In a briefing that exacerbated confusion, the White House press secretary appeared to walk back President Trump’s outlandish proposal for the US to “take over” and rebuild the Gaza Strip.
The White House has suggested no American money would be spent on rebuilding Gaza and Palestinians would only be “temporarily” relocated as part of Donald Trump’s shock Middle East plan, as world leaders continued to emphasise the need for Palestinian sovereignty.said the US would not pay for it and stressed Trump had not committed to putting boots on the ground.
Trump said he envisaged long-term US ownership of the 365-square-kilometre Gaza Strip, describing it as an uninhabitable hellhole destroyed by decades of violence, in particular the past 16 months of Israeli strikes. It would be rebuilt as a home for “the world’s people”, he said, including Palestinians.
The United Arab Emirates also stressed its “categorical rejection of any infringement on the Palestinians’ unalienable rights, and any attempts at displacement”, as it called on world leaders to focus on addressing the root cause of the conflict and reaching a just and lasting peace.While not explicitly criticising Trump, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told his parliament Palestinians wanted to go home to Gaza. “They must be allowed home,” he said.
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