President Donald Trump reiterated his plans for the USA to have a “long-term possession place” within the Gaza Strip in some unspecified time in the future sooner or later throughout an unique interview with Fox Information chief political anchor Bret Baier that aired on Monday.
Trump stated “nice folks” within the Center East may doubtlessly fund the reconstruction course of contained in the war-torn enclave after Israel ends its conflict towards Hamas, which started after the militant group led a shock early morning assault on Oct. 7, 2023, killing roughly 1,200 folks and taking greater than 250 as hostages.
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When requested whether or not Palestinians would have a proper to return to Gaza, the forty seventh president answered that they would not as a result of they “could have a lot better housing.”
“A lot better – in different phrases, I’m speaking about constructing a everlasting place for them,” he instructed Baier on “Particular Report.”
Palestinians proceed to return again to their properties after a ceasefire settlement between Israel and Hamas, amid destruction in Gaza Metropolis, Gaza on February 02, 2025. (Ali Jadallah/Anadolu by way of Getty Pictures)
A key situation on the coronary heart of Trump’s proposed U.S. takeover of the Gaza Strip is his suggestion of relocating Palestinians to neighboring international locations whereas reconstruction is ongoing, one thing two U.S. Center Japanese allies have flatly rejected.
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Jordan’s King Abdullah II, who has repeatedly pushed again towards the concept of relocating Palestinians to the Hashemite Kingdom, is anticipated to debate the proposal Tuesday when he meets with the president on the White Home.
Egypt introduced over the weekend that it’ll host an emergency Arab summit in Cairo on the finish of the month to handle the “new and harmful developments within the Palestinian situation,” in keeping with a press release launched by the nation’s Ministry of Overseas Affairs.
Palestinians rush to gather the humanitarian help airdropped into Gaza Metropolis, Gaza Strip, on Sunday, March 17, 2024.
Trump stated he believes he can in the end make a take care of Egypt and Jordan as a result of the USA provides them billions of {dollars} in help.
“There’s virtually no constructing that is livable in the entire thing, on of the entire Gaza Strip. I say we go in, we knock all of them down. We simply create some — no extra Hamas. There isn’t any Hamas there. There’s no person there. We transfer them into lovely areas of the Center East,” he defined.
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“We’ll construct lovely communities for the 1.9 million folks. We’ll construct lovely communities. Protected communities. [It] could possibly be 5, six could possibly be two. However we’ll construct protected communities a bit of bit away from the place they’re, the place all of this hazard is. Within the meantime, I might personal this. Consider it as an actual property growth for the long run. It might be an exquisite piece of land.”
