US President Donald Trump has been accused of "calling for ethnic cleansing" after proposing that the entire Palestinian population of Gaza be relocated to other parts of the Middle East.
According to foreign media, Democrat Rashida Tlaib, the only Palestinian-American member of the US Congress, said: "This president is openly calling for ethnic cleansing while sitting next to a genocidal and war criminal."
"He feels very good about putting Americans who depend on federal funds out of work, while funds to the Israeli government continue to flow," she further said, writes A2 CNN.
The forced displacement of the Gaza population is likely to be a violation of international law.
It would be fiercely opposed not only in the Middle East, but also by America's Western allies.
Trump has also failed to offer any specifics on how a resettlement process might be implemented.
Some experts have said the idea echoes the wishes of Israel's far right, with former Middle East adviser Aaron David Miller saying Trump's comments had given Netanyahu a "big boost".
"He confirmed almost every right-wing fantasy in Israel," he said, writes A2 CNN. (A2 Televizion)
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