In today’s Quickcast:
Allies and adversaries of the United States reacted with shock and disapproval Wednesday to President Trump’s announcement of plans for the United States to "take over" the Gaza Strip.
Mr. Trump’s suggestion that the Palestinian territory — part of the land that many people hope will eventually become an independent Palestinian state — be redeveloped into a "Riviera of the Middle East," owned by the U.S., sent diplomatic shockwaves around the world.
Palestinians and Israeli hostage families react to Trump’s plan
Mr. Trump’s announcement worried some Israeli hostage family members, and it drew immediate condemnation from Palestinian civilians and from Hamas, which warned it could threaten the fragile Gaza ceasefire agreement.
"We came very close to dying, but we survived with the grace of God," resident Moeen Mohsen told CBS News’ team in Gaza City. "Unfortunately, there came a decision to displace us. We reject it in its entirety. We are still holding on to our right to live."
"We will not allow prejudice to the rights of our people, which we have struggled for many decades and made great sacrifices to achieve," the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, was quoted as saying by the Palestinian news agency Wafa. The PA has limited authority over the other, larger Palestinian territory, the Israeli-occupied West Bank, which is run separately from Gaza.
Allies and adversaries of the United States reacted with shock and disapproval Wednesday to President Trump’s announcement of plans for the United States to "take over" the Gaza Strip.
Mr. Trump’s suggestion that the Palestinian territory — part of the land that many people hope will eventually become an independent Palestinian state — be redeveloped into a "Riviera of the Middle East," owned by the U.S., sent diplomatic shockwaves around the world.
Palestinians and Israeli hostage families react to Trump’s plan
Mr. Trump’s announcement worried some Israeli hostage family members, and it drew immediate condemnation from Palestinian civilians and from Hamas, which warned it could threaten the fragile Gaza ceasefire agreement.
"We came very close to dying, but we survived with the grace of God," resident Moeen Mohsen told CBS News’ team in Gaza City. "Unfortunately, there came a decision to displace us. We reject it in its entirety. We are still holding on to our right to live."
"We will not allow prejudice to the rights of our people, which we have struggled for many decades and made great sacrifices to achieve," the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, was quoted as saying by the Palestinian news agency Wafa. The PA has limited authority over the other, larger Palestinian territory, the Israeli-occupied West Bank, which is run separately from Gaza.
"These calls represent a serious violation of international law, and peace and stability in the region will not be achieved without the establishment of a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital," Abbas said.
Negotiations have begun over the terms of the second phase of the ceasefire deal, which has seen 18 hostages released by Hamas and other militants in Gaza since it came into effect on January 19, including one man who is an American citizen.
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