Trump is still committed to us who own Gaza, says Middle Eastern states can help rebuild war-torn areas
US President Donald Trump On Sunday, he is committed to the US that buys and owns Gaza, but said that Middle Eastern countries may allow sections of regions destroyed by the Israel-Hamas War. .
Trump made the comment when he spoke to a reporter who had taken the Air Force on his way to New Orleans for the Super Bowl.
“I’m committed to buying and owning Gaza,” Trump said. “As long as we rebuild it, we can give it to other states in the Middle East and build that section. Others can do that. Hamas won’t come back. .”
“There’s nothing to go back. The location is a demolition site. The rest will be demolished. Everything will be demolished,” he said.
President Donald Trump will be on Air Force 1 talking to reporters on his trip from Las Vegas to Miami on Saturday, January 25th, 2025. (AP)
The president also said that although Palestinian refugees could be brought into the United States, those requests would be handled on a case-by-case basis.
Trump said last week at a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he hopes the US will take over Gaza after Palestinians resettle in other countries.
“The US will take over the Gaza Strip and we will use it to work,” Trump said at the time. “We own it and are responsible for dismantling all dangerous, unexplored bombs and other weapons on the site.”
“It levelles the site, removes destroyed buildings, levels out, and creates economic development that supplies unlimited numbers of jobs and housing to the people of the area,” he added. “Do real work. Do something different. You can’t go back. If you go back, you’ll end up in the same way for 100 years.”
“Level It”: Trump says we will “take over the Gaza Strip and rebuild to stabilize the Middle East
President Donald Trump speaks to a reporter on the air force on his way from Miami to Andrews’ joint base on January 27th. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)
Several countries have criticised Trump’s comments about taking over Gaza, which was attacked by Israeli forces in a conflict sparked by attacks on Hamas on October 7, 2023.
Trump too I said it on January 25th He wanted to welcome more Palestinian refugees from Gaza to Jordan, Egypt and other Arab countries, potentially moving enough people to “just clean up” the area.
“You’re probably talking about a million and a half years. We’re just going to clean up all of that and say, ‘You know, that’s finished,'” he said.
The Palestinians feared during the Israeli-Hamas War in Gaza, which is currently under a ceasefire. They were afraid to suffer from another “nakuba.” At the birth of Israel.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog will meet with Fox News’ Maria Baltiromo early Sunday with the US president, King Abdullah II of Jordan, President Abdel Fatta Elsii of Egypt, and perhaps the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. He said that when asked about Gaza’s plans. Mohammed bin Salman.
US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media before riding a Marine at the White House in Washington, DC on January 31, 2025. (Bryan Dozier/Middle East Images/AFP Getty Images)
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“President Trump will meet first and foremost with King Jordan and the Egyptian president, and I think so will the Saudi Crown Prince,” Herzog said.
“These are partners that we have to listen and we need to discuss. We must respect their feelings and see how we build a sustainable plan for the future. Hmm,” he added.
Saudi Arabia is one of many countries that have rejected Trump’s plan to take over Gaza. King Abdullah II of Jordan plans to tell Trump at a scheduled meeting on Tuesday that the proposal is a radical recipe that spreads confusion throughout the Middle East and puts kingdom peace at risk with Israel. It is reportedly being.
Reuters contributed to this report.