President Donald Trump stated on Monday that the United States’ “managing and owning” the Gaza Strip would be an advantage, once again drifting a proposition that he advanced several times throughout the opening weeks of his administration.
” Having a force like the United States there, managing and owning the Gaza Strip would be an advantage,” Trump informed press reporters at the White Home, after consulting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
” If you take individuals, the Palestinians, and move them around to various nations– and you have a lot of nations that will do that– and you truly have a liberty zone. You call it the flexibility zone, a complimentary zone, a zone where individuals aren’t going to be eliminated every day,” Trump informed press reporters on Monday, as reported by CNN.
He included that he was puzzled regarding “why Israel ever offered (Gaza) up.”
” That’s a hell of a location,” Trump stated. “You understand what I call it– an excellent place that no one wishes to reside in.”
United States President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White Home, April 7, 2025. (credit: Avi Ohayon/ GPO)
End to Israel-Hamas War
Trump likewise spoke on his election project guarantee to end the war in Gaza, Trump stated: “I wish to see the war stop, and I believe the war will stop at some time, that will not remain in the too-distant future.”
The president likewise discussed his administration’s efforts to release the captives.
Trump stated work was continuous to complimentary captives held by Hamas, however stated protecting the release of all the captives was “a long procedure.”
Following the January ceasefire that saw some captives launched, Netanyahu stated, Israel was dealing with “another offer we hope will prosper.”
” We’re dedicated to getting all the captives out, however likewise getting rid of the wicked tyranny of Hamas in Gaza and making it possible for individuals of Gaza to easily choose to go anywhere they desire,” he stated.
Netanyahu stated he had actually likewise gone over with Trump the United States president’s “strong vision” for the future of Gaza, a recommendation to a proposition for the United States to take control of the enclave that Trump advanced several times throughout the opening weeks of his administration. Trump’s strategy has actually been internationally condemned as a proposition for ethnic cleaning.
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