{"id":2337,"date":"2025-02-10T12:19:31","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T13:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/?p=2337"},"modified":"2025-02-10T13:54:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T13:54:16","slug":"trump-doubles-down-on-gaza-ambitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/10\/trump-doubles-down-on-gaza-ambitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump doubles down on Gaza ambitions"},"content":{"rendered":"

The US president has said he is committed to \u201cbuying and owning\u201d the enclave, which he called a \u201cbig real estate site\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

US President Donald Trump has reiterated his plans to take control of Gaza, saying he intends to enlist other Middle Eastern countries to help rebuild it. Speaking to reporters on board Air Force One on Sunday, Trump called the enclave a \u201cbig real estate site,\u201d<\/em> which needs to be \u201creclaimed, leveled out, fixed up\u201d<\/em> for future development.<\/p>\n

Trump first floated the idea of the US taking control of the Palestinian enclave last week at a press conference alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He proposed transforming Gaza into what he described as \u201cthe Riviera of the Middle East.\u201d<\/em> As part of the plan, he proposed relocating Palestinians living in Gaza to neighboring Arab countries while the area was being developed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m committed to buying and owning Gaza\u2026 We\u2019re going to bring stability to the\u2026 totally war-torn, part of the Middle East. And we\u2019ll own it,\u201d<\/em> Trump told reporters on Sunday. He doubled down on his idea to relocate Palestinians from the enclave, claiming that it would be done for their own good.<\/p>\n

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Trump to engage Arab leaders on resettling Palestinians \u2013 Israeli president<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cPeople can\u2019t live in those buildings right now, they\u2019re unsafe\u2026 But we\u2019re going to take care of the Palestinians. We\u2019re going to make sure they live beautifully and in harmony and in peace,\u201d<\/em> he stated, insisting that Palestinians would leave Gaza if they had a choice.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey don\u2019t want to return to Gaza… the only reason they\u2019re talking about returning to Gaza is they don\u2019t have an alternative. When they have an alternative, they don\u2019t want to return to Gaza,\u201d<\/em> Trump claimed. When asked how he would persuade neighboring Arab nations to take in Palestinians, he claimed they will be \u201centhusiastic\u201d<\/em> to do it after speaking with him, without elaborating further. He noted that he planned to let \u201cother states in the Middle East to build sections\u201d<\/em> of Gaza once the site is cleared for development.<\/p>\n

While Israel applauded Trump\u2019s initiative to take control of Gaza, other key regional players and many global powers are strongly opposed. Countries including Jordan, Saudi Arabia, France, Spain, Ireland, Germany, Iran, and Brazil voiced their opposition to any forced displacement of Palestinians. Australia, Russia, China and several others stressed the need for a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine to end the hostilities for good, and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that Trump\u2019s plans could make the situation worse, calling them a \u201cform of ethnic cleansing.\u201d<\/em> Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also rejected Trump\u2019s plan, saying Israel should pay for the damage to Gaza. He estimated the cost of the enclave\u2019s reconstruction at $100 billion.<\/p>\n

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas last week called for the UN to \u201cprotect the Palestinian people and their inalienable rights,\u201d<\/em> warning that Trump\u2019s initiative would be \u201ca serious violation of international law.\u201d<\/em> In an interview with RT, Bassem Naim, head of the political branch of Hamas, slammed Trump\u2019s plan as a \u201ccrime against humanity.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Despite the backlash, Trump is reportedly pushing ahead. According to Israeli President Isaac Herzog, the US leader is shortly due to begin talks with \u201cmajor Arab leaders,\u201d<\/em> including Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, regarding his proposal to relocate Palestinians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The US president has said he is committed to \u201cbuying and owning\u201d the enclave, which he called a \u201cbig real estate site\u201d US President Donald Trump has reiterated his plans to take control of Gaza, saying he intends to enlist other Middle Eastern countries to help rebuild it. Speaking to reporters on board Air Force…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2337"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2340,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337\/revisions\/2340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}