Ramallah alarmed by the president Trump’s talk of taking over Gaza
Ahmad Majdalani says, "Why would we have ties if Mr. Trump sticks to this proposal?”
The longtime Palestinian Authority minister clarified that Ramallah is prepared to work with Trump if he abandons the idea
Majdalani also pointed, to comments from top aides to the US president who have softened the proposal and suggested, they would be open to shelving it if Arab allies came up with an alternative plan for the post-war management of Gaza that removed Hamas from power
But the plan unveiled on Tuesday didn’t explicitly address this concern and the White House quickly came out against it, saying it was sticking with Trump’s original proposal
Majdalani in a rare on-record interview with Israeli media by a Palestinian official, said,
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"We have been listening to Mr. Trump’s advisers who have explicitly said that this is just a proposal — not an obligatory plan of action”
Still, the fact that Majdalani was willing to even entertain publicly the idea of ending ties with the US just over a month into Trump’s second tenure, highlighted how alarmed Ramallah was by the president’s talk of taking over Gaza
