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The spokesperson for the Norwegian Refugee Council Shaina Low warns that displacing Palestinians from Gaza, as suggested by US President Donald Trump, would violate international law.

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00:00And I'm just wondering, for people who return to their homes, we've been talking about how
00:04people are happy to be back home, even if it's the site of a former home.
00:09Some are suggesting perhaps they might not want to stay there for all that much longer
00:12and the idea of being resettled somewhere else might gain appeal as time goes by.
00:19What are your thoughts on that?
00:22I think we all saw the announcement this weekend from President Trump saying that he felt that
00:30some other Arab countries should take Palestinians in.
00:34We already have a 75-year-long refugee crisis and we need to ensure that Palestinians are
00:41not being forcibly displaced or displaced, which is in violation of international law
00:46and their right, in order to, under the guise of humanitarian relief or what's best for them.
00:53Palestinians themselves know what is best for them and they should be the ones to determine
00:58what their future looks like and we need to support them wherever they are in determining
01:04what that future is.
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