European Union Commission spokesman Anouar El Anouni confirmed that the Gaza Strip is an integral part of the future Palestinian state, as he stated in a press statement on Thursday in response to US President Donald Trump’s plan to seize the Gaza Strip and displace Palestinians from it.
El Anouni explained that the European Union continues to fully commit to the two-state solution, which he sees as the only way to achieve lasting peace for both Palestinians and Israelis, adding: “Gaza is an integral part of the future Palestinian state.”
He also stressed that the European Union’s position is not to allow further forced displacement of Palestinians.
On Tuesday evening, Trump revealed during a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House his intention to seize the Gaza Strip and displace Palestinians from it, which sparked widespread regional and international rejection.
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Since January 25, Trump has been promoting a plan to transfer Palestinians from Gaza to neighboring countries such as Egypt and Jordan, which was rejected by both countries, and was joined by other Arab countries and regional and international organizations.
On January 19, a ceasefire agreement began in the Gaza Strip and a prisoner exchange between Hamas and Israel, which includes 3 stages, each lasting 42 days, during which negotiations are held to start the second and third stages with the mediation of Egypt and Qatar and the support of the United States.
With American support, Israel committed genocide in Gaza between October 7, 2023 and January 19, 2025, leaving more than 159,000 Palestinians dead and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 14,000 missing.
