In a written statement to TT, Malmer Stenergard emphasizes that the ceasefire (between Israel and terrorist-stamped Hamas) must hold and that negotiations on a two-state solution must begin.
"Many countries will need to be involved in the reconstruction of Gaza and the World Bank has started a fund for that purpose," she says.
"The USA has been instrumental in the work leading up to the ceasefire and they have an important role to play also in the future. But the goal must be a two-state solution, where the building of a Palestinian state is an important part."
Leave the area?
Exactly what Donald Trump meant when he said at a press conference with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the USA would "take over" and "own" the Gaza Strip and hinted that the area could become the "Riviera of the Middle East" is unknown.
A few hours earlier, Trump had said that the Gazans should permanently leave the strip for countries such as Egypt and Jordan. The former real estate magnate also said he was open to sending American soldiers to the area to guarantee security and stability.
The proposal sparks strong reactions, among both Palestinians and international law experts and the international community at large.
Not negotiable
The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his government strongly oppose the attempt to "seize the Gaza Strip" and "forcibly relocate Palestinians outside their homeland", he says in a statement, according to AFP. "The Palestinians' legal rights are not negotiable."
Abbas' Prime Minister, Mohammad Mustafa, says during a visit to Cairo in a joint statement with Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty that "it is important to move forward with the first reconstruction". But that this should happen "without the Palestinians leaving the Gaza Strip, especially since they are loyal to their land and refuse to leave it".
The ongoing Gaza war broke out on October 7, 2023, when terrorist-stamped Hamas carried out a large-scale attack on Israel, killing around 1,200 people and taking around 250 hostages.
