The American president said that he did not exclude deploying American troops to support the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.
Donald Trump says he wants the United States to take control of the Gaza Strip and redevelop it after reinstalled the Palestinians in other countries.
“The United States will take control of the Gaza Strip, and we will do good work with it. We will be the owners and we will be responsible for the dismantling of all the dangerous unplodced bombs and the other weapons that are on the site”said the American president at a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
He added that the United States would be working to develop the region economically after cleaning the destroyed buildings.
“I don’t think people should go back”Donald Trump said. “You can’t live in Gaza right now. I think we need another place. I think you need a place that makes people happy.”
Donald Trump’s statements are taking place when he and his main advisers believe that the calendar of three to five years for the reconstruction of the territory torn by the war, as defined in the temporary truce agreement, is not viable.
“If we look at what happened over the decades, we see that there are only dead in Gaza”Added Donald Trump. “It has been happening for years. There are only deaths. If we can get a beautiful area to reinstall people, permanently, in beautiful houses where they can be happy and not be pulled Above, do not get killed and do not get stabbed to death like what is happening in Gaza “.
Egypt and Jordan, as well as other Arab countries, categorically rejected the calls of the American president to reinstall the 2.3 million Palestinians in the territory during the post-war reconstruction.
But senior administration leaders continue to plead in favor of the relocation of Palestinians for humanitarian reasons.
“For me, it is unfair to explain to the Palestinians that they may be back in five years”Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s envoy to the Middle East, told the press. “It’s just absurd.”
Since his return to power, Donald Trump has called to move the Palestinians from Gaza to neighboring countries, Egypt and Jordan, even though Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sissi and the King of Jordan Abdallah II have rejected this idea .
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Palestinian Authority and the Arab League joined Egypt and Jordan to reject the plans aimed at moving the Palestinians outside their territories in Gaza and in the West Bank occupied.
However, Donald Trump insists that he can persuade Egypt and Jordan to accept the displaced Palestinians due to the significant aid that the United States provides in Cairo and Amman. Members of the hard right of the government of Benjamin Netanyahu joined the call in favor of the movement of the Palestinians outside the Gaza Strip.
Donald Trump also said that Saudi Arabia was no longer making the creation of a Palestinian state a sine qua non condition to normalize diplomatic relations with Israel, which Riyadh firmly denied in a statement.
It is the first trip of Benjamin Netanyahu outside of Israel since the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants against him, his former Minister of Defense and the military chief killed Hamas, accusing them of crimes against humanity during the war in Gaza. The United States does not recognize the authority of the ICC on its citizens or its territory.
The Israeli Prime Minister should also take advantage of his visit to put pressure on Donald Trump to take decisive measures with regard to Iran. Tehran has undergone a series of military setbacks. Israeli forces have considerably weakened Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Before his meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump signed a decree aimed at increasing economic pressure on Iran.