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More than 70 civil rights organizations and advocacy groups have urged US President Donald Trump to abandon his plan to take over the Gaza Strip and forcibly relocate Palestinians to neighboring countries like Jordan and Egypt.
In a letter sent to Trump, the signatories expressed “deep concern” over his recent proposals concerning the expulsion of nearly two million Palestinians from their homeland.
They urged the incumbent US administration to build on previous diplomatic efforts that led to a ceasefire in Gaza rather than to pursue policies that could destabilize the West Asia region.
“Put simply, the ethnic cleansing and US occupation of Gaza would spark a massive backlash in the Arab and Muslim world, drain American resources by entangling the US military in new forever wars, and make the peaceful establishment of a Palestinian state impossible, leading to even more conflict in the region,” the civil rights groups wrote in the letter publicized on Friday.
Among the signatories were the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), CODEPINK, Peace Action, and the US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), as well as numerous other organizations and advocacy groups.
“Gaza is not a ‘big real estate site’ that can go to the highest bidder,” the letter stated. “It is a land that millions of Palestinians have called home for generations.”...
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