UN chief warns against ‘ethnic cleansing’ after Trump’s Gaza proposal
by Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem from US news | The Guardian on (#6V2XQ)
President's plan for US to take over Gaza Strip and move Palestinians out also rejected by allies Saudi Arabia and Jordan
Donald Trump's proposal for a US takeover of Gaza was met with anger and blunt rejection from regional allies, delight from Israel's far right and a warning against ethnic cleansing" from the head of the UN.
The secretary general, Antonio Guterres, plans to tell a UN meeting on Wednesday that it is essential to avoid any form of ethnic cleansing" after the US president said he wanted to own" Gaza and resettle its Palestinian residents elsewhere.
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