Israel Trump wants to bring people from Gaza to Arab countries
US President Donald Trump has spoken out in favor of evacuating the largely destroyed Gaza Strip and accommodating the Palestinians living there in Arab countries.
26.01.2025, 04:55
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He wants Egypt and Jordan to take in people, Trump said on board the government plane Air Force One, according to journalists traveling with him. They are talking about one and a half million people, "and we are simply cleaning up the area thoroughly".
Since the beginning of the Gaza war between the Islamist Hamas and Israel, the coastal strip has been heavily destroyed. The UN still considers it to be Israeli-occupied territory because Israel exercises control there.
The Gaza Strip is literally a wasteland, almost everything is being demolished and people are dying there, Trump said according to the journalists traveling with him. So he would rather work with some Arab nations and build housing somewhere else where the Palestinians might be able to live in peace for a change. It could be temporary or long-term, he answered a corresponding journalist's question.
There have been many, many conflicts there over the centuries. Something has to happen. He had already spoken to King Abdullah II of Jordan and had a very good conversation. The monarch is home to millions of Palestinians and he is doing this in a very humane way.
Jordan has done an amazing job in accommodating Palestinians. He had told the King that he would be happy to take on more Palestinians because he was looking at the entire Gaza Strip at the moment and it was a real mess. He wanted to talk to Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi shortly. He also wants Egypt to take in people.
