Donald Trump
“No water, no power, 30,000 unexploded bombs,” the US Mideast special envoy said in justifying the president’s resettlement proposal.
“Any ideas of this kind are capable of igniting the region,” said Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri.
The U.S. secretary of state emphasized that lasting peace requires Gaza’s liberation from Hamas.
Migrating nearly 2 million people out of the Gaza Strip will permanently alter the demographic reality between the Jordan River and Mediterranean Sea.
“I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: You are the greatest friend Israel has ever had in the White House.”
“He’s exploring it with his people, with his staff. I think it’s something that could change history,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“I don’t think people should be going back to Gaza,” the president said. “You’re living in hell. Gaza is not a place for people to be living.”
“It’s very tough on Iran,” the president said of the order. “Hopefully we are not going to have to use it very much.”
The private meeting in the Oval Office is scheduled for 4 p.m. and is expected to last approximately 15 minutes, followed by a bilateral meeting.
A majority of Arabs called Trump’s plan “immoral,” along with only 3% of the Jewish respondents.
Instead, the foreign ministers demand that Palestinians be involved in the rebuilding of the coastal enclave.
“That’s not good,” the president said about the Jewish state’s dimensions, adding that the country’s achievements have been “amazing.”
