Sudan rejects US request to discuss taking in Palestinians under Trump’s Gaza plan
by Jason Burke in Jerusalem, and Mark Townsend from on (#6VY0K)
US and Israel reportedly contacted officials in Sudan, Somalia and Somaliland
Sudanese officials say they have rejected a request from the US to discuss taking in Palestinians displaced from Gaza under Donald Trump's plan to turn the territory into a Riviera on the Mediterranean".
According to an Associated Press report, the US and Israel contacted officials in Sudan, Somalia and Somaliland about resettling uprooted Palestinians. The contacts suggested both countries are determined to press ahead with Trump's proposal despite international outrage and massive practical difficulties - or at least use the plan to force other actors in the region to come up with their own ideas for Gaza when hostilities finally end.
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