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WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered an endorsement on Wednesday of US President Donald Trump’s proposal to relocate Gazans from the Strip while work is carried out to rebuild it, calling the plan “remarkable.”
“This is the first good idea that I’ve heard,” Netanyahu said in an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity. “It’s a remarkable idea. And I think it should be examined, pursued, and done — because I think it will create a different future for everyone.”
The comments marked Netanyahu’s first full-throated endorsement of the idea that Trump floated on Tuesday during a joint press conference in the White House.
In the wake of Trump’s declaration, Defense Minister Israel Katz on Thursday said he had instructed the military to prepare a plan that would enable Gazans seeking to leave the Strip voluntarily to do so.
Appearing to surprise Netanyahu and shocking much of the world, Trump suggested during his prepared remarks that “the US will take over the Gaza Strip and we will do a job with it too. We’ll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site, level the site and get rid of the destroyed buildings, level it out.
“The only reason the Palestinians want to go back to Gaza is they have no alternative,” Trump said, suggesting they be “permanently” relocated to other nations.
The White House later sought to soften the comments, saying the relocation was meant to be temporary.
Speaking to Hannity a day later, Netanyahu said: “I don’t think [Trump] talked about sending US troops to complete the job of destroying Hamas — that’s our commitment, that’s our job and we’re absolutely committed to it.”
“I also don’t think he said he’s going to fund it. He said that neighboring states, wealthy states, would do it,” Netanyahu added.
“But the actual idea of allowing Gazans who want to leave to leave — I mean, what’s wrong with that?” Netanyahu continued. “They can leave, they can then come back, they can relocate and come back.”
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Every else has been tried and failed to bring peace to the area, but removing the Palestinians will definitely end the conflict and everyone will benefit except for the terrorist and their supporters.
“This is the first good idea that I’ve heard,” Netanyahu said in an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity. “It’s a remarkable idea. And I think it should be examined, pursued, and done — because I think it will create a different future for everyone.”
The comments marked Netanyahu’s first full-throated endorsement of the idea that Trump floated on Tuesday during a joint press conference in the White House.
In the wake of Trump’s declaration, Defense Minister Israel Katz on Thursday said he had instructed the military to prepare a plan that would enable Gazans seeking to leave the Strip voluntarily to do so.
Appearing to surprise Netanyahu and shocking much of the world, Trump suggested during his prepared remarks that “the US will take over the Gaza Strip and we will do a job with it too. We’ll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site, level the site and get rid of the destroyed buildings, level it out.
“The only reason the Palestinians want to go back to Gaza is they have no alternative,” Trump said, suggesting they be “permanently” relocated to other nations.
The White House later sought to soften the comments, saying the relocation was meant to be temporary.
Speaking to Hannity a day later, Netanyahu said: “I don’t think [Trump] talked about sending US troops to complete the job of destroying Hamas — that’s our commitment, that’s our job and we’re absolutely committed to it.”
“I also don’t think he said he’s going to fund it. He said that neighboring states, wealthy states, would do it,” Netanyahu added.
“But the actual idea of allowing Gazans who want to leave to leave — I mean, what’s wrong with that?” Netanyahu continued. “They can leave, they can then come back, they can relocate and come back.”
PM calls Trump’s Gaza plan ‘remarkable’; Katz tells IDF to prep for voluntary emigration
Netanyahu says Palestinians 'can relocate and come back,' stresses he does not expect US to supply troops on the ground or funds to carry out effort
www.timesofisrael.com
Every else has been tried and failed to bring peace to the area, but removing the Palestinians will definitely end the conflict and everyone will benefit except for the terrorist and their supporters.
