VIDEO: Trump suggests permanent resettlement of Palestinians from Gaza

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From The Hill: President Trump on Tuesday suggested Palestinians should be permanently relocated out of the Gaza Strip and that the United States should take over the territory after it was reduced to rubble by more than 15 months of war between Israel and Hamas.

Trump, who was alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a White House visit, doubled down on his suggestion that neighboring Jordan and Egypt take in those from Gaza. But Tuesday was the first time Trump was more clear about Palestinians not returning to their homes in the coastal enclave, even after it’s been rebuilt.

“It would be my hope that we could do something really nice, really good, where they wouldn’t want to return. Why would they want to return? The place has been hell,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

“I don’t think people should be going back to Gaza,” he added. “Gaza is not a place for people to be living, and the only reason they want to go back, and I believe this strongly, is because they have no alternative. … If they had an alternative, they’d much rather not go back to Gaza and live in a beautiful alternative that’s safe.”


Trump first made the suggestion while he and Netanyahu were speaking with reporters in the Oval Office.

Later, during a joint press conference with Netanyahu, Trump suggested the United States may play a role in creating an alternative place for the people of Gaza to live.

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