If Trump advances Gaza ‘expulsion’ plan, PA will cut ties with US
The Times of Israel by Jacob Magid 05 March 2025

Extracts:
  • Gaza is an uninhabitable “demolition site”
Trump has defended his idea, saying that Gaza is an uninhabitable “demolition site”

Ahmad Majdalani said, referring to Israel’s 16-plus month bombardment of Gaza aimed at dismantling Hamas after the October 7 onslaught
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“The question Mr. Trump should be asking is, ‘Who destroyed Gaza and made it uninhabitable?'
Mr. Majdalani, have you asked Hamas the question:
"What was Hamas thinking when the terrorists invaded Israel and unleashed their brutal terror 07 October 2023

Why didn't the interviewer ask Mr. Majdalani this same question?

Majdalani continued,
1. The problem is not the existence of Palestinians in Gaza
2. The problem is the existence of the Israel occupation in Gaza

So the goal should be to remove the occupation, not the Palestinians” Majdalani said, asserting that only a two-state solution will provide security and stability for Israel and the region

Majdalani added
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“If [Trump] thinks that there will be regional peace with Israeli normalization alongside the mass expulsion of Gaza’s residents and the annexation of the West Bank, he is wrong”

Asked whether the Palestinian Authority PA could accept the relocation of Gazans if it was done temporarily and not by force, Majdalani rejected the premise
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“There is no such thing as voluntary emigration… in more accurate terms, it’s ethnic reasoning”
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“For us, it is not acceptable to move the residents of Gaza — not temporarily and not permanently”
“Gaza is not for sale in the first place. It is part of the Palestinian homeland… and the Palestinians in Gaza will remain on their homeland”

  • Palestinian Authority’s controversial prisoner payment policy
The other half of the interview with Majdalani about the PA's recent reform of its controversial prisoner payment policy was published on Tuesday