The Arab League has said that a shock suggestion by US President Donald Trump to take over Gaza and displace Palestinians would violate international law and cause further instability, AFP reports.

While “confident in the United States and its president’s desire to achieve a just peace in the region”, the Arab League’s secretariat said Trump’s proposal promotes “the displacement of Palestinians, which is rejected on the Arab and international levels”.

The 22-member regional bloc said that such a move, after more than 15 months of devastating conflict between Israel and Palestinian group Hamas, was “a recipe for instability” and would be in “violation of international law”.

More than two weeks into a fragile truce in the Gaza offensive, the Arab League called for a push towards comprehensive peace.

The secretariat’s statement urged the implementation of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with “the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip together constituting the territory of the future Palestinian state” and “no separation or infringement on the rights of the Palestinians”.