African Union (AU) Chairperson João Lourenço said the continental body firmly rejects any attempt to displace Palestinian people from Gaza or other Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories.
Lourenço, also president of Angola, spoke in Cairo on 4 March during an emergency Arab League summit to map the way forward for reconstructing Gaza, which the 17-month Israeli onslaught has reduced to rubble.
Lourenço reiterated the AU’s unconditional support of the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination based on the principles of international law and United Nations resolutions. Lourenço warned that expanding Israeli territories on illegally occupied and annexed Palestinian land is a threat to regional peace. The AU chairperson also urged Tel Aviv to reopen humanitarian corridors into Gaza and allow refugees to return to their homes.
His comments come in the wake of US President Donald Trump announcing a plan to forcibly move more than 2 million Palestinians in Gaza to Egypt and Jordan to pave the way for a real-estate development that he described as the ‘Riviera of the Middle East.’ Many stakeholders have rejected the plan, including the Arab League, which offered an alternative plan drafted by Egypt. Cairo says its plan ensures that Palestinians will remain on their land. The Palestinian prime minister and H*mas agree on it.
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