Day 16
February 4, 2025
3 incidents
- War Crime / Crime Against Humanity Foreign Policy & War
Trump Proposes Forcible Displacement of 2.3 Million Palestinians from Gaza
In February 2025, President Trump explicitly proposed that Egypt and Jordan should take in Palestinians from Gaza so the US could 'clean out' the territory. Trump described wanting to build 'a Riviera of the Middle East' on the site. The UN Secretary-General, Arab League, Palestinian Authority, and international law experts called the proposal ethnic cleansing. Egypt, Jordan, and all Arab states categorically rejected it.
- War Crime / Crime Against Humanity Deportation to Torture
First migrant transfer flight to Guantanamo
The first flight transferring immigrants from the US mainland to Guantanamo Bay detention arrives. Military tents are erected for housing.
From: Guantanamo Bay Immigrant Detention: Solitary Confinement and Torture Conditions
- War Crime / Crime Against Humanity Complicity in Genocide
Human Rights Watch calls for arms suspension
HRW published a comprehensive report demanding the US suspend arms transfers to end complicity in Israeli abuses, citing violations of US and international law.
From: US Arms Transfers to Israel During ICJ Genocide Proceedings