President Trump once again reaffirmed his proposal to occupy Gaza, and told reporters on Air Force One on Sunday, saying that the land belt is a “major real estate site” that the United States “has to Is going. “
He also mentioned “making some beautiful sites to live for people, Palestinians,”. The location of such sites was not clear. Mr Trump has repeatedly advised that two million Palestinians belonging to the enclave be transferred.
Mr Trump’s comments further added to the proposal, which he announced last week at a news conference in the White House with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This idea has widely condemned international condemnation, some critics have described it as ethnic. According to experts, the forced deportation or transfer of the urban population is a violation of international law and war crimes.
Top officials of the Trump administration tried to return to the president’s comments on Wednesday, a day after the first announcement of the idea. He insisted that President Trump did not pledge to send US troops to Gaza and that the Palestinians would be temporarily exchanged.
On Sunday, when Mr Trump was traveling to attend a super bowl in New Orleans, he again increased the proposal.
He said of Gaza, “Think of it as a major real estate site, and the United States will become the owner of it,” he said, according to Air Force One’s audio recording, which was combined with reporters.
Mr Trump added, “There will be no one.” “Hamas will not be there,” he cited the militant group that led the invasion of Israel on October 7, 2023, “he said,” which touched the war in Gaza. ” “We will build by other rich countries in the Middle East. They will create some beautiful sites for people, Palestinians.
Mr Netanyahu praised Mr Trump’s vision for the region at an official meeting in Israel on Sunday, after the war. “There are opportunities for possibilities that I think we never thought, or at least a few months ago, were not possible – but they are possible,” he said.
“President Trump came with a completely different vision,” for the future of Gaza, Mr. Netanyahu said, “The state is much better for Israel, a revolutionary and creative vision, which we are discussing. Very determined to perform.
When Mr Trump made the proposal at the White House last week, his administration did not even make the most basic plan to examine the feasibility of the idea, according to people who know the debates. This will include displacement of two million Palestinians from Gaza. Mr Trump advised that he should be transferred to countries like Egypt and Jordan, both of them rejected the idea.
At this news conference, Mr Trump said that the United States would occupy the Gaza Strip, “and we will also work with it.” He said that the United States would be responsible for wasting an unprecedented weapon and rebuilding Gaza, eventually changing it, which he said, “The Middle East’s rope.”
Heba Yazbak And Lewan Lewan Reporting was contributed.
