Trump Met Netanyahu Again And Said That The Gaza Strip Is An "Incredible Piece Of Real Estate”
Gaza is an “incredible piece of real estate. “I don’t know why Israel ever gave that up,” Trump said.
US President Donald Trump said again that he wanted the US to “own” Gaza as it is an “incredible piece of real estate,” with the plan to turn it into a “freedom zone”.
While hosting Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Tuesday, April 8, Trump repeated his vision of forcibly moving the Palestinians out of the Gaza Strip to other countries and for the US to “control” and “own” it.
This is Netanyahu's second visit to the White House.
He met with Trump on Feb. 4, when Trump laid out his vision for the Gaza Strip, saying the US will “take over” and “own” Gaza and turn it into “the Riviera of the Middle East.”
Trump said Gaza would turn into a “freedom zone,” which he described as a no-conflict zone where people “aren’t going to be killed.”
He said that Gaza is an “incredible piece of real estate,” and that he did not understand why Israel gave it up, referring to Israel's withdrawal from Gaza in 2005.
“I don’t know why Israel ever gave that up. I guess they look at us and say, ‘Why did you give up the Panama Canal?” Trump said.
Netanyahu said that he and Trump had discussed some countries that would take in Palestinians from Gaza without saying which countries, adding that they are hoping for good news with Trump’s plan soon.
On March 18, Israel renewed its fighting in Gaza, launching massive airstrikes across the Strip, killing more than 400 Palestinians in less than 24 hours, breaking the nearly two-month ceasefire, after it refused to implement the second phase of the deal, originally set to begin on March 1.
Since then, Israel has killed more than 1,449 Palestinians, many of whom are children.
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