Donald Trump
The decision comes ahead of next week’s visit to the region by Trump Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff.
“This region is the heart of our shared Judeo-Christian heritage and recognition of the right of Israel to declare sovereignty over this region would build upon your previous recognition of the importance of this heritage,” the letter reads.
The president imagines the war-torn coastal enclave as a tourist paradise, including a luxury hotel named “Trump Gaza.”
“Hamas will not rule Gaza. They will not cause another Oct. 7. And we will work with Israel to make sure that doesn’t happen,” the US national security advisor stated.
The Biden directive required recipients of U.S. arms to provide written assurances within 45 days that they were abiding by international law.
If the captives, both living and dead, are not returned, Israel will expand the agricultural areas of the kibbutzim Be’eri and Nir Oz into the Gaza perimeter, said the Israeli finance minister.
Speaking from Kibbutz Kfar Aza, where he was kidnapped on Oct. 7, 2023, the American Israeli thanked the president and urged him to continue to advocate for the release of the remaining hostages.
The Saudi summit focused on an Egyptian proposal for the war-torn coastal enclave.
“On the 7th of October, not only Israeli citizens were murdered but also the idea that was mistakenly called ‘the two-state solution,’” said the Knesset speaker.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “just so angry, and he should be,” the U.S. president told reporters.
Most of the released funds—more than $4.1 billion—were reportedly connected to programs involving overseas arms sales and military assistance, or to Trump’s efforts to regain control of the U.S. border.
Trump signed an executive order intended to revolutionize the fight against Jew-hatred.
