Joly won’t say if ‘abhorrent’ Trump pitch to clear Gaza is ethnic cleansing – National

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Joly won’t say if ‘abhorrent’ Trump pitch to clear Gaza is ethnic cleansing – National

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Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly won’t say whether she thinks U.S. President Donald Trump is proposing ethnic cleansing in the Gaza Strip – but she is calling his recent comments “abhorrent.”

Trump stunned leaders across the Middle East and beyond this week when he suggested that the ************ territory be cleared out and made into a U.S.-owned resort destination.

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz says he has instructed Israeli’s military to draft a plan to evacuate any ************ “who wishes to leave” Gaza for countries such as Canada.

Human Rights Watch and similar groups say Trump’s plan would amount to ethnic cleansing — a view shared by International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen and Justice Minister Arif Virani.

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Asked twice whether she agrees, Joly cited Canada’s long-held stance on the Israel-Palestine conflict and said “the comments were abhorrent.”

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She said Palestinians have a right to self-determination and argued that the best future for the Middle East is a two-state solution, with a ************ state living in peace alongside Israel.

“We don’t believe in the forced displacement of people and we think that everything we do must be in accordance with international law,” Joly told the Halifax Chamber of Commerce on Friday.

She said a two-state solution would allow Saudi Arabia to normalize relations with Israel and create more stability in the Middle East.

Joly added that countries should focus on putting “maximum pressure against Iran” to stop working with Russia and China to sow instability in the region.

— With files from Michael MacDonald in Halifax

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