What does Trump’s ethnic cleansing be a ceasefire? | Israeli conflict news

Washington, DC, Experts say Donald Trump claims that the ceasefire deal that stopped the war in Gaza, but the President of the United States on charges of removing the Palestinians in the region risks the agreement.

Trump has repeatedly called Trump this week until Gaza is banned – a batch that rights groups say to win ethnic cleansing – and the United States “take over” the Palestinian territories.

Leaders around the world have warned against uprooting the Palestinians from Gaza that would destabilize the entire Middle East. More immediately, Trump’s comments can hinder the path towards a permanent end to fight in the region.

Josh Robner, a lecturer in the Justice and Peace Program at Georgetown University, said: “President Trump is completely and completely strange to ethnic cleansing of more than two million Palestinian people from Gaza strongly undermines the chances of continuing the ceasefire,” said Josh Robner, a lecturer in the Justice and Peace Program at Georgetown University.

“Of course, the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians was not in any ceasefire agreement, and through Trump put this option on the table, it stands to destroy the very fragile process.”

The ceasefire entered into force on January 19, that is, a day before Trump took office for a second term. But the US President has argued that his negotiating efforts, led by Middle East envoy Steve Witkeov, had an effective role in stamping the deal.

Trump protested the ceasefire in his opening speech because he pledged to leave a legacy as a “peace and unity”.

“We had no relationship with it.”

A few days later, Trump suggested emptying Gaza of its residents. Initially, it was easy to reject the comments as one of his excessive statements outside the cuff.

But then repeated them again. On Tuesday, he read comments prepared for his proposal during his speech alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House.

“The United States will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will work with it as well. Trump said:

Despite Trump’s comments, the ceasefire continued. Weapons remain silent, and Hamas is scheduled to launch three other Israeli prisoners in the coming days, compared to 183 Palestinians kept by Israel.

However, the US President’s proposal raises questions about the subsequent stages of the armistice deal, which includes discussions about the future of Gaza.

The first stage – which will witness the launch of 33 Israeli prisoners, and an increase in humanitarian assistance in Gaza and the partial Israeli withdrawal from the region – ends on March 1.

The second stage is supposed to see a full withdrawal of the Israeli forces from Gaza, a permanent ceasefire and the release of all the remaining prisoners held by Hamas. The third stage includes a five -year reconstruction plan for Gaza.

It seems that Trump’s push for the people of Gaza to completely leave the region in a direct contradiction with the spirit of agreement.

There are signs that the American administration is no longer committed to all parts of the deal that was proud of brokerage.

On Tuesday, the Trump Wittakouf envoy suggested that Washington would press to complete the first two phases to liberate all Israeli prisoners. But he seemed to have returned in the third stage-the rebuilding of Gaza-saying that “he could not pass the way this agreement speaks, a five-year program.”

Witkoff was distanced by the Trump team of the deal completely, saying it was not “great” from the start.

He said, “We had nothing to do with it.”

“I have gone.”

US officials have tried to walk – or at least disrupt “Trump’s comments, with White House spokeswoman Caroline Levit, saying that people in Gaza would be” transferred temporarily. “

Foreign Minister Marco Rubio also said that the displacement of the Palestinians in Gaza will be in the “temporary”, and the residents will be able to “return” after the reconstruction.

But the president repeats almost daily this week that his plan is to permanently remove the Palestinians in Gaza and demand the United States region.

Khalil Jahshan, Executive Director of the Arab Center in Washington, DC, said that Trump’s proposal is mobilized for a ceasefire.

“What we heard from the White House this week, in my humble judgment, killed the ceasefire agreement completely. Jechshan told Al -Jazeera:” It is over. “

The ceasefire agreement has been forbidden to the intended purpose: a solution for today after Gaza and the people of Gaza. If the people of Gaza are ethnically transferred to places from Indonesia to Albania to anything, what is the purpose of moving forward? “

Trump himself suggested that the war might restart it soon.

“The strikes may start tomorrow,” Trump said on Tuesday. “Not much left to hit him.”

Since October 2023, the US -backed Israeli attack in Gaza has killed nearly 62,000 Palestinians, including thousands of missing persons who assume dead.

But why did Trump strongly claim the ceasefire that he did not intend to stick to?

“Donald Trump does not care about the ceasefire on the welfare of the Palestinians,” said Khaled Elgindadi, an Middle East analyst.

He is interested in the title of ceasefire. He wants credit. He wants to say, you won. I am the man who did that. He does not really care if implemented, if it collapses, or if it ends with ethnic cleansing. “

Netanyahu war goals

ELGINDY said that the completion of the second stage of the deal – a permanent ceasefire and the withdrawal of Israeli forces – would be vital to thwarting the ethnic cleansing plan.

“There is no doubt that the ceasefire, on his face, does not fully correspond to a plan to purify Gaza ethnically.”

This is why I think the second stage is very important. If we are able to obtain an agreement on the second stage, and the second stage is implemented, then I believe that the risk of actual ethnic cleansing is largely diminished. “

ELGINDY added that it does not help in the ceasefire that Trump “talks about madness” about the future of Gaza, but seeing the deal through has its own dynamism – and the decision to do so lies with Netanyahu and the American president.

When asked about the ceasefire at the White House this week, Netanyahu pledged to continue to follow three targets of war: the launch of the prisoners, the destruction of military capabilities and rule in Hamas, and to ensure that Gaza does not pose a threat to Israel.

Hamas fighters armed with weapons throughout Gaza have emerged more than 15 months after the war after the ceasefire. It seems that the group still oversees the civil administration of the region.

Netanyahu can see the collapse of his ruling alliance if Finance Minister Paisalel Sottic, who prefers to resume the war, is withdrawn from the government.

“At this stage, Netanyahu already knows whether he wants to stop the shooting – in the second stage – and Donald Trump already knows whether he will be in line with Netanyahu’s decision,” Elginde said to the island of the island.

For Jahshan, Netanyahu has set his plans when he repeated his intention to continue following the war goals.

“Netanyahu’s statements in the presence of Trump, without Trump’s objection, are mainly a declaration of war – to resume war soon. So for me, this may be the most likely scenario.”