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Last Updated on February 5, 2025.

Washington – Win Without War Executive Director Sara Haghdoosti released the following statement responding to President Donald Trump’s announcement of his goal of expelling Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and taking control of the territory:

“Last year, Jared Kushner publicly mused that the Gaza Strip could be turned into ‘very valuable’ ‘waterfront property,’ if only the two million Palestinian people who live there could be removed. Tonight, Kushner’s father-in-law turned that sickening vision into the official policy of the United States government.

”Make no mistake: forcibly removing Palestinians from Gaza is ethnic cleansing. It is obviously illegal, deeply morally wrong, and incredibly dangerous. Palestinians in Gaza have endured unimaginable violence over the last 16 months and still face near-famine conditions. Only a tenuous ceasefire is preventing a return to full-scale war and making sure the remainder of the hostages can get back to their loved ones. People in Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, and beyond need a real end to the war, not permanent forced displacement.

“Instead, tonight President Trump proposed to send U.S. armed forces to Gaza to kick Palestinians out and act as security guards for Kushner and friends as they cash in on what Trump called ‘the Riviera of the Middle East.’ Once again, the man who claimed to be the peace candidate is showing himself to be nothing more than the War Profiteer President.”

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February 5, 2025