

Trump: Israel to hand over Gaza Strip to US at end of war

US President Donald Trump says Gaza will be “turned over” to the US at the end of the Israeli war on the territory, but that “no soldiers by the US would be needed.”

During a meeting with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on February 6, US President Donald Trump announced his plan to seize Gaza and evict its natives from their homeland.

Trump’s plan also included the people of Gaza being forcibly relocated to Egypt and Jordan, even though both countries have officially rejected the scheme.

Araghchi noted that he has recently held intensive consultations with the foreign ministers of Arab and Muslim countries about the Israeli regime’s plan against the people of Gaza.

The top Iranian diplomat said Arab and Muslim countries have strongly condemned the Tel Aviv regime’s forced displacement plan, which reflects their grave concern regarding the “continued gross violation of the Palestinian people’s rights and their genocide in another form.”

He censured the recent stance of the Israeli regime’s prime minister, who had called for the displacement of Palestinians to Saudi Arabia, describing it as a clear example of the occupying regime’s “brazen and audacious behavior.”

The Iranian foreign minister said the international community must prevent the normalization of the lawlessness and criminality of the occupying regime.

In Washington, Netanyahu suggested that Palestinians should establish their state in Saudi Arabia rather than in their own homeland, dismissing any notion of Palestinian sovereignty.

In an official statement on Sunday, the Saudi Foreign Ministry reaffirmed its "categorical rejection" of such rhetoric, emphasizing that "the Palestinian people have a right to their land, and they are not intruders or immigrants who can be expelled whenever the brutal Israeli occupation wishes."

UN condemns forced displacement plan of Palestinians

Guterres said the United Nations strongly opposes any plan regarding the forcible displacement of Palestinians from Gaza which is “completely rejected and unacceptable.”

He underscored the importance of respecting the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people.

The UN chief said the immediate dispatch of humanitarian aid to the war-ravaged people in Gaza and help to reconstruct the Strip figure high on the UN agenda, saying the UN would spare no efforts in this regard.

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