John Swinney has blasted Donald Trump’s plan to “take over” and “own” Gaza as “ethnic cleansing”.
The First Minister said the US Presidents suggestion that Gazans could be removed from their homes to create the “Riviera of the Middle East was “unacceptable and dangerous.”
Trump was speaking at a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Tuesday evening.
Swinney said: “After months of collective punishment and the death of over 40,000 in Gaza, any suggestion Palestinians should be removed from their home is unacceptable and dangerous.
“There must be no ethnic cleansing. Only a proper two state solution will bring lasting peace.”
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