President Donald Trump said that the US "will take over" the Gaza Strip, after saying earlier that he doesn't think there is a permanent future for Palestinians in Gaza.
said that the US "will take over" the Gaza Strip, after saying earlier that he doesn't think there is a permanent future for Palestinians in Gaza.
"I mean they're there because they have no alternative. What do they have? It is a big pile of rubble right now," Trump said moments before hosting Netanyahu for Oval Office talks. But under repeated questioning, Trump made clear he did not see a world in which Palestinians ever return to Gaza. Netanyahu, sitting alongside Trump in the Oval Office, smiled as Trump was speaking. The Israeli leader, under conflicting pressures domestically, was in Washington to ascertain exactly where Trump stands on the next phase of a ceasefire in Gaza.
Trump has claimed credit for the hostages-for-ceasefire agreement struck in the days before he entered office – and even officials in the outgoing Biden administration acknowledged Trump's imminent arrival helped apply pressure on Israel and Hamas.Students gunned down in 'worst mass shooting' in Sweden's history"I think President Trump added great force and powerful leadership to this effort," Netanyahu said in the Oval Office.
"I would like to see Jordan, I'd like to see Egypt take some," Trump said again Tuesday, just before Netanyahu arrived. "Look, the Gaza thing has not worked. It's never worked." Whether Netanyahu is interested in diplomacy – or whether he instead sees Trump's arrival in Washington as a moment to take decisive action against Iran, potentially even taking out its nuclear program – remains to be seen.
In the lead-up to last November's election, there was little question among Biden's team that Netanyahu favored a Trump victory, believing he would enjoy a far wider remit from the American government to prosecute his war aims with Trump in office instead of then-Vice President Kamala Harris.Already, Trump has lifted a hold on heavy bomb deliveries to Israel, rolling back one of the few Biden-era policies meant to exert leverage on Israel amid its war in Gaza.
If Trump goes ahead, it would represent a new level of support to Israel from the United States, and a signal of Trump's willingness to indulge Netanyahu's requests at a moment of deep uncertainty in the Middle East.
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