Most Americans against Trump's plan to take over Gaza, poll reveals
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Democrats showed the highest resistance to the plan at 85%, closely followed by 63% of independents. Meanwhile, 43% of Republicans were against the plan and 46% supported it.
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President Donald Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House, on February 4, 2025. (AP)
A large majority of Americans expressed their rejection of Trump's proposal for the United States to take over the Gaza Strip and forcibly expel Palestinians from their lands, according to a poll by Data for Progress.
The survey found that 64% of US voters were against Trump's proposal, while 27% supported it, a 37% difference, with half of those against the idea saying they were "strongly against" it, accounting for 47% of participants in the poll.
The opposition was strongest among Democrats, with 85% of them disapproving of the plan; 78% being strongly against it, and 63% of independents also rejected it. Meanwhile, Republicans were slightly more supportive of Trump's proposal, with 46% with and 43% against.
The poll also found that the plan to forcibly expel Palestinians was even more unpopular when the involvement of US troops was brought into account, with seven in ten voters being against sending US troops to Gaza, and only 25% in favor.
Trump's plan faced with worldwide rejection
Trump proposed that the United States take over Gaza during a meeting with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington on February 5, adding that the United States will develop it and turn it into the "Riviera of the Middle East".
Trump's plan suggested that under this plan, Palestinians would not have the Right of Return to their land in Gaza, adding that the US will build them "resettlement sites: outside of Gaza "a little bit away from where they are, where all of this danger is."
Egypt countered Trump's proposal with its own "comprehensive proposal" to rebuild Gaza while the Palestinians remain in their lands, with the Egyptian Foreign Ministry stating that "Any solution to the Palestinian cause must take into account avoiding jeopardizing peace gains in the region."
The UN Commission of Inquiry denounced the plan as a grave violation of International Law and called it a blatant act of ethnic cleansing.
"Trump is woefully ignorant of international law and the law of occupation. Forcible displacement of an occupied group is an international crime, and amounts to ethnic cleansing," Chair of the UN Commission of Inquiry Navi Pillay told Politico.
The US President pushed for his plan during a meeting with King Abdullah II of Jordan, who reiterated several times that Jordan is opposed to the displacement of the Palestinians and any move that'd further destabilize the region.
Five Arab officials and one Palestinian official submitted a letter to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio rejecting the idea of forcibly displacing the Palestinians and proposed the Arab countries and Palestinians be involved in the reconstruction process.
