US President Donald Trump announced a surprise plan to have the US take over the Gaza Strip, promising to clear it of unexploded ordnance and develop it into a prosperous region. He also called for the permanent resettlement of Palestinians from Gaza to neighboring countries, a proposal that sparked international condemnation.
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“If it’s necessary, we’ll do that, we’re going to take over that piece, we’re going to develop it, create thousands and thousands of jobs, and it’ll be something that the entire Middle East can be very proud of,” Trump added. The US taking a direct stake there would run counter to decades of policy in Washington and much of the international community, which has held that Gaza would eventually be part of a Palestinian state that includes the occupied West Bank. Successive US administrations, including Trump in his first term, had avoided deploying US troops there.
But this time Trump said he would support resettling Palestinians “permanently,” going beyond his previous suggestions that Arab leaders had already steadfastly rejected. Trump, a Republican, offered no specifics on how a resettlement process could be implemented but his proposal echoed the wishes of Israel’s far right and contradicted former President Joe Biden’s commitment against mass displacement of Palestinians.
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