US President Donald Trump suggested on Saturday a controversial plan to "just clean out" Gaza through the mass expulsion of its population to neighboring Egypt and Jordan, framing the proposal as a step toward "Middle East peace."

Labeling Gaza a "demolition site" in the aftermath of the Israeli genocide, Trump revealed he had discussed the idea with Jordan’s King Abdullah II and planned further talks with Egypt’s leadership.

"I'd like Egypt to take people. And I'd like Jordan to take people," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One.

He estimated that "probably a million and a half people" could be moved, adding, "We just clean out that whole thing. You know, over the centuries it's had many, many conflicts, that site. And I don't know, something has to happen."

Trump suggested "the relocations" could be temporary or potentially permanent. "It's literally a demolition site right now, almost everything is demolished and people are dying there," he remarked.

Proposing collaboration with Arab nations, Trump said, "I’d rather get involved with some of the Arab nations and build housing at a different location where they can maybe live in peace for a change."

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In the same context, Trump's son-in-law and senior foreign policy advisor, Jared Kushner, had called in March for the mass expulsion of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and the development of a waterfront in the besieged territory.

In an interview at Harvard University with Professor Tarek Masoud, Kushner advocated for the "cleaning up" of Palestinian citizens from the Gaza Strip while "Israel" carries on its genocidal war. 

"Gaza’s waterfront property could be very valuable … if people would focus on building up livelihoods," Kushner told Masoud, Harvard University's Middle East Initiative faculty chair. 

"It’s a little bit of an unfortunate situation there, but from Israel’s perspective I would do my best to move the people out and then clean it up," Kushner said with ease, as he suggested the ethnic cleansing of more than 2 million Palestinians. 

Trump's remarks also foreshadowed the stance of extremist Israeli ministers, such as Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who advocated that Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip should leave to make way for Israeli settlers, who could "make the desert bloom."

Such remarks reaffirm the Israeli occupation's expansionist and racist approach, which has been reflected in the actions of the Israeli military in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank.

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Palestinians and rights groups condemn Israeli Ethnic cleansing in Gaza

It is worth noting that many Palestinian figures and international human rights organizations have repeatedly emphasized that the Israeli occupation is conducting an ethnic cleansing campaign to displace the people of the blockaded Strip.

The Gaza Government Media Office emphasized last October that these events are part of "the most dangerous American-Israeli occupation and displacement plan," describing it as "the largest and most dangerous scheme of the 21st century."

They also warned the international community and all international organizations that the Israeli occupation forces are engaging in "clear-cut acts of eradication, a war to eliminate civilians, and ethnic cleansing against the Palestinian people."