Illustrative image. (The Israeli Defense Forces)
The United States and Israel have discussed the forced displacement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Sudan, Somalia and its breakaway region of Somaliland with the three East African government, The Associated Press reported on March 14, citing U.S. and Israeli officials.
The idea of displacing Palestinians from Gaza and taking over the Strip was first floated by U.S. President Donald Trump Earlier this year.
While the proposal was welcomed by the Israeli government, It was completely rejected by Palestinians and countries in the Middle East.
AP said that officials from Sudan claimed to have rejected the U.S. proposal, while officials from Somalia and Somaliland told the news agency they were unaware of any contacts by the Trump administration.
Israel invaded Gaza following the Hamas-led attack of October 7, 2023, destroying much of the Strip and displacing more than two million Palestinians living there. So far, the war has claimed the lives of over 48,000, with women and children making up the majority of the victimes.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, U.S. and Israeli officials confirmed to AP the contacts with Somalia and Somaliland, while only the U.S. officials confirmed that Sudan was also engaged on the secret diplomatic initiative. The officials said that it was unclear how much progress the efforts made or at what level the discussions took place.
The outreach to Sudan, Somalia and Somaliland began last month, days after Trump floated the Gaza proposal, according to the U.S. officials, who said Israel was taking the lead in the discussions.
The U.S. and Israel would offer a variety of financial, diplomatic and security incentives in exchange for accepting resettled Palestinians to the three governments.
A U.S. official involved in the efforts told AP that the U.S. was “having a quiet conversation with Somaliland about a range of areas where they can be helpful to the US in exchange for recognition”.
Meanwhile, two Sudanese officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, also confirmed to the news agency that the Trump administration had approached the government led by military commander Abdel Fattah al-Burhan about accepting Palestinians.
One said the contacts began even before Trump’s inauguration, with offers of military assistance against the Rapid Response Forces paramilitary group, assistance with postwar reconstruction and other incentives. The proposal was however rejected by the government, according to both officials.
“This suggestion was immediately rebuffed,” said one official. “No one opened this matter again.”
Earlier this week, Trump appeared to back off the plan somewhat, saying “Nobody is expelling any Palestinians from Gaza,” in answer to a question during an Oval Office meeting with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin. Still, AP’s report indicates that the proposal is not yet dead.
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why not just resettle the palestinians in their stolen homes in occupied paiestine? that would be a lot easier and more convenient. just a half hour bus ride away. when chumpo has annexed greenland, he could move all the settlers there. there you are – problem solved. i’m sure the polar bears wouldn’t mind. make palestine great again.
resettle the european and us colonialist filth.
chumpo could resettle himself in bonnie scotland, prance around in a kilt and sporran, and toss his caber on his big beautiful golf course.
you sound english to me and lacking any knowledge of scotland our first minister opposes donald and in ww2 the germans were afraid of the tough fighting scots -england made sure the scots were put on the front line to die first. we also want rid of the nuke bases in the clyde ,suggest outside westminster ?
sudan. charming… not a day has gone by in my adult life that i havent remarked that hitler was completely on point.
and ive been asking for just as long… can anyone name a _single thing_ israel has ever done for any one else, ever, in its entire history, that wasnt calculated for personal gain?
how do you trust a people with a ‘high holiday’ literally about breaking all commitments and vows from the previous year?
unfortunately johannes erwin eugen by choosing rommel as your post name and praising herr hitler you are praising your leader whom you tried to kill so you dishonour johannes upright moral stance of opposing nazism .after the war churchill praised him having been morally forced to take poison or have his wife and son treated badly -herr hitler was outraged but covered it up for the german public.
i never praised hitler. he was insane. and a moron. and a socialist!
just said he was right about that one thing, and it was a big thing.
rommel was a man worth respecting, how ever. principled. hitler was a fool to question his loyalty to his country. a true soldiers soldier.
mutual blessings for two wonderful groups of people, lol
must be very uplifting to know that you were their first choice for a deal after lebanon, jordan, egypt, saudi arabia, uae, qatr, bahrain, kuwait, oman, ethiopia……….