Foreign ministers and officials from Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the Palestinian Authority, and the Arab League have jointly condemned a proposal by US President Donald Trump regarding the resettlement of Palestinians, Al Jazeera reported.

They rejected the idea of transferring Palestinians from their land “under any circumstances or justifications,” expressing a unified front against Trump’s suggestion that Egypt and Jordan accept residents from Gaza.

Last month, US President Trump floated a plan to “just clean out” Gaza and said he wants Egypt and Jordan to take Palestinians from the territory in a bid to create Middle East peace.

Describing Gaza as a “demolition site” after the Israel-Hamas war, Trump said he had spoken to Jordan’s King Abdullah II about the issue and expected to talk to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday.

The vast majority of Gaza’s 2.4 million people have been displaced, often multiple times, by the war that began with Hamas’s attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023.

Trump said moving Gaza’s inhabitants could be “temporarily or could be long term.”

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The Arab FMs and officials emphasised their commitment to collaborating with Trump’s administration to pursue a fair and comprehensive peace in the Middle East, grounded in a two-state solution.

Trump’s new administration has promised “unwavering support” for Israel, without yet laying out details of its Middle East policy.

For Palestinians, any attempt to move them from Gaza would evoke dark historical memories of what the Arab world calls the “Nakba” or catastrophe – the mass displacement of Palestinians during Israel’s creation 75 years ago.