The US and Israel turned to East Africa countries about the adoption of Palestinians from Gaza, as part of President Donald Trump's plan to move out the inhabitants of the war enclave and build the “Middle East” Riviera, three people who introduced this matter.
Israeli officials led by the Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer sounded the government of Somalia and Sudan, a country wrapped in civil war, while American diplomats were in contact with Somaliland province detached, people said.
One said Israel was “in interviews” with countries around the world, including AfricaGazans, although warned that the conversations “are not so advanced at the moment”.
The US official reported about the initial contacts in Washington with the Somaliland Presidency that the discussion began to recognize the possible agreement in exchange for the creation of a military base near the Berber port on the Red Sea coast.
The person who described the contacts as the “beginnings of the conversation” said Washington has increased the possibility of relocating refugees from the USA and GauzeAlthough it was not the most important part of the interviews.
They said that the African team of Trump's administration was not yet fully in place. “As long as it is, it is very preliminary, initial contacts,” the person said.
The Associated Press first informed about contacts with three East African territories, all of which are tightened in their own civil conflicts and face a high level of poverty. This and widespread global opposition makes the relocation of a large number of Palestinians very unlikely.
She refused to comment on the Israeli Prime Minister's office. The Foreign Ministry pointed out the previous comments of Trump in the Middle East sent by Steve Witkoff, who said, “In fact, we are involved in a productive conversation about what is best for Gaza and how we can improve people's lives.”
The idea of the transfer of most people from Gaza from a broken territory was the first was trump Last month as part of its plan to take over the territory after 17 months of conflict between Hamas and Israel.
The overall vision, widely convicted around the world, has changed repeatedly in the intervening weeks. The American leader was inconsistent about whether the Palestinians could even return to their homes in Gaza and whether it would deploy US troops.
At one point, he shared a video generated by AI on social media showing an enclave as a gilded tourist center full of casinos and beach clubs.
Arab states, European forces and Palestinian leaders all vehemently rejected any step towards pushing the Palestinians. Sudan and Somalia are members of the Arab League who also refused any displacement.
Somali clerk said the Financial Times: “Gaza belongs to the Palestinians and stays for Palestinians. Somalia's attitude is well recorded. ”
Trump seemed to retreat on Wednesday and told reporters at the White House that “no one was throwing away any Palestinians.”
The Arab states considered the plan as a direct threat to their national security and violations of international law. This view was particularly strongly held by Egypt and Jordan, which for the first time went through the US as a potential placement for Palestinians.
Yet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quickly grabbed Trump Plan and called him “revolutionary” and “bold” and promised him to implement it.
Last month, the Israeli Defense Ministry set up a headquarters that would encourage “voluntary emigration” of gazans through land, air and sea, but a person familiar with this matter said there were no significant steps due to the inability to find a country willing to accept people.
According to local health authorities, in Gaza, Israeli was killed by a wild military offensive after Hamasov 7 October 2023 on Israel. Most of the territory was reduced to debris.
This month, a fragile six -week ceasefire between Israel and Hamas ended, with international mediators led by the US now trying to expand the ceasefire and ensure the release of almost 60 remaining Israeli hostages.
The former British Protectorate in Somaliland broke away from Somalia in 1991 after the fall of Siad Barre plunged Somalia into the civil war, but Somaliland was never recognized as an independent state.
Analysts said that Somaliland's government could be tempted by the prospect of the US recognition, but that any agreement on Gazan refugees could destabilize de facto state and strengthen the hand of Islamist hard lines.
In an interview with Sky News Arabia last month, President Somaliland Abdirahman Mohammad Abdillahi Irro denied that his government had discussed with the US to relocate the Palestinians and instead called the consensual support of the Arab nations.
“Any matter of this size requires a comprehensive dialogue,” he said.
Matt Bryden, a specialist in Africa, said: [Somaliland’s capital] He is aware that public opinion would be deeply against the depopulation of Gaza.
“The Somaliland government is ready to make huge sacrifices in an effort to international recognition, but not necessarily at the expense of domestic stability and legitimacy.”
The person reported on us interviews with Somaliland that Washington did not close to Sudan or Somalia. “The US will carry out a complete review of our policy of Somalia,” they said, which could lead to the end of the financing and closing of the US embassy in Mogadish. “The idea of talking to them about something important is ridiculous.”
Analysts said that the agreement with Sudan was also doubtful, given that the country would withstand a civil war that forced the government to withdraw from the capital of Chartum to Port Sudan.
