Arab countries reject Trump’s call for relocation of Palestinians in Gaza

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Five Arab countries came out strongly against President Donald Trump‘s idea of relocation and temporary housing for the more than 1 million Palestinians still in Gaza in a statement released earlier on Saturday.

Top leaders of Jordan, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar “firmly” rejected the U.S. president’s plan and expressed a commitment to rebuilding the Gaza Strip, which Trump’s Middle East envoy recently said could take 10 to 15 years to accomplish.

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