Saudi Arabia Amps Up Criticism of Gaza Resettlement Proposals
- Netanyahu suggested a Palestinian state within Saudi Arabia
- Trump has said US may take over Gaza, relocating residents
Palestinians walk past destroyed houses along a street in Gaza City, on Feb. 7.
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Saudi Arabia reaffirmed its “categorical rejection” of comments by Israel’s premier proposing to resettle Palestinians from Gaza in a sharply-worded statement.
“The Kingdom affirms that the Palestinian people have a right to their land, and they are not intruders or immigrants to it who can be expelled,” the Gulf nation said in a statement on Sunday carried by the state-run Saudi Press Agency.