The Trump administration is reportedly considering a controversial plan to relocate up to one million Palestinians from Gaza to Libya, drawing severe criticism from observers who label it as ethnic cleansing. NBC News reported this development based on unnamed sources. The proposal comes amidst a worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, following a blockade on aid and renewed military actions. Critics, including noted journalist James Stout, have called the strategy "unconscionable" while a government spokesperson has denied the veracity of these claims. Unfreezing Libyan funds is also part of the discussion surrounding this plan.
This is absolutely categorically an ethnic cleansing and sending people to Libya of all places is unconscionable, wrote investigative journalist James Stout on Bluesky.
A decade and change after U.S. military intervention in Libya under Obama, a direct appeal from the Trump administration to make it a destination for a 21st century Trail of Tears.
An unnamed spokesperson for the Trump administration dismissed the reports as untrue, although discussions were confirmed to be in early stages.
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza has significantly worsened, with aid blocked just before the resumption of military operations.
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