Palestinians in Gaza remain steadfast after the US president suggested that Palestinians should leave the territory and move to neighbouring nations. Donald Trump told reporters on Saturday: ‘You’re talking about probably a million and a half people, and we just clean out that whole thing.’ ‘I’d like Egypt to take people. And I’d like Jordan to take people,’ he added. In response, former Palestinian Authority minister Ghassan Khatib said: ‘I think that the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank and everywhere, together with the Jordanians and the Egyptians, will definitely reject this proposal.’ In a press conference on Sunday, the Jordanian foreign minister, Ayman Safadi, said: ‘Our rejection of displacement is firm and unwavering’
