Palestinian doctor calls Trump’s comments on Gaza takeover the 'idea of being ethnically cleansed'
Dr. Ahmed al Shanti, a Palestinian living in the United Kingdom, told ABC News on Wednesday that his family in Gaza were both "surprised" and "devastated" by Trump's latest comments and expressed fears of ethnic cleansing.
“Suggesting these ideas might get young people in Gaza excited to leave for a better future, but at the same time there is a large percentage of people in Gaza who are third- and second-generation, the idea of being ethnically cleansed again is not off the table," he said.
He explained how “people in Gaza expected the Western countries to finally support their rights to have self-determination and above all of that help to rebuild Gaza as they have helped Israel destroying it.”
He also outlined the many questions he said Palestinians are wondering about:
“Does that mean they are forcibly displacing us? Will the war continue and the army will push people outside Gaza?” he asked. “They also think the idea of rebuilding Gaza was a lie.”
-ABC News’ Helena Skinner





