Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican and Trump ally, said on CNN's State of the Union on Sunday morning: "The idea that all the Palestinians are going to leave and go somewhere, I don't see that being overly practical. I don't know what he [Trump] is talking about, but go talk to MBS [Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia's crown prince], go talk to UAE [United Arab Emirates], go talk to Egypt—what is their plan for the Palestinians? Do they want them all to leave?...Does the Arab world support sending all the Palestinians out of Gaza? I'd be surprised if they did."
Kenneth Roth, former Human Rights Watch executive director, wrote in an X, formerly Twitter, post on Sunday: "Trump seems to endorse the far-right Israeli plan to 'solve' the problem of Hamas by expelling all Palestinians from Gaza -- the massive war crime of forced deportation. If done with U.S. weapons, Trump could be charged with aiding and abetting them."
Omar Baddar, a progressive political analyst, wrote in an X post on Saturday night: "President Trump is now openly & explicitly calling for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza. Make no mistake: Trump wants to help Israel complete the erasure of Palestine, & the liquidation of the Palestinian struggle for freedom & justice."
Gregory Brew, a senior analyst at the Eurasia Group, wrote in an X post Sunday morning: "Imagining Trump can deliver peace w/ Israel and Palestine requires believing that he possesses greater skill and willingness to exercise US leverage than any president in modern history. Imagining he will permit displacement and gradual Israeli annexation takes much less effort."
Sammy Obeid, a Palestinian American comedian, wrote in an X post on Sunday morning: "The plan has been ethnic cleansing all along. Trump's comments should not be a surprise to anyone who's been paying attention. Gaza was literally being carpet bombed and starved for 15 months under Biden. Enough of this garbage about one administration being better for Palestine than the other. Also, if you haven't been paying attention, Palestinians are willing to fight for their rights and homeland no matter which senile guy is POTUS."
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