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Trump Proposes The U.S. Taking Ownership Of Gaza Strip

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President Donald Trump has said he wants the U.S. to take over Gaza and turn it into the “Riviera of the Middle East” after resettling Palestinians to neighbouring countries.

President Donald Trump has said he wants the U.S. to take over Gaza and turn it into the “Riviera of the Middle East” after resettling Palestinians to neighbouring countries.

Trump unveiled his surprise plan without providing specifics, at a joint press conference on Tuesday with visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The announcement followed Trump’s shock proposal earlier on Tuesday for the permanent resettlement of the more than two million Palestinians from Gaza to neighboring countries, calling the enclave – where the first phase of a fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage release deal is in effect – a “demolition site."

Trump can expect allies and foes alike to strongly oppose any U.S. takeover of Gaza, and his proposal raises questions about whether Middle East power Saudi Arabia would be willing to join a renewed U.S.-brokered push for a historic normalization of relations with U.S. ally Israel.

Saudi Arabia, also a key U.S. ally, rejects any attempts to displace the Palestinians from their land, Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Wednesday, according to Reuters.

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