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Al Jazeera
Politics
Ali Harb

What does Trump’s ethnic cleansing proposal mean for Gaza ceasefire deal?

Palestinians walk past the rubble of bombed-out buildings in Gaza City on February 6 [Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters]

Washington, DC – Donald Trump has been claiming credit for the ceasefire deal that halted the war in Gaza, but the United States president’s proposal to forcibly displace the Palestinians in the territory risks torpedoing the agreement, experts say.

Trump repeatedly called this week for Gaza to be depopulated — a push that rights groups say would amount to ethnic cleansing — and for the US to “take over” the Palestinian territory.

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