U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he wants his country to take ownership of the Gaza Strip and redevelop it after Palestinians are displaced elsewhere.

“We will own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site,” Trump said at the start of a joint news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“I do see a long-term ownership position,” Trump said when asked about the U.S. controlling the territory for an extended period, adding that he is not ruling out sending U.S. troops in to secure Gaza.

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Trump’s comments came hours after he suggested that displaced Palestinians in Gaza be “permanently” resettled outside the war-torn territory.

“You can’t live in Gaza right now. I think we need another location,” Trump said earlier Tuesday.

“I think it should be a location that’s going to make people happy. You look over the decades, it’s all death in Gaza. This has been happening for years. It’s all death. If we can get a beautiful area to resettle people, permanently, in nice homes where they can be happy and not be shot and not be killed and not be knifed to death like what’s happening in Gaza.”

Trump has previously called on Jordan, Egypt and other Arab countries to take in Palestinians temporarily while Gaza is reconstructed after the devastating war between Hamas and Israel, which was paused in January by a ceasefire. Tuesday was the first time he has publicly floated making that resettlement permanent.

    • melp@beehaw.orgEnglish
      3·
      18 hours ago

      Yea - I must be illiterate for not wanting to emphasize a working class wedge.

      I must be illiterate for listening to:

      • Seraj (Gazan Journalist)
      • Wally Rashid (Palestinian Journalist)
      • PSL (Palestinian Activism Group)
      • CAIR (Muslim Legal Foundation)
      • Jewish Voices for Peace (Obvious is obvious)
      • Shireen Falasteen (Palestinian Activist)
      • Bisan (Gazan Journalist)
      • Dr. Huassam (may he me saved)
      • Hossam Shbat (Gaza Journalist)
      • Mostafa Jaser (Gaza Journalist)
      • and a number of other Palestinian activists and journalists.

      Yea. Illiterate. That must be it.

      Do you have a list of activists and journalists you read and follow on a daily basis? Care to share?

      • Pup Biru@aussie.zoneEnglish
        3·
        18 hours ago

        literally doesn’t matter who they are. their strategy was to force kamala to exert pressure to stop the genocide. it failed… now palestine is even more fucked

        congrats, there was a huge amount of people that told them it was risky. the risk didn’t pay off… now is the find out phase, and that is depressing as fuck

        • melp@beehaw.orgEnglish
          3·
          18 hours ago

          It’s bad for you and me now. It’s been bad for the rest since before now. Enjoy your wedge.

          • pbjamm@beehaw.orgEnglish
            4·
            16 hours ago

            No, it was bad for Gaza before. Now it is totally fucked.

            Maybe things would have not gotten better under a Harris Presidency. They may have even gotten worse. They would not have gotten this fucked this fast. People are about to find out just how fucked and hopeless it can get with the USA backing Netanyahu unconditionally.