Dr. Ahmed Rafiq Awad: Trump’s withdrawal from the displacement plan is not an abandonment of it, but rather a temporary calm and a tactical, not strategic, retreat.

Akram Atallah: Trump will not back down from displacement unless counter-pressures are intensified, both Arab and international, to become stronger than Israeli pressure

Dr. Bilal Al-Shobaki: Trump’s statements about the displacement from Gaza are an attempt at political blackmail and exploitation rather than an implementable plan

Dr. Qusay Hamed: A well-thought-out tactic to calm Arab and international reactions while continuing to keep the idea of displacement an option open for discussion

Nabhan Khreisha: Trump will rethink new mechanisms and appropriate alliances to implement his plan, but he will realize that his project is not an inevitable fate

Dr. Aql Salah: Trump has not backed down completely, but may return with his plan to pressure the Palestinians and Arabs to accept solutions that are in line with his policy

Amid international protests, US President Donald Trump appeared to have temporarily, if only formally, backtracked on his previous statements regarding the displacement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, amid warnings that this was a tactical rather than strategic retreat, especially since Trump returned to confirm that he was “in no hurry” to implement this plan.

In separate interviews with “I,” writers, political analysts, specialists, and university professors believe that Trump’s retreat does not reflect an abandonment of the idea, but rather is merely a temporary calming step, in light of the US administration’s awareness that mass displacement represents a flagrant violation of international law, and may endanger its regional and international interests.

Writers, analysts, university professors and specialists confirm that the American-Israeli plan for displacement is not new, but rather reflects the essence of Zionist policies. The implementation of this project may be done gradually by drying up the means of life in Gaza and creating an environment that repels the population, which may push the Palestinians to “voluntarily” emigrate under the pressure of harsh conditions. However, the continuation of international and Arab pressure may force Trump to re-evaluate his position, especially if its political cost becomes higher than the potential benefits.

On the other hand, writers, analysts, specialists and university professors believe that Trump, who adopts a method of bargaining and political blackmail, may use the issue of displacement as a pressure card in the context of his negotiations with regional parties, as he can offer to stop the implementation of the plan in exchange for political or economic concessions.

A state of retreat, confusion and hesitation

Writer and political analyst Dr. Ahmed Rafiq Awad believes that US President Donald Trump’s statement that he is “in no hurry” to implement the plan to displace Palestinians from the Gaza Strip reflects a state of retreat, confusion, and hesitation, and perhaps a temporary abandonment of the idea. The proposal that Trump launched with “crudeness, ignorance, and stupidity” faced a wave of strong reactions at the international and regional levels, which prompted him to reconsider his plan, or at least slow down its implementation.

Awad asserts that one of the main reasons behind Trump’s retreat from implementing his plan at the present time is that the mass displacement of Palestinians represents a flagrant violation of international law and humanitarian law, and it also contradicts traditional American policies that have relied - even if only formally - on managing the conflict rather than igniting it with mass displacement projects. Adopting such an idea means that the United States is completely turning its back on everything that has been agreed upon internationally regarding the Palestinian issue, which could harm its global standing and its relations with allied countries.

Awad believes that the mass displacement of Palestinians is not only a humanitarian disaster, but also harms Israel itself, its allies in the region, and threatens the path of settlement and normalization that Israel has sought to establish with Arab countries over the past three decades. If the plan is implemented, Israeli-Arab relations will be exposed to serious tremors, and may end completely, because the regimes that signed normalization agreements will find themselves facing their angry peoples, and will not be able to justify the continuation of their relationship with Israel in light of the displacement of the Palestinians and the liquidation of their cause.

Awad points out that the displacement plan puts moderate Arab regimes in a major dilemma, because it is impossible for them to agree to displacement and help liquidate the Palestinian cause. If the matter turns into displacement instead of a state, what justifications remain for normalization? This means that the Arab regimes will pay a heavy price that they do not want to pay, which may lead to a complete collapse of the settlement process that was reached over the past decades.

Awad describes Trump as a real estate man and a broker by nature, who does not think about history, national identities, rights, and international laws. Rather, he simply follows his interests wherever he finds them. Therefore, his statements do not mean that he has completely abandoned the idea, but rather he may be looking for a better opportunity to implement it in the future. As a businessman, he is accustomed to bargaining, exchanging, and negotiating, and he knows that there is a great political cost to implementing his plan at this time. Therefore, his retreat may be just a tactical maneuver until the appropriate conditions are prepared.

He stresses that the mass displacement of Palestinians is not an American idea, but rather the essence of the Zionist project itself. Since its founding, Zionist thought has been based on “more land, fewer Arabs,” and “a land without a people for a people without a land.” This doctrine has not left the mindset of Israeli leaders, but is rather raised every few years, then postponed if it encounters difficulties. But the idea does not die, but rather the right opportunity is awaited to implement it.

Awad points out that Trump’s retreat from the displacement project is not an abandonment of it, but rather a temporary calm, with the aim of avoiding violent reactions and rearranging the political cards. The Israelis do not stop thinking about displacement, but they postpone implementation until the right opportunity arises, and Trump, who reflects Israeli desires more than he is an independent decision-maker, may return to this plan again, if he sees that circumstances permit it in the future.

Long term project requiring preliminary procedures

Writer and political analyst Akram Atallah points out what US President Donald Trump means by not rushing to implement the plan to displace Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, as he realizes that such a project cannot be implemented overnight, but rather is a long-term project that requires preliminary measures such as voluntary migration and drying up the means of living in the Strip, which leads to creating an environment of pressure that ultimately pushes Palestinians to leave it.

Atallah points out that the implementation of the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Gaza residents does not depend on Arab or international reactions, as Trump does not pay any attention to them. He made this clear when he spoke about Egypt and Jordan, indicating that they may object at first, but they will accept in the end without this objection having any significant effect.

Atallah confirms that Trump's position on this project is linked to several factors, including his personal interests linked to his companies, in addition to the Israeli desire that plays a pivotal role in strengthening this trend.

He points out that the project has the support of a major country represented by Israel and its lobbies, which makes it a realistic matter for Trump, and even if the displacement does not succeed, he may exploit the idea for bargaining and political tactics, such as demanding that Saudi Arabia normalize relations with Israel in exchange for stopping the deportation, which makes it an existing project until now.

Atallah stresses that Trump is not the owner of the idea, but rather a mere translation of the Israeli desire and program. He was provided with documents, projects, and visual materials that support him in adopting this proposal, which made him repeat exactly what Israel wants. Therefore, Trump’s withdrawal from the idea will not happen unless Israel abandons it first, as he is merely a front for implementing this plan.

The only scenario that might push Trump to back down, according to Atallah, is to intensify the counter-pressures to become greater and stronger than the Israeli pressures, whether at the Arab or international level. If these pressures reach a level that cannot be ignored, then Trump could back down from the project, but he will not do so automatically, but rather under pressure that exceeds the Israeli influence on him.

The retreat is an attempt to save Trump's retreat line.

Professor of Political Science at Hebron University, Dr. Bilal Al-Shoubaki, confirms that US President Donald Trump’s statements regarding his lack of urgency in implementing the proposal to displace the people of Gaza and occupy the Strip may be the result of the widespread and angry reactions to his proposal, which were not limited to Palestinians and Arabs, but also included Western political levels.

Al-Shoubaki points out that such statements may have come at the behest of some of his advisors who realized that the idea of displacing the people of Gaza and occupying the Strip had sparked sharp criticism, making its implementation currently unrealistic.

Al-Shoubaki points out that transforming this proposal into an implementable plan requires the presence of partner parties beyond the United States and Israel, which is not currently available.

It is believed that Trump's withdrawal of the statement, even if only superficially, may be an attempt to preserve a path back in case Trump or any party supporting him fails to implement this idea in the future.

According to Al-Shobaki, Trump and his advisors’ reading of the situation in Gaza, along with international interactions, led them to conclude that the idea is not feasible in the foreseeable future.

However, Al-Shoubaki did not rule out the possibility of re-raising the idea of displacement or occupation of Gaza in the future if the appropriate conditions are available, suggesting that these statements will be used politically, rather than as a current practical step, such that they will be used as a political blackmail and investment card to pressure the Palestinians and reduce the ceiling of their negotiating demands.

Al-Shoubaki explains that such strategies are not new, but rather represent a classic American-Israeli approach to dealing with Palestinian and Arab rights and aspirations. At a time when the traditional Palestinian demand was to end the occupation and achieve an independent state on the 1967 borders, the negotiating ceiling may be manipulated to become merely ensuring that the Palestinians remain on their lands, instead of talking about ending the occupation or lifting the siege.

Al-Shoubaki believes that these statements may also be used in the context of US-Israeli relations with some Arab countries, especially in the normalization process. Instead of pushing towards establishing a Palestinian state, the new proposal may be to keep the Palestinians within their current borders without real sovereign rights, which contributes to broader normalization with some Arab countries, especially Saudi Arabia.

Israel and its allies will not give up the idea of displacement

As for the possibility of Israel abandoning the idea of displacement, Al-Shoubaki stresses that Israel and its allies have not and will not abandon this idea, but the current circumstances do not allow for its direct implementation. However, Al-Shoubaki believes that the decisive factor here is the lack of a political and diplomatic environment capable of supporting such a plan.

Al-Shoubaki stresses that instead of merely condemning these American and Israeli statements, there should be a Palestinian counter-proposal based on strategies to stabilize the Palestinians on their lands and strengthen their political and social presence, to prevent the passage of any plan aimed at weakening the Palestinian presence or forcibly displacing them.

Seeking to reshape international awareness of the idea of displacement

Professor of Political Science at Al-Quds Open University, Dr. Qusay Hamed, believes that US President Donald Trump seeks to reshape international awareness of the idea of displacing Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, so that it becomes one of the options proposed within future solutions to the tragedy in the Strip, and thus legitimize it.

Hamed points out that Trump's main goal is to wrap the idea of displacement in a "humanitarian aspect" and present it as an "optimal" solution to address the humanitarian disaster in the Gaza Strip.

Hamed believes that this aims to divert attention from the war crimes and Israeli aggression in Gaza that caused this humanitarian catastrophe to legitimizing the idea of displacement as one of the possible solutions, as the principle of the proposed displacement is based on consolidating Israel’s occupation of the Strip and even annexing it as part of it.

Hamed warns that the most dangerous thing that could happen is for Trump to succeed in making the international community, including Arab countries and the Palestinians themselves, deal with displacement as if it were a realistic and possible solution, and to transform the idea of displacement from an unfeasible scenario into a proposal that is discussed at the humanitarian and international levels.

Regarding whether Trump’s proposal is a real proposal or just a political tactic, Hamed explains that Trump is aware of the difficulty of implementing the idea of displacement on the ground, especially the Arab countries’ rejection of it, but he seeks through statements like these to transform this tactical proposal into a reality and make the idea of displacement more acceptable as a humanitarian solution to the worsening humanitarian situation in the Strip.

The most dangerous aspect of Trump’s proposal, as Hamed sees it, is the attempt to impose greater pressure on Arab countries such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan, to prepare the ground for implementing this idea.

Hamed believes that Trump will keep the issue of displacement as a tool of pressure on Hamas and the Arab countries, especially Saudi Arabia, and will delay the reconstruction of Gaza, keeping it an uninhabitable place as part of a strategy of political blackmail.

Hamed believes that the timing of Trump’s proposal aims to link the progress of the next stages of the deal with bargaining with Hamas to make concessions such as agreeing to remove its leaders from Gaza and dismantling its military wing, in order to back down from this proposal, and on the other hand, bargaining with Saudi Arabia to abandon linking normalization with Israel to the establishment of a Palestinian state, in exchange for abandoning the idea of displacement.

Regarding Trump’s lack of urgency in implementing the displacement idea, Hamed believes that this is not a retreat from the idea, but rather a deliberate tactic to calm Arab and international reactions, while continuing to keep the idea in the discussion.

According to Hamed, Trump’s advisory team, as well as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, are well aware that previous Israeli policies that sought to displace Palestinians in Gaza have largely failed to achieve this goal, and therefore Trump’s successive statements on displacement are intended to keep the debate alive around this idea without abandoning it.

Hamed believes that the idea of displacement comes in the context of the United States and Israel's attempts to reshape international awareness towards accepting this scenario as part of the international community's efforts to alleviate the human suffering in the Gaza Strip.

Savage capitalism in its worst forms

Journalist Nabhan Khreisha believes that US President Donald Trump's statements about postponing the implementation of his plan to displace Palestinians from the Gaza Strip are not only due to Arab and international opposition, and even within the United States, but there are other reasons that prompted him to declare that he is in no hurry.

This announcement, according to Khreisha, does not mean that Trump has abandoned the idea, but he simply does not place it at the top of his priorities at the present time, as he was busy in the first hours of his term with other files, such as strengthening the American economy by imposing customs duties on imports from China, Canada and Mexico, in addition to implementing his strict policies against immigration.

According to Khreisha, Trump revealed his readiness to send American forces to Gaza to implement his plan, which includes displacing the Palestinians and establishing the “Middle East Riviera” project, which reflects savage capitalism in its ugliest forms, and brings to mind the direct military colonialism that prevailed before World War II, but after the war, it turned into soft colonialism based on economic dominance and the exploitation of other countries’ natural resources, which is what Trump is trying to implement in Gaza through huge real estate and investment projects.

Despite Trump’s announcement of postponing the displacement project, Khreisha believes that this retreat is tactical and not strategic, as he will rethink new mechanisms and appropriate alliances to implement it in the long term.

Reshaping Political Alignments in the Middle East

Khreisha believes that Trump is working to reshape the political alignments in the Middle East to serve his personal and economic interests, citing his relationship with the Saudi company “Dar Global”, with which he invested in a project to build luxury villas in the Omani capital, Muscat, at a cost of $200 million.

Khreisha explains that one of the reasons Trump announced that he would not rush to implement the project is his awareness of the difficulty of sending American forces to Gaza, and the impossibility of harnessing the political, military and financial capabilities of the United States to serve his own projects. Therefore, he needs a “barter” deal with Netanyahu, which stipulates that Israel resume the war on Gaza, with the aim of destroying any hope of rebuilding the sector, and tightening the siege on the entry of humanitarian aid, which may push the Palestinians to forced migration.

In return, Trump would guarantee Israel military, political and financial support, and perhaps recognition of its sovereignty over the West Bank or parts of it, which would enable it to increase the pace of killing and destruction in the West Bank, with the aim of pushing the Palestinians there to emigrate as well. If this scenario comes true, Trump would find an open path to making business deals with Israeli companies to implement his projects in Gaza, including tourist resorts, entertainment facilities, and oil and gas exploration in its lands and coasts.

He points out that psychologists' assessments of Trump's personality confirm that he is an unpredictable person, as he has never admitted defeat, even in the most difficult moments of his bankruptcy in the nineties, or during his many investment mistakes. He sees himself as always victorious, and suffers from complex narcissistic disorders that make him refuse to admit failure.

But despite all these calculations, Khreisha asserts that Trump will sooner or later realize that his project is not an inevitable fate, and that the Palestinians are not an extra people to humanity, nor are they Red Indians. The Palestinian people, in Gaza and all other places where they are found, will remain steadfast and will not allow the plans aimed at uprooting them from their land to pass.

Trump seeks to impose solutions that are in line with his political interests

Writer and political researcher Dr. Aql Salah believes that US President Donald Trump’s retraction of his statements regarding the displacement of the residents of the Gaza Strip is due to the regional and international reactions he was met with, in addition to the internal opposition in the United States.

According to Salah, Trump's statements about displacement contradict international legitimacy and humanitarian laws, which put American democracy under severe pressure, prompting Trump to adopt a more calming stance after realizing the extent of the shock caused by his statements at all levels.

Salah points out that Trump was seeking, through his statements, to test the reactions of the concerned parties, with the aim of drawing up a future policy that is in line with his political interests.

Salah believes that Trump's withdrawal from the idea of deportation now was nothing more than an attempt to ease the situation and reduce the effects of his failed statements, which were subject to severe criticism.

However, Salah stresses that Trump's retreat does not mean that he has completely abandoned his plan for displacement, but rather that he may return with his plan to pressure the Palestinians and Arabs to agree to solutions that are in line with his policy, such as normalization with Israel and the solutions he is proposing regarding the Palestinian issue.

Salah reviews some previous details related to the context of Trump's policy, pointing out that Trump is the only American president who dared to move the American embassy to Jerusalem, and he is also the one who announced the "Deal of the Century" in its early stages.

In this context, Salah believes that the plan to displace Palestinians from Gaza represents a continuation of the “Deal of the Century,” which includes two parts: the first relates to resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, while the second is a tactic to achieve expansionist Israeli goals.

Salah asserts that the American plan seeks to impose a "fait accompli solution" based on establishing Palestinian self-rule within a limited state, expanding settlements in the West Bank, and comprehensive normalization with Arab countries, especially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Salah describes what Trump is proposing as a “shock theory” that aims to quickly present solutions in an attempt to force everyone to accept them.

Salah believes that Trump's statements serve the Netanyahu government, which benefits from the continuation of far-right rule in Israel.

He stresses that American institutions, including Trump's team, are fully aware that the idea of displacing Palestinians from Gaza and the West Bank is contrary to international law and will not be feasible on the ground, but the real goal lies in exploiting these statements to force Arab countries to accept normalization with Israel, and thus impose solutions that end the Palestinian issue at the expense of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people.

Salah believes that Trump's statements about displacement aim to put more pressure on Arab countries, such as Saudi Arabia, to accept the idea of "self-rule" for the Palestinians instead of establishing an independent Palestinian state on the 1967 borders, which reflects an Israeli vision that seeks to liquidate the Palestinian cause and establish Israel in the region.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ended his visit to Washington on Saturday by appearing on Fox News, repeating his denunciations of the previous US administration that he had repeated everywhere (during his visit) to please and curry favor with the administration of US President Donald Trump, despite the Biden administration’s full support for him and Israel, enabling them to continue a war of extermination of defenseless civilians in Gaza, unparalleled in the twenty-first century.

Netanyahu also spoke admiringly on American television about Trump's plan to take over Gaza as "the first new idea in years" regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Netanyahu insisted during his meetings with President Trump, Republican lawmakers, and influential leaders who share his right-wing racist ideology that Trump was finally correcting the course of the relationship between the United States and Israel after the actions of former President Joe Biden, in order to create a difference in positions between him and the Biden administration, which provided him with $28 billion in weapons, and to create a difference, or a disagreement (or a space between positions, as the American proverb says) between Biden and Israel, in denial of the reality of Biden’s position and his administration from October 7, 2023, until his departure from the White House, on January 20, 2025, which Netanyahu himself acknowledged, saying: “Biden has acted as Israel’s most important supporter in history.”

Netanyahu’s eager praise of Trump is, on the one hand, the necessary self-adulation required of any world leader trying to stay in President Trump’s good graces, and on the other hand, “also serves as Netanyahu’s down payment as a thank-you for Trump’s stunning plan for the mass exodus of Palestinians and the American takeover of Gaza,” according to an article in Haaretz, the Israeli newspaper.

Netanyahu left Washington with a variety of actions and Trump gifts to show off to the Israeli far right: Trump executive orders on UNRWA; the International Criminal Court; the announcement of $7 billion in arms sales (although they were approved by Biden); and a recommitment to maximum pressure on Iran—all while bypassing any pesky congressional barriers.

Moreover, according to experts, Netanyahu is clearly encouraged by Trump casting doubt on the feasibility of a Gaza ceasefire and diverting the world’s attention away from the dozens of Israeli hostages still being held in Gaza, and toward the horrific Gaza plan — which leaves far more questions than answers, even after attempts at clarification by the president and senior U.S. officials, especially given Trump’s repeated insistence on his plan to take over Gaza and turn it into the Middle East Riviera.

While Netanyahu and his allies are touting Trump’s plan to seize Gaza as the immediate achievement of the Washington visit (and meeting with Trump), the real prize could come in the near future, according to speculation. In the hours before Netanyahu arrived, Trump responded to a question about annexing the occupied West Bank by comparing Israel’s standing in the Middle East to the point of a pen on his desk. Asked later alongside Netanyahu, Trump said “people love the idea” of annexation and “we’ll be announcing it in the next four weeks.” Trump is widely expected to announce that he will drop the term “West Bank” in official US discourse, and instead use “Judea and Samaria.”

“The hope of changing the name of the West Bank to Judea and Samaria is to normalize settlement and make it a permanent reality, and to facilitate the process of annexing the West Bank, according to the Deal of the Century plan that President Trump launched at the White House in January 2020 (which gives Israel 33% of the occupied West Bank, including the Jordan Valley),” a former official in the previous Trump administration told Jerusalem on condition of anonymity.

While Trump’s reference to annexing the West Bank, “Little Israel,” may have been lost in the uproar and shock over the Gaza takeover, a quick glance at the calendar shows that four weeks after that meeting, Trump will deliver his first State of the Union address to Congress, and he may use that as a platform to outline his plans to annex the West Bank.

Trump is expected to use his Gaza plan as leverage with Jordan’s King Abdullah, who is due in Washington this week and will meet Trump on Feb. 11 in the hope of avoiding another diplomatic disaster. If Abdullah refuses to accept Palestinians from Gaza and the ceasefire collapses, Trump could use the resumption of U.S. aid to Jordan as a carrot and annexation as a stick.

In Trump's latest blunder, the US president pledged on Sunday to buy and own Gaza, and said he might give parts of it to other countries in the Middle East to help rebuild it.

Trump said that "countries in the Middle East will accept the Palestinians after those countries talked to him." He repeated his talk about Gaza, saying that he would "turn it into a good place for future development." He added: "I will take care of the Palestinians, and I will make sure that they are not killed," knowing that no one knows how the deal to buy and sell the devastated Strip will be done.

Experts believe that no matter how Trump’s plans end, Netanyahu has arrived in Israel feeling more comfortable than ever, and more confident than ever that he has secured his political survival. Miriam Adelson, who donated $200 million to Trump during his pregnancy and has significant influence over Trump, was rumored to be leaning toward the return of Naftali Bennett as prime minister in Israel, but has now abandoned the idea.

The Israeli occupation forces launched an arrest campaign in the West Bank at dawn and this morning, Monday.

In Jenin, the occupation forces stormed the town of Silat al-Harithiya and surrounded a house, demanding that those inside leave via loudspeakers, and set fire to the house before arresting: Alaa al-Baytawi, Karam al-Saadi, Yousef al-Sulami, and Walid Abu al-Rashid.

The occupation forces also destroyed a commercial store after searching it, closing it and vandalizing its contents. They also raided Salah Abu Al-Rashid’s home and vandalized its contents.

In Tubas, the occupation forces arrested Yazan Samer Samara (17 years old) after raiding and searching his family’s home.

The occupation forces blew up the door of the family's house during the raid, and also raided the homes of other citizens in the town.

The occupation bulldozers also destroyed citizens' property before withdrawing from the town.

The Israeli occupation forces continue their extensive aggression on the city of Tulkarm and its two camps, Tulkarm and Nour Shams, for the 15th consecutive day, amid military escalation and the imposition of a tight siege that exacerbates the suffering of the residents.

The occupation forces sent more military reinforcements, while carrying out extensive house raids, firing live ammunition, and hearing the sounds of huge explosions, especially in Nour Shams camp, in addition to destroying the infrastructure and citizens’ property.

The occupation forces are still imposing a tight siege on Nour Shams camp, preventing citizens from leaving it, while raiding homes in the neighborhoods of Jabal al-Nasr, Jabal al-Salihin, and al-Manshiya, turning them into military barracks, and detaining their residents in difficult conditions, including women and children, while seizing residential buildings in areas in the suburbs of Dhnaba and Iktaba adjacent to the camp and turning them into military barracks.

The occupation bulldozers also caused extensive damage to the infrastructure on Nablus Street, which connects Nour Shams camp to the town of Anabta, passing through Bal’a roundabout east of the governorate, in conjunction with the bulldozing and extensive destruction of the infrastructure at the entrances to Nour Shams camp and in its neighborhoods, specifically the neighborhoods of Al-Manshiya, Al-Qalansawe and Al-Maslakh, and the destruction of large parts of homes and shops.

The occupation forces are still imposing their siege on Tulkarm camp, and are firing heavy and random bullets, seizing houses and buildings in all its neighborhoods, and deploying infantry soldiers in them. They have also continued to seize a number of houses in its vicinity and turn them into military barracks and sniper locations.

The daily suffering of the citizens who are still in their homes on the outskirts of the camp is exacerbated by the tight siege and the accompanying interruption of electricity, water, communications and the Internet due to the complete destruction of the infrastructure, in addition to the severe shortage of food, drinking water and medicines, especially for the elderly who suffer from chronic diseases.

In Tulkarm city, the occupation soldiers deployed in the city's neighborhoods, specifically the eastern, southern and northern ones, and raided a number of homes, and seized surveillance camera recordings amidst tightening the siege on the eastern neighborhood, especially in the Muqata'a Street area, and preventing the movement of residents who issued appeals to provide their basic needs.

The occupation forces also continued their siege of the Martyr Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital, deploying their vehicles and infantry soldiers at its entrances, obstructing the work of ambulances and medical crews, and subjecting anyone who wanted to enter the hospital to search and interrogation.

Last night, the young man, Iyas Adli Fakhri Al-Akhras (20 years old), was killed in Nour Shams camp, bringing the number of dead in the camp since the aggression on it yesterday to three. Earlier, the two citizens, Sundus Jamal Muhammad Shalabi (23 years old) and her fetus, and Rahaf Fuad Abdullah Al-Ashqar (21 years old), were killed, and seven others were injured, bringing the number of dead in Tulkarm during this aggression to eight.

In the same context, the occupation forces continued for the third day to close the Jabara Bridge at the southern entrance to the city of Tulkarm, which connects the city to the villages of Al-Kafriyat and the governorates of the West Bank.

A young man was killed by Israeli occupation forces on Sunday evening in Nour Shams camp, east of Tulkarm.

The Ministry of Health reported, in a brief statement, the martyrdom of the young man, Iyas Adli Fakhri Al-Akhras (20 years old) in Nour Shams camp, which brings the number of dead in the camp today to three, as the two citizens, Sondos Jamal Muhammad Shalabi (23 years old) and her fetus, and Rahaf Fouad Abdullah Al-Ashqar (21 years old) were martyred earlier today, and seven others were injured.

The occupation forces stormed the camp at dawn today, and imposed a tight siege on it from all sides and entrances, and deployed infantry soldiers who carried out extensive raids and searches of citizens' homes inside and around it, and forced their owners to leave them and turned them into military barracks.

The storming of Nour Shams camp comes as the Israeli aggression on Tulkarm city and camp continues for the fourteenth consecutive day.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday once again praised US President Donald Trump's proposal to seize the Gaza Strip and displace its population, calling it "revolutionary", upon his return to Israel from a visit to Washington.

Netanyahu said the two allies agreed to "ensure that Gaza never again poses a threat to Israel... President Trump has come out with a completely different and much better vision for Israel, a revolutionary and creative approach," noting that Trump is "determined to implement his plan" and stressing that the visit had achieved "tremendous accomplishments."

In an interview with Fox News, Netanyahu said that the plan "is not about forced evacuation or ethnic cleansing" of the residents of the Strip, adding: "Everyone describes Gaza as the largest open prison in the world because people are not allowed to leave... Their numbers are increasing, their population density is increasing, their misery is increasing, and they are repeatedly under the control of terrorists."

“Why are you keeping them in prison?” he asked indignantly. “All President Trump says is, ‘I want to open the gate and give them the option to move temporarily while we rebuild the place and remove the terrorism.’”

The Israeli Prime Minister also noted that Trump "never said he wanted American forces to do the job, but we will do the job... Hamas attacked us. We will deal with them."

He also denied that funding for Trump's proposed plan would come from "American taxpayer money," adding: "Trump has said he will get independent funding, and I'm sure he will."

This came after US President Donald Trump announced that his country was considering seizing the Gaza Strip and transferring its people to other safer places, including Jordan and Egypt, noting that the two countries have opposed, more than once and over the years, plans to displace the Palestinians.

The Israeli Prime Minister returned to confirm that the US President's proposal is good and a new idea that has not been proposed before.

It is worth noting that this forced displacement of the Palestinian sector constitutes a violation of international law, and has met with strong opposition not only in the region but also from Washington's Western allies.

This evening, Sunday, the Israeli occupation forces stormed a number of villages and towns in the Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate.

According to local sources, an occupation army force stormed the town of Beit Rima and drove its military vehicles through its streets, while another force on foot stormed the village of Nabi Saleh, without any arrests being reported.

Security sources said that the occupation forces stormed the village of Kafr Ein, northwest of Ramallah, the town of Deir Dibwan, east of the governorate, and the Jabal al-Tawil neighborhood in the city of al-Bireh, without any arrests being reported.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated that the Israeli occupation continues its violations of the ceasefire decision in the Gaza Strip.

He stressed that these actions further complicate the situation in the region.

Erdogan added in his statements that his country categorically rejects any calls to displace Palestinians from their lands, stressing the need to respect the rights of the Palestinian people and not to encroach on the lands in which they live.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates strongly warned against the dangers of the Israeli occupation adopting the name "Judea and Samaria" instead of the West Bank.

The ministry condemned, in a statement issued on Sunday evening, the approval by the so-called Ministerial Committee for Legislation Affairs in the occupying state of a draft law to adopt the name "Judea and Samaria" instead of the West Bank, and considered it a dangerous escalation in the illegal unilateral occupation measures, a prelude to completing the annexation of the West Bank and imposing Israeli law on it by force of occupation, and a systematic undermining of the opportunity to embody the Palestinian state on the ground and resolve the conflict through peaceful political means.

The Ministry stressed that this project and other occupation measures will not establish a right for Israel in the land of the State of Palestine, and it is invalid, illegitimate, a flagrant violation of international law and United Nations resolutions, and a blatant threat to the security and stability of the region and the world.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates called for urgent international intervention to stop the occupation's attempts to change the political, legal and geographical reality of the internationally recognized State of Palestine. It also called on all countries to link the level of their relationship with Israel to the extent of their government's commitment to international law and the extent of its compliance with international legitimacy resolutions.

Resigned Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said his country has become the "laughingstock of the Middle East," criticizing Benjamin Netanyahu's government's policy on the Gaza Strip.

This came in an interview conducted on Sunday by the local radio station "Kol Barama", and republished by the newspaper "Maariv", with Ben Gvir, who resigned last month from the right-wing Israeli government in protest of the ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement with Hamas that went into effect on January 19.

"We have become the laughingstock of the Middle East, and I'm not sure we understand that now," Ben-Gvir said.

"It is unfortunate that I was the only one in the government who opposed providing humanitarian aid (to Gaza), as I could have made a 180-degree change," he added.

Ben-Gvir criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's behavior in the face of American pressure, saying: "You cannot work all the time under pressure."

He continued: "It is certainly not easy to stand up to the President of the United States (Trump), but I expect the Prime Minister to present the truth and not tell stories."

He said that Israel should not have allowed fuel and humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, claiming that they "end up in the hands of Hamas."

Referring to the future of the Gaza Strip, Ben-Gvir called for "immediately beginning to strengthen the voluntary immigration program for Palestinians."

He added: "Today we need to launch an initiative to encourage voluntary immigration. President Trump says there is time, but for the benefit of the State of Israel we do not have time."

Ben Gvir stressed that he will not return to the government "until they move towards destroying Hamas."

In January, Ben-Gvir announced his resignation from the government in protest over its approval of a ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal with Hamas.

Ben Gvir called for the creation of a position called the "Ministry of Voluntary Immigration" to evacuate Palestinians from Gaza, and for the "Otzma Yehudit" (Jewish Power) party to take over, headed by him, adding: "When Netanyahu tells me he wants this, I will be with him."

Later, Ben Gvir posted a video clip on the X platform from behind the fence of the "Nahal Oz" settlement, east of Gaza City, showing the movement of Gaza residents at a close distance from him.

He said that "the residents of the Gaza Strip approached 300 meters from the Nahal Oz settlement, considering that he will not be part of the government that signed an "illegal" deal.

The resigned minister said: "The residents of Gaza approached this morning (Sunday) to a distance of 300 meters from Nahal Oz, and are preparing for the next massacre," he said.

"Instead of shooting everyone, they are carrying out 'warning shots' - which doesn't really bother them," Ben-Gvir added.

He continued: "This is precisely why I cannot be part of a government that made the unpoetic deal and continues to create an illegitimate reality, and this is why I will not return to it unless it returns to fighting Hamas until its complete destruction."

Last month, Ben-Gvir resigned from Israel's far-right government in protest at a ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal with Hamas.

Last Tuesday, the Otzma Yehudit party, led by Ben-Gvir, submitted a bill to the Knesset (parliament) with the aim of “encouraging the voluntary departure of residents of the Gaza Strip.”

According to the bill, "a resident of Gaza who chooses to leave will be able to receive a basket of financial assistance, which will be determined by the Israeli Ministry of Finance. However, anyone convicted of involvement in a terrorist act will not be eligible for assistance," according to Israel's Channel 14.

On Tuesday, Trump announced that his country intends to seize the Gaza Strip and displace the Palestinians from it, which sparked widespread Arab, regional and international rejection.

Since January 25, Trump has been promoting a plan to displace the Palestinians of Gaza to neighboring countries such as Egypt and Jordan, which was rejected by both countries, and was joined by other Arab countries and regional and international organizations.

Today, Sunday, the Israeli occupation forces sent more military reinforcements to the city of Tulkarm and its two camps, as the aggression against it continues for the fourteenth consecutive day.

In Tulkarm city, the occupation soldiers deployed in the eastern and southern neighborhoods, stopped citizens, especially young men, checked their IDs and interrogated them in the field, while drones flew at a low altitude, causing a state of fear among the citizens. They also tightened their siege on the eastern neighborhood, specifically on Al-Muqata'a Street, amid appeals from the residents to provide them with food aid.

The occupation forces continued their siege of the Martyr Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital, deployed their vehicles and infantry soldiers at its entrances, obstructed the work of ambulances and medical crews, placed barriers on the hospital street and prevented vehicles from passing. The occupation soldiers were seen at the emergency entrance forcing a young man to take off his clothes under the pretext of searching him.

The occupation forces are still imposing their siege on Tulkarm camp, seizing houses and buildings in all its neighborhoods, and deploying infantry soldiers in them. They have also continued to seize a number of houses in its vicinity and turn them into military barracks and sniper locations.

The daily suffering of the citizens who are still in their homes on the outskirts of the camp is exacerbated by the tight siege and the accompanying interruption of electricity, water, communications and the Internet due to the complete destruction of the infrastructure, in addition to the severe shortage of food, drinking water and medicines, especially for the elderly who suffer from chronic diseases.

The occupation bulldozers destroyed Nablus Street, which connects Nour Shams camp to the town of Anabta, passing through Bal’a roundabout east of the governorate, in conjunction with the bulldozing and destruction of the infrastructure at the entrances to Nour Shams camp and in its neighborhoods, specifically the Manshiyya and Qalansawe neighborhoods.

Also, the occupation forces are still imposing a tight siege on Nour Shams camp, preventing citizens from leaving it, while firing live bullets at everything that moves, with the sound of explosions being heard.

The occupation forces raided citizens' homes in the Jabal al-Nasr and Jabal al-Salihin neighborhoods, turning them into military barracks, and detained women and children.

This morning, citizen Sundus Jamal Muhammad Shalabi (23 years old) and her fetus were killed, as she was eight months pregnant, while her husband was critically injured in the head. Citizen Rahaf Fouad Abdullah Al-Ashqar (21 years old) was also killed, and her father was injured by a live bullet in the thigh while they were at home in the camp, while seven citizens were injured by the occupation’s bullets, including a child (14 years old).

In the same context, the occupation forces continued for the second day to close the Jabara Bridge at the southern entrance to the city of Tulkarm, which connects the city to the villages of Al-Kafriyat and the governorates of the West Bank.

Five citizens released by Hamas through Turkish diplomatic efforts as part of the ceasefire agreement with Israel arrived in the Thai capital, Bangkok, on Sunday.

According to a report in the Bangkok Post, a plane carrying Thai citizens released by Hamas on January 30 has landed at Suvarnabhumi International Airport.

Upon arrival at the airport, the Thais, who had been held in the Gaza Strip for 16 months, were greeted by their family members and senior government figures.

"The tears of joy shed by the families are a moral support to all the government officials involved," Thai Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa said in press statements during the reception.

Sanjiampongsa added that the Thai government would do "everything in its power" to return other Thai citizens believed to still be held by Hamas.

On January 30, 2025, the Turkish Presidency's Communications Department announced that 5 Thai citizens who were kidnapped during the Hamas attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, were released as part of the ceasefire between Israel and the movement, thanks to Turkish efforts.

A ceasefire agreement in Gaza and a prisoner exchange between Hamas and Israel went into effect on January 19, with the mediation of Qatar, Egypt and the United States.

The agreement consists of 3 stages, each lasting 42 days, during which negotiations will take place to start a second and third stage, leading to the end of the war of extermination.

US President Donald Trump said he expects Elon Musk to uncover billions of dollars in fraud and abuses at the US Department of Defense during the audit he will lead as head of the Department of Government Efficiency.

"I'm going to tell him very soon, maybe within 24 hours, to go and audit the Education Department... and then the military. Let's audit the military," Trump said in an interview with Fox News, an excerpt of which was aired Sunday morning, according to Reuters.

“We will find fraud and abuse of billions and hundreds of millions of dollars,” Trump said of the Defense Department, the largest US department.

The Defense Department’s budget is approaching $1 trillion annually. In December, former President Joe Biden signed a bill authorizing $895 billion in defense spending for the fiscal year ending September 30.

Trump has tasked billionaire Musk, who the White House says is a private government employee, with leading an effort to shrink the federal government workforce. As part of the initiative, Musk’s aides sought to access classified information on computer systems at various government agencies.

Critics say the effort is likely illegal, risks revealing classified information and would in practice eliminate entire agencies without congressional approval.

National Security Adviser Mike Walz said in a separate interview Sunday that the Department of Government Efficiency may pay special attention to the Defense Department's shipbuilding operations.

"There's a lot to look at with shipbuilding, it's an absolute mess," Waltz told NBC.

The Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem said that Tel Aviv has been waging a "comprehensive war" on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, since the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip began on January 19.

With American support, between October 7, 2023 and January 19, Israel committed genocide in Gaza, leaving about 160,000 Palestinians dead and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 14,000 missing.

Since the beginning of this genocide, the Israeli army and settlers have expanded their attacks in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, resulting in the killing of 909 Palestinians, the injury of about 7,000, and the arrest of 14,300 others, according to official Palestinian data.

B'Tselem said in a post on its X platform that Israel has been waging a "comprehensive war" against the Palestinian people in the West Bank since the ceasefire in Gaza.

She pointed out that, in recent weeks, Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinian villages and citizens on an almost daily basis, sometimes under the eyes of Israeli soldiers.

She continued: "Since the announcement of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip on January 19, the Israeli army has intensified its raids on Palestinian cities and villages in the West Bank, and launched attacks that have claimed the lives of dozens of Palestinians."

The organization attached a video clip to its post showing attacks committed by settlers and the Israeli army over the past months against Palestinians in the West Bank.

She reported that from October 7, 2023 until the end of 2024, the Israeli army and settlers killed 737 Palestinians, including at least 168 minors.

On January 21, the Israeli army launched a military aggression on the northern West Bank, starting with the city of Jenin, its camp, and surrounding towns.

After 6 days, he expanded his aggression to the city of Tulkarm, then on February 2, he began an aggression in the town of Tamoun and the Far’a camp in the Tubas governorate, and while he withdrew from Tamoun after 7 days, he continues his aggression in the camp.

For decades, Israel has occupied lands in Palestine, Syria and Lebanon, and refuses to withdraw from them and establish an independent Palestinian state, with East Jerusalem as its capital, on the borders before the 1967 war.

Today, Sunday, settlers attacked a number of citizens in Khirbet Al-Marajem, which is part of Duma lands, south of Nablus.

According to local sources, a group of settlers attacked citizens in Khirbet al-Marajim, assaulted them, caused havoc and destruction in sheep pens, and cut down and destroyed olive trees in the same area.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's spokesman, Omer Dostri, said on Sunday that an Israeli delegation had arrived in the Qatari capital, Doha, to hold talks on a ceasefire in Gaza, according to Reuters.

In the same context, the American website Axios reported yesterday, Saturday, that the Israeli delegation heading to Doha will discuss “technical issues only,” and will not address the second phase of the Gaza agreement.

The families of the Israeli detainees demanded that Netanyahu give the negotiating delegation in Doha full authorization to complete the agreement “until the last detainee is returned.”

The statement by the association representing the families of the detainees referred to a message from a political source stating that the delegation that will later leave for Qatar will discuss only “technical matters” of the agreement, and that the cabinet will not discuss the second stage until Netanyahu returns from his visit to the United States.

Under the Gaza deal that ended more than 15 months of fighting, 33 hostages held by Palestinian factions in Gaza will be released during the first six weeks of the ceasefire, in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, many of whom are serving life sentences in Israel.

The second phase of negotiations includes the release of more than 60 men of military age. The third phase is supposed to allow for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip and the establishment of a model of governance for the small Palestinian territory.

It is difficult to track the number of international crimes involved in US President Donald Trump’s proposal, made last Tuesday at a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, to take over Gaza in response to its destruction by the Israeli occupation army during nearly 16 months of brutal war on the besieged enclave, the Justice in Conflict website reported.

There is a strong case to be made that President Trump’s “plan” to “own” Gaza, turn it into a “Middle Eastern Riviera,” and transfer Palestinians to neighboring Arab states requires the commission of every major international crime under international law: war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, and the crime of aggression. It also erases the atrocities that led to Gaza’s destruction.

Therefore, according to the site, Trump’s thinking must be resisted lest it lead to the normalization of horrific crimes. Right-wing politicians in Israel have now endorsed Trump’s “plan,” with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu describing it as “the first good idea I’ve heard.”

Below is a picture of the international crimes that will be committed if they are implemented, according to the organization specialized in war crimes:

First, Palestinian citizens of Gaza have every legal right to remain in Gaza. The transfer of Gaza’s population constitutes a crime against humanity under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, which prohibits the forcible transfer or deportation of populations. It is important to note that force does not always have to be through guns or bombs. It can come in many forms, such as the threat of violence or coercion. It is also worth noting that crimes against humanity must be widespread or systematic; in the case of the Trump plan, the forcible transfer of Gaza’s population to countries in the region would be both.

Second, by removing Palestinians from their land, the depopulation of Gaza also constitutes ethnic cleansing. Ethnic cleansing is not in itself an international crime. But it is a precursor to genocide. In order to ethnically cleanse a territory of its inhabitants, that population must surely be destroyed in whole or in part. It is important to emphasize that the theft and colonization of land are among the most common motivations for genocide. They motivated the Nazis, who sought to expel Jews and others from European lands to make way for German “living space,” and they motivated Canada’s genocide of indigenous peoples.

Third, by suggesting that the United States take over Gaza, Trump is also laying out a plan to illegally invade a sovereign state. While some countries, like my native Canada, may not recognize Palestine (despite repeatedly saying they will), 140 countries do. Palestinian statehood is a legal reality under international law. Invading another country without legal basis is a crime. By taking over Gaza, Trump would join his friend Vladimir Putin as leaders who have committed the crime of aggression in recent years.

Fourth and finally, the “plan” includes the commission of war crimes. While there is a ceasefire in effect, Israel and Palestine remain in a state of war. Under international law, and according to the International Court of Justice, Gaza remains occupied by Israel under international humanitarian law. Under the Rome Statute, the transfer of any part of its population into Gaza or the deportation of Gaza’s civilian population outside its territory is a war crime for Israel, as the occupying power.

This is by no means an exhaustive list. It offers only some of the international crimes that could be committed if the Trump plan is implemented. Ironically, for a government so terrified of coming under ICC scrutiny that it is seeking sanctions against the court, the White House “plan” amounts to a plea to the ICC to investigate US conduct in Gaza.

The White House proposal also erases the atrocities that led to Gaza’s destruction. Perhaps the most cruel aspect of Trump’s “plan” is that it presents as a remedy for the “destruction” of Gaza the annihilation of its character and its citizens. Instead of addressing the international crimes that led to Gaza’s destruction, Trump proposes to commit another series of atrocities, atrocities that would permanently destroy Gaza as a sovereign Palestinian territory. In doing so, Trump seeks to erase any calls for accountability for the perpetrators—whether Hamas or Israel—for the atrocities that brought us to this point. It is no wonder that when Trump announced his proposal, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—who has been indicted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza—could do nothing but smile. Trump’s plan provides him with impunity.

None of this, the site points out, can help the cause of peace. It can only inspire violence. Atrocities beget atrocities. Militants and terrorists use crimes against civilians as recruitment material. Instead of offering hope for a dignified life, “Trump and Netanyahu have given Gaza’s armed movements another tool to convince young people that their only option is more violence. The result is that even if the “plan” is not implemented, it will have consequences, some of which will make lasting peace more difficult.”

The site says that the consequences of Trump’s proposal should extend beyond the Middle East; citizens of Western countries should also be horrified. European and Canadian soldiers have fought alongside Americans in numerous wars, including in Afghanistan. That is why Western countries live under the threat of tariffs. On the other hand, Netanyahu is wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of, among other things, deliberately starving civilians in Gaza. Despite this, he received a red carpet welcome in Washington.

Today, Sunday, the Israeli occupation army continues its siege of Al-Far’a camp, south of Tubas, in the northern occupied West Bank, since February 2, which has resulted in a severe shortage of medicines and baby milk.

According to local sources, "the Israeli occupation's siege of the camp continues for the eighth consecutive day, with the participation of military bulldozers, vehicles and reconnaissance aircraft, amid the deployment of hundreds of soldiers in the camp's alleys and neighborhoods."

Mansour, one of the camp’s residents, confirmed that “the occupation has been continuing since the first day to sabotage and demolish the infrastructure, and there is a water outage and a partial and repeated power outage.”

He pointed out that the Israeli army "closes all the entrances and roads leading to the camp, and does not allow health, humanitarian and media crews to enter."

He added that Israeli forces "are launching a campaign of raids on homes and tampering with their contents, amidst the firing of sound bombs and tear gas, in addition to converting a number of them into military barracks after expelling their Palestinian owners."

Regarding the consequences of the Israeli siege on the camp, the Palestinian activist explained that “the camp residents are facing a severe shortage of medicines and baby milk, in addition to the complete cessation of the educational process and health services.”

On January 21, the Israeli army launched a military aggression on the northern West Bank, starting with the city of Jenin, its camp, and surrounding towns, killing 25 Palestinians, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

Then the Israeli army expanded its aggression to the city of Tulkarm on the 27th of the same month, where 7 Palestinians were martyred, while on the 2nd of February it began another operation in the town of Tamoun and the Far’a camp in the Tubas governorate, before withdrawing from Tamoun after 7 days and continuing its operation in the Far’a camp.

The Israeli occupation army expanded its aggression in the northern occupied West Bank at dawn on Sunday, to the Nour Shams camp east of the city, where it killed two Palestinian women and injured six other people, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health and the Red Crescent.

Four citizens, including an elderly woman, were killed today, Sunday, by Israeli occupation forces in the Gaza Strip.

Medical sources reported that 3 martyrs arrived at the Baptist Hospital in Gaza City, after the occupation army opened fire on a group of citizens near the Malka site, east of Gaza.

She added that the occupation soldiers stationed east of the city opened fire on a group of citizens while they were returning to their homes near the east of Kuwait roundabout, east of the city.

She pointed out that the citizens returned to inspect their homes and lands in that area after the occupation army withdrew from the "Netzarim" axis that separates the Gaza and northern governorates from the center and south.

An elderly woman was also killed by the occupation army's bullets east of Al-Qarara town, east of Khan Yunis city, south of the Gaza Strip.

On January 19, the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip came into effect.

The Secretary-General of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, commented on the statements of the Prime Minister of the Israeli occupation government, Benjamin Netanyahu, regarding what he called a "Palestinian state in Saudi Arabia," saying that it reflects a complete disconnect from reality, according to the "AFP" agency.

Aboul Gheit considered Netanyahu's statements about establishing a Palestinian state in Saudi Arabia to be "completely disconnected from reality."

"The logic on which (the statements) are based is unacceptable and reflects a complete disconnect from reality," said Ambassador Gamal Rushdi, Aboul Gheit's spokesman.

He stressed that the Palestinian state will only be established on the land of Palestine that was occupied in 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital, and its territory being the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, without separation between them.

An elderly woman was killed today, Sunday, by Israeli occupation forces east of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.

Otzma Yehudit party leader Itamar Ben-Gvir launched a sharp attack on Benjamin Netanyahu's government's policy in the Gaza Strip, accusing the Israeli Security and Political Affairs Council (the cabinet) of succumbing to international pressure regarding humanitarian aid.

The Israeli Minister of Security, who recently resigned from the Israeli government, called in a radio interview he conducted this morning, Sunday, to accelerate the process of displacing Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, and considered that Israel "has become a joke in the Middle East."

This came as Israeli Channel 12 reported that Ben Gvir agreed to a request from the government to postpone the introduction of a bill to encourage the emigration of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip for two weeks, which was scheduled to be discussed today in the Ministerial Committee for Legislation.

According to the channel, this request came with the aim of making room for the Ministerial Council for Security and Political Affairs to discuss the draft law that comes in parallel with US President Donald Trump’s proposal to displace the Gaza Strip of its Palestinian residents.

The report stated that "Ben Gvir agreed to postpone the introduction of the law for only one week," stressing that "implementation must begin" of measures that push Palestinians to leave the Gaza Strip, within the framework of the law "encouraging the voluntary migration of Gaza Strip residents."

In his radio interview, Ben-Gvir stressed that he was the only cabinet member who opposed the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza, considering that "countries do not supply the enemy with fuel, nor do they give it aid that goes into the hands of Hamas." He criticized Netanyahu's handling of American pressure.

"We cannot always act under pressure," Ben-Gvir said. "It is true that standing up to the President of the United States is not easy, but I expected the Prime Minister to tell the truth instead of promoting stories."

Regarding the future of Gaza, Ben Gvir called for the immediate implementation of the "voluntary migration" plan, stressing the need to expedite the project promoted by former US President Donald Trump to displace Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and turn the Strip into a real estate investment area.

"Trump says there is time, but from the point of view of Israeli interest, there is no time," Ben-Gvir said, adding that he would not return to the government "unless he begins working to topple Hamas rule" in the Gaza Strip.

At the end of his speech, Ben-Gvir demanded that his party be given responsibility for implementing the emigration plan, saying: “The Ministry of Voluntary Emigration must be in the hands of the Otzma Yehudit party. When the prime minister tells me he is ready, I will be with him.”

Later, Ben Gvir shared a video clip showing the return of Gazans to the areas from which they were displaced in the northeastern Gaza Strip, and said in a post that "the Gazans are approaching Nahal Oz, 300 meters away, and are preparing for the next massacre," as he put it.

"The Israeli army is content with firing warning shots instead of eliminating them," he added. "That's why I cannot be part of a government that implemented the deal and continues to create a more reckless reality," he continued, stressing that he will not return to the government "unless the fighting against Hamas resumes until it is completely eliminated."

The Otzma Yehudit bill stated in its rationale that “the perception is growing among many that the idea of establishing another Palestinian state (implying that Jordan is a Palestinian state), in the areas of the entire Land of Israel, means the elimination of the State of Israel.”

The bill added that its purpose is to "encourage the voluntary departure of Gaza Strip residents. A resident who chooses to do so voluntarily will be required to sign a permit to leave that includes a pledge not to return, and if he leaves for a reasonable period, he will then be granted an economic aid package determined by the Finance Minister in consultation with the Defense Minister. Those responsible for minors will also be required to sign on their behalf a permit to leave and a pledge regarding their non-return."

According to the bill, the "aid basket" will not be granted to a resident of the Gaza Strip if he is convicted of involvement in armed struggle or is arrested on such suspicion. If the "aid basket" is granted to a resident of Gaza and then requests to return to the Strip, even if he was a minor when he left the Strip, he will be required to "return double the aid basket, in addition to the cost of living and interest differences, and to emphasize that as long as he does not meet this, he will not be allowed to enter the Gaza Strip, Judea and Samaria, and the State of Israel. The bill seeks to authorize the Minister of Defense to establish regulations in consultation with the Minister of Finance."

Medical sources announced today, Sunday, that the death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 48,189, the majority of whom are children and women, since the start of the Israeli occupation aggression on October 7, 2023.

The sources added that the number of injuries has risen to 111,640 since the beginning of the aggression, while thousands of victims are still under the rubble.

It pointed out that 8 dead arrived at hospitals in the Gaza Strip, including 7 dead whose bodies were recovered, and a new dead, and two injuries arrived at hospitals, as a result of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours.

The sources explained that a number of victims are under the rubble and on the roads, and the ambulance and civil defense crews are still unable to reach them.

"The goal of eliminating Hamas and its military capabilities was never realistic. The decision to do so was made by shocked military and political leaders, hours after the October 7 attack, without any clarity on the ability to implement it."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated that the implementation of the second phase of the ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement between his government and Hamas will be after “eliminating Hamas,” and he considered that normalizing relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia will be “after we end the change in the Middle East, after we are certain that Iran does not have a nuclear weapon, and after we annihilate Hamas,” according to what he told Fox News.

Professor Yigal Levy, a researcher in relations between the army and society in Israel, said that “the goal of eliminating Hamas and its military capabilities was never realistic. The decision regarding this goal was made by shocked military and political leaders, a few hours after the October 7 massacre, without clarifying the ability to implement it,” according to his article in Haaretz today, Sunday.

He pointed out that "experience shows that attempts in recent decades to impose changes from the outside, in various parts of the world, have failed. Certainly, such a failure was expected in the special circumstances of Gaza. Indeed, the re-emergence of Hamas immediately after the ceasefire, and the rapid restoration of some of its governing capabilities, as was expressed during the implementation of the kidnapped soldiers deal, surprised Israel."

He stressed that "this is what happens when an unquestionable military ideology takes hold, creating the illusion that killing fighters one by one, destroying tunnels, confiscating weapons, mass killing of citizens and demolishing civilian infrastructure will lead to regime change."

The so-called “center-left” parties in Israel accuse Netanyahu, in the context of talking about the “day after” after the war on Gaza, that because he did not advance a vision for the “day after,” he is allowing Hamas to survive, because he prevented an alternative authority from taking control in Gaza. But Levy stressed that this accusation is baseless, because “it assumes that Israel is capable of engineering an alternative regime in Gaza. A regime needs a basic level of legitimacy, which it will not obtain just because an enemy state invents an alternative regime with international support. It is true that Netanyahu did not present an alternative vision, but his mistake is no less than the mistake of those who created the illusion of an alternative.”

“Most of those who talk about a new regime in Gaza on the ‘day after’ suggest that the Palestinian Authority or a multinational force should dismantle Hamas instead of Israel,” he added. “However, Hamas, which has succeeded in recruiting thousands of fighters again and has strengthened hatred of Israel among those trying to return to their destroyed homes in the winter, is still capable of effectively resisting any regime imposed from the outside, especially against the backdrop of the threat of transfer.”

Levy warned against the "center-left" proposals, and that "they are practically proposing to plunge the sector into an internal war, whether between Hamas and the regime that will be imposed from the outside, or between Gazan militias in the absence of sovereignty."

For his part, Haaretz editor-in-chief Aluf Benn called for not underestimating the order by Defense Minister Yisrael Katz to the Israeli army last Thursday to “prepare a plan for a ‘voluntary exit’ of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, under the initiative of US President Donald Trump. This is the first time that Israel has announced an actual plan to expel Arabs from areas it controls. From now on, transfer is government policy.”

Ben added that the message that Katz and the government sent to senior army officers after he instructed the Chief of Staff, Herzi Halevi, to reprimand the head of the Military Intelligence Directorate, Shlomi Bender, for warning of the security implications of the Trump plan, was that “support for the transfer will be a condition for promotion. In the IDF, there will be extensive appointments, and any appointment of an officer with the rank of brigadier general or higher is conditional on Katz’s signature, and this minister intends to follow in the army the political loyalty tests that the outgoing minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, followed in the police.”

He continued, "The army will be tasked with encouraging the voluntary emigration of Gazans, through starvation, for example, or by resuming the fighting 'to eliminate Hamas,' as Netanyahu pledges. Then, as the screams of the Gazans increase, the countries of the world will agree to open their gates to the refugees of Khan Younis and Jabalia."

Benn said that by talking about the displacement of the Gazans, Trump “unleashed the hidden desires of many Israeli Jews who do not believe in living together with Arabs on the same piece of land. The right says ‘it’s either us or them’, and the left says ‘we are here and they are there’. Years ago, a leader of the Zionist left told me that ‘Kahane is in the heart of all of us’,” referring to the fascist Rabbi Meir Kahane. “After Trump normalized talk of ethnic cleansing, an overwhelming majority of Jews in Israel want to expel the Palestinians,” polls showed last week.

He pointed out that "Netanyahu's policy since he formed the narrow right-wing government includes a clear tendency to implement the legacy of Rabbi Kahane, and the list is long: the Nation-State Law; the annexation steps and the plundering of the Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem; filling the Likud list with Kahanists; the alliance with Ben-Gvir and Smotrich; and above all the policy of expulsion and destruction in Gaza, in response to the Hamas attack on October 7."

“Netanyahu was willing to risk an arrest warrant from the Hague court, and to face pressure from the Biden administration and its supporters in Israel to present a ‘day after plan’ and hand over Gaza to the Palestinian Authority, just to advance the depopulation of the Strip and prepare it for annexation and Jewish settlement,” he added.

“Kahane was considered a thug and a marginal, and the Knesset vomited him out. His successor in promoting the idea of transfer, Rehavam Ze’evi, did not enjoy public support and was later condemned as a rapist and a criminal. But their ideas did not disappear, and after a generation and a half they reached the mainstream, which is still wrapped in hypocritical explanations such as ‘humanitarian concern for the Palestinians’ or ‘We have tried everything and the conflict has not been resolved, and perhaps it is time for another solution.’ Therefore, it is forbidden to underestimate Trump’s statements, Netanyahu’s enthusiasm and Katz’s instructions. The genie of ethnic cleansing that they have taken out of the bottle of political correctness and respect for human rights, in which it has been hiding until today, will be difficult to put back in the bottle,” Benn noted.

The Ministry of Health announced the death of citizen Rahaf Fouad Abdullah Al-Ashqar (21 years old), today, Sunday, in Nour Shams camp, east of Tulkarm.

Local sources reported that Ashqar was shot by live Israeli occupation bullets in Nour Shams camp, which led to her immediate death.

The Red Crescent Society reported that its crews in Tulkarm received the injury of a 14-year-old child as a result of her injury in Nour Shams camp, as well as her father’s injury from a gunshot wound to the foot.

This morning, citizen Sundus Jamal Muhammad Shalabi (23 years old) and her fetus were martyred by the occupation's bullets, and her husband was critically injured.

The private newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Saturday evening that the Israeli occupation army had withdrawn "completely" from its last positions on the Netzarim axis, which separates the northern Gaza Strip from its southern part, after more than fifteen months of occupation.

According to the newspaper, this step comes within the framework of the first phase of the ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement between Israel and the Palestinian resistance factions in Gaza, which includes the withdrawal of the Israeli occupation forces from the Netzarim axis located in the middle of the Strip.

Yedioth Ahronoth indicated that the sites to be evacuated are located east of Salah al-Din Road, which means that the Israeli occupation army will not maintain any presence in the central and northern Gaza Strip, except for the forces of the 162nd Division, which were deployed along the buffer zone near the border.

According to the newspaper, the Israeli military presence will remain limited for the time being to the Philadelphi Corridor in southern Gaza.

For his part, Hamas political bureau member and former health minister in Gaza, Basem Naim, told Agence France-Presse on Saturday that Israel's "failure to implement" all the terms of the truce agreement puts the ceasefire in Gaza at risk of collapse, while talks on its second phase have not yet begun.

Naim warned that the agreement was in danger, but said the Palestinian movement did not want to return to war. He added: "What we see of procrastination and lack of commitment in implementing the first phase and trying to create a political, international, diplomatic and media environment to pressure Palestinian negotiators when it enters the second phase, certainly puts this agreement in danger, and thus it may stop and collapse."

He continued: "Returning to war is certainly not our wish or decision, but if any party decides to return to war, then certainly our Palestinian people, who have endured for 15 months and carry in their hearts the spirit of resistance, will be prepared to respond appropriately."

The Hamas leader said: "We expected the second phase of the talks to begin last Monday. We are still ready to start, but the occupation is stalling. So far, I do not have a specific date for the start of the negotiation process. It may begin in the coming days."

According to the ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement, which entered into force on January 19, by the twenty-second day of the implementation of the agreement, the Israeli occupation forces will withdraw from central Gaza, including the Netzarim axis and Kuwait Roundabout, with the complete dismantling of military installations.

The agreement also includes granting Palestinians freedom of movement in all areas of the Strip and the continued return of displaced persons to their places of residence.

About two weeks ago, a week after the implementation of the ceasefire agreement, the Israeli occupation army began gradually withdrawing its forces from the Netzarim axis, which led to the return of more than half a million Palestinians from the south and center of the Strip to its north.

With American support, between October 7, 2023 and January 19, 2025, Israel committed genocide in Gaza, leaving more than 159,000 Palestinian martyrs and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 14,000 missing, in one of the worst humanitarian disasters in the world.

On January 19, a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip and a prisoner exchange between Hamas and Israel came into effect. It includes three stages, each lasting 42 days, and negotiations are underway during the first to begin the second and third, with the mediation of Egypt and Qatar and the support of the United States.

Arab reactions followed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's statements regarding the displacement of Palestinians from their land.

The countries condemned the Israeli statements hostile to the Palestinians' right to establish their independent and sovereign state on their national soil, and the aggressive calls to establish it on Saudi territory.

Saudi Arabia appreciated the countries’ declaration of condemnation, disapproval and complete rejection of Netanyahu’s statement regarding the displacement of the Palestinian people from their land, noting that this extremist occupying mentality does not understand what the Palestinian land means to the Palestinian people and their emotional, historical and legal connection to this land.

Saudi Arabia

The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed its categorical rejection of the statements of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the displacement of Palestinians from their land.

The ministry said in a statement, "The Kingdom affirms its categorical rejection of such statements that aim to divert attention from the successive crimes committed by the Israeli occupation against our Palestinian brothers in Gaza, including the ethnic cleansing they are being subjected to."

The statement stressed that "the right of the brotherly Palestinian people will remain steadfast and no one will be able to take it away from them no matter how long it takes, and that lasting peace will only be achieved by returning to the logic of reason and accepting the principle of peaceful coexistence through the two-state solution."

Jordan

Jordan condemned in the strongest terms the Israeli statements hostile to the Palestinians' right to establish their independent and sovereign state on their national soil, and the aggressive calls to establish it on Saudi territory, considering them condemned provocative calls that represent a blatant violation of international law, relevant United Nations resolutions, and the sovereignty of states.

The official spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Ambassador Sufian Qudah, stressed that the Israeli government continues its provocative policies and statements that undermine the sovereignty of states and the rules of international law, stressing Jordan's absolute rejection of these provocative statements, which reflect an exclusionary, provocative ideology hostile to peace and push towards further escalation in the region.

Ambassador Qudah stressed Jordan's full support and solidarity with Saudi Arabia, calling on the international community to condemn and denounce these irresponsible statements.

Kuwait

The Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed the State of Kuwait's strong condemnation and rejection of the denouncement statements made by the Prime Minister of the Israeli occupation forces against Saudi Arabia.

Kuwait affirmed its firm support for Saudi Arabia in the face of anything that threatens its stability and sovereignty.

Kuwait also reiterated its rejection of any attempts to displace the Palestinian people, praising all the efforts made by Saudi Arabia and other countries to restore all the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, including the establishment of their independent state on the borders of June 4, 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital.

The UAE

The UAE has strongly condemned and denounced the unacceptable and provocative statements made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the establishment of a Palestinian state in Saudi Arabia, and affirmed its categorical rejection of these statements, which constitute a blatant violation of the rules of international law and the United Nations Charter.

Minister of State Khalifa Shaheen Al Marar expressed the UAE's full solidarity with Saudi Arabia and its standing with it in one line against any threat to its security, stability and sovereignty. He stressed that Saudi sovereignty is a "red line" and that the UAE does not allow any country to cross or encroach on it.

Islamic Cooperation

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation condemned in the strongest terms the unacceptable and irresponsible statements by Netanyahu in which he called for "the establishment of a Palestinian state on Saudi territory," considering this an incitement against Saudi Arabia and an attack on its sovereignty, national security and territorial integrity, in a flagrant violation of the principles of international law and the United Nations Charter.

The organization also stressed, in a statement, that these racist statements come within the framework of the continued denial by Israel, the occupying power, of the historical, political and legal rights of the authentic Palestinian people in their homeland, and a desperate Israeli attempt to circumvent the national rights of the Palestinian people, including their right to return, self-determination and the establishment of their independent state on their national soil.

The organization renewed its rejection and condemnation of the plans and attempts to displace the Palestinian people from their land, considering this ethnic cleansing, a crime and a flagrant violation of international law.

Egypt

Egypt condemned the irresponsible and unacceptable Israeli statements that incite against Saudi Arabia and call for the establishment of a Palestinian state on Saudi territory, in a direct violation of Saudi sovereignty and a blatant breach of the rules of international law and the United Nations Charter.

According to a statement issued by the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, "Egypt completely rejects these reckless statements, which affect the security and sovereignty of the Kingdom, and stresses that the security of the Kingdom and respect for its sovereignty is a red line that Egypt will not allow to be violated, and its stability and national security are at the core of the security and stability of Egypt and the Arab countries, and there is no compromise on it."

Egypt stressed that these statements constitute a transgression and violation of all established diplomatic norms, and an assault on the sovereignty of the Kingdom and the legitimate and inalienable rights of the Palestinian people to establish their independent state on all their national territory in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

Palestine

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned the racist, anti-peace Israeli statements calling for a Palestinian state on Saudi territory, and considered them a flagrant violation of international law, UN resolutions and its charter, and an aggression against the sovereignty, security and stability of the Kingdom and even all Arab countries.

The Ministry affirmed the State of Palestine's permanent support for Saudi Arabia in confronting the Israeli incitement campaigns that attempt to undermine its security and stability, and in an attempt to pressure the honest and courageous Saudi position in supporting, adopting and backing the just and legitimate national rights of the Palestinian people, foremost of which is their right to establish their state on the land of their homeland.

By Ilan Pappé

I still believe that this ruthlessness and unprecedented cruelty is a manifestation that we are at the end of the worst chapter in the modern history of Palestine. 

If people want to know what Trump’s latest insane and hallucinating discourse on Gaza produced in Israel, all they need to do is learn Hebrew or ask someone who knows Hebrew to translate for them the discourse in Israeli politics and media.  

“Of course, nobody wants the cruel people of Gaza, and I am not talking about Hamas, but the whole people of Gaza; this is why Jordan and Egypt reject the fantastic proposal by Trump,” explained the leading commentator on Arab affairs on Israel’s main channel during prime news time on February 6, 2025.  

I wonder whether the Nazis even used such discourse about the Jews. 

Every possible human, humane, and moral boundary has now been transcended in the public domain in Israel. 

Everything is permissible when you talk about the Palestinians in general and the people of Gaza in particular. This is not talking about them as animals anymore—this is far worse. 

They are depicted as the worst kind of humanity in the new discourse, which absolves Israel of any crime against them. The politicians talk like this, the main media legitimizes it, and the rabbis in the synagogues—institutions that are more populated by Israeli Jews than ever before—are preaching genocide of the Palestinians without shame or inhibition.  

This is all in preparation for the next stages of the genocide. The lull in the genocide is not because the world has put an end to it. It stopped because Trump wanted the hostages to be released for his own self-image and then allow the Israelis to do what they want.  

If we stopped building encampments, if we stopped seeing millions of people demonstrating for Palestine, we would be mistaken. This is not over. The insane nation of Israel now has in its midst more people and politicians who are willing to go the whole way in completing the genocide than those who are against it—if any at all.   

I still believe that this ruthlessness and unprecedented cruelty is a manifestation that we are at the end of the worst chapter in the modern history of Palestine. 

In fact, I am even more confident that, like in post-Nazi Germany, a larger number of Israeli Jews than I first hoped for will awaken and feel remorse and guilt for their silence in the face of the holocaust Israel is inflicting on the Palestinians.  

But for the time being, this is a desperate call not to be dormant or complacent because of the ceasefire. Trump reignited all the dark forces in Israel with his planned—or whimsical, it does not matter—expunging of the people of Gaza and turning the land into an American Riviera bonanza.  

Yes, European governments, including the British one, condemned the idea, which is commendable. So they show some humanity after all. It is not enough, and they fail to see the wider implications not only of their present inaction but also of their complicity in the genocide since 7 October 2023.  

It is the time of optical illusions. Leaders like the fanatic Naftali Bennett are now leading the polls in Israel, and yes, he might defeat Netanyahu, but he does not offer any more humane approach to the millions of Palestinians under Israeli rule, still regarded as a problem that can only be solved by destruction and elimination. Domestic Israeli politics have nothing to do with Israel’s consensual attitude and policies toward the Palestinians.  

The mainstream Western press—not to mention Israel’s loyal allies, from the Jewish Chronicle, the mouthpiece of fanatic Israel in the UK, to Fox News in the US—are providing the international coverage that allows Israel to get away with this discourse and planning. 

The 41 languages in which the BBC broadcasts are all speaking the same language: dehumanizing the Palestinians and providing immunity for Israel and its policies.  

We still have to believe that, in the long run, as horrific as this unfolding scenario is, it is the prelude to a much better future. We also have to believe that this prelude can and should be shortened to a minimum. 

I have no magic wand for such an urgent turn of events—but we are not alone, so let us put our minds and efforts beyond factionalism and disunity and find an even better way, on top of the amazing work we have done as a solidarity movement, to prevent the next phases in the elimination of Palestine as an idea, a people, and a country.  

One thing is certain: Palestinian resistance and resilience are still the best guarantees that these demonic plans will not fully materialize. But the price could be very high and may be avoided. 

This is a moment where we are desperate for Palestinian leadership and orientation, and it is not there yet. But there are hopeful manifestations of unity, as our editor Ramzy Baroud has recently described for us. It is not sufficient, but it builds hope for the near future.  

There is still time to wake up the Global North—if not its rulers, then its more conscientious politicians; if not the mainstream media, then the alternative ones. We have the right to demand much more from the Global South, encouraged by the example of Colombia, and ask: Where are Malaysia and Indonesia? Where is Pakistan? 

This is about global justice as much as it is about Palestine, and this is also about decolonizing the world at large, not just Palestine, so that global unity can jointly face the formidable challenges that can only be encountered together—from global warming to world poverty and life-seeking movements of millions of people from north to south.

This is the only way to defeat populism, fascism, and racism, of which so many of us—and in particular, the Palestinians—are still victims to this very day.

Source: Palestine Chronicle

Jenin Assistant Governor Mansour Al-Saadi said on Sunday that the Israeli occupation's complete destruction of Jenin camp and the forced displacement of more than 20,000 citizens, leaving behind their homes, documents and personal property, is a conspiracy against the refugee issue with the aim of eliminating it.

Al-Saadi confirmed in an interview with Voice of Palestine Radio that what is happening in the city of Jenin and its camp is a collective punishment to which about 400,000 citizens in the governorate are being subjected, stressing that this ongoing aggression has caused huge economic losses in addition to disrupting the educational process.

Al-Saadi called on all international human rights and legal institutions to enter the camp and document the extent of the crime, especially since there is a strong possibility that there are bodies of martyrs and injured people under the rubble of destroyed homes.

The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the Arab Republic of Egypt will host an emergency Arab summit on February 27 in Cairo.

The Egyptian Foreign Ministry added in a statement that Cairo is hosting an emergency Arab summit after coordination with the Kingdom of Bahrain, the current president of the Arab Summit, and the General Secretariat of the Arab League.

She added that the decision came after consultation and coordination by Egypt at the highest levels with sister Arab countries during the last few days, including the State of Palestine, which requested holding the summit, to address the new and dangerous developments in the Palestinian issue.