Donald Trump's United States and Israel reportedly reached out to the governments of three East African governments to discuss if they can accommodate Palestinians being relocated from the Gaza Strip under the postwar plan proposed by the US President earlier, reports said.
President Trump, in an outrageous move, had revealed his plan to permanently move more than two million Gazan residents from the contested region. He has proposed the US would take ownership of the territory, oversee a lengthy cleanup process and develop it as a real estate project. However, the proposition resulted in massive outrage across the world including long-time US allies.
It was also reported that the African nations who heard from Israel and US also rejected the plan of letting the people of Gaza be brought to their territory. They believe it was grave injustice to uproot a civilisation as a whole from their ancestral land to be resettled at faraway patches.
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Separate outreach from the US and Israel to the three potential destinations began last month, days after Trump floated the Gaza plan alongside Benjamin Netanyahu. Israel was taking the lead in the discussions, sources had told US media. The two allies have a variety of incentives — financial, diplomatic and security — to offer these potential partners.
Multiple media reports identified the East African countries contacted by Washington and Tel Aviv as Somaliland, Sudan and Somalia. Somaliland is a breakaway region of Somalia that is a self-declared independent state although not recognised so by global powers. It is considered an autonomous region of Somalia by the international community.
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None of them have responded positively to the proposal. The Somalian foreign ministry clarified that its territory would never be allowed for the resettlement of other populations before declaring to stand behind "Palestinian people’s right to live peacefully on their ancestral land."
**Donald Trump's double standards exposed**
According to Donald Trump, his vision of transforming Gaza into a “Riviera of the Middle East” also involved resettling Gaza’s Palestinians in a “beautiful area.” However, the three African states he has contacted for the proposal are known poor states known for violence and poor human development index. However, the decision of these countries to stand behind the Gazan people is being applauded globally. Financial assistance from the United States would have benefited them, many point out.