Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa called President Donald Trump's plan to relocate displaced Palestinians a "crime" on Tuesday.
"It would be neither wise nor morally or politically right for Trump to lead an effort to force Palestinians out of their land, in my view," Sharaa said on the British podcast "The Rest is Politics."
Earlier in the month, representatives from a coalition of Arab nations rejected a proposal by Trump that sought to relocated displaced Palestinians from Gaza. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, Jordan, Palestine, and the Arab League reiterated the call for the implementation of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and urged efforts to achieve peace in the region.
Sharaa later attempted to draw a comparison between Trump's deportation of illegal aliens out of the U.S. with relocating Palestinians from war-torn Gaza adding, "Why is he pushing Mexicans out of America now? He is doing the same thing." The former rebel warlord said any effort to move the effected peoples would be a "serious crime that will ultimately fail."
"I believe no power can drive people from their land," the Syrian president said. "Many countries have tried to do it, and they have all failed, especially during the recent war in Gaza over the past year and a half."
Trump said he had spoken with King Abdullah II of Jordan about potentially building homes and moving more than 1 million Palestinians from Gaza to neighboring countries. "I said to him that I'd love you to take on more because I'm looking at the whole Gaza Strip right now, and it's a mess; it's a real mess," Trump said adding, "You're talking about a million and a half people, and we just clean out that whole thing."
Sharaa said Trump will ultimately realize the futility of trying to move the Palestinians. "The people endured pain, killing, and destruction, yet refused to leave their land," he continued. "Over 80 years of this conflict, all attempts to displace them have failed. Those who left have regretted their decision. The Palestinian lesson that every generation has learned is the importance of holding on to their land."
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