US Presidend Donald Trump repeated his pledge to 'take over' Gaza in order to rebuild it by displacing the Gazans. On the other hand, Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu in a recent interview stated that he is also ready to "do the job" claiming that Trump may not send troops for the displacing of Gazans.
This came after Hamas, the Palestinians and much of the world have rejected it.
Fresh details and pressure of hostages in either sides, may lead to Netanyahu extending Gaza ceasefire beyond the first phase. Talks on the second phase, meant to see more hostages released and a complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, were due to start February 3.
But Israel and Hamas appear to have made little progress, even as Israeli forces withdrew Sunday from a Gaza corridor in the latest commitment to the truce.
Netanyahu sent a delegation to Qatar, a key mediator, but it included low-level officials, sparking speculation that it won't lead to a breakthrough. Netanyahu, who returned after a U.S. visit to meet with Trump, is expected to convene security Cabinet ministers on Tuesday.
What Did Trump Say?
Donald Trump reiterating his pledge to take control of the Gaza Strip told the media, "I'm committed to buying and owning Gaza. As far as us rebuilding it, we may give it to other states in the Middle East to build sections of it. Other people may do it through our auspices. But we're committed to owning it, taking it, and making sure that Hamas doesn't move back. There's nothing to move back into. The place is a demolition site. The remainder will be demolished."
Trump said Arab nations would agree to take in Palestinians after speaking with him and insisted Palestinians would leave Gaza if they had a choice.
“They don't want to return to Gaza. If we could give them a home in a safer area — the only reason they're talking about returning to Gaza is they don't have an alternative. When they have an alternative, they don't want to return to Gaza."
Trump also suggested he was losing patience with the deal after seeing the emaciated hostages released this week.
“I watched the hostages come back today and they looked like Holocaust survivors. They were in horrible condition. They were emaciated. It looked like many years ago, the Holocaust survivors, and I don't know how much longer we can take that,” he said.
Israeli PM Says 'We'll Do The Job' On Displacing Palestinians
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet on Wednesday that the is open to the idea of resettling Gaza's population calling it ”a revolutionary, creative vision."
Meanwhile, Netanyahu during an interview with Foz News hailed Trump's pledge and said Israel is willing to “do the job”.
He reportedly said, "I think that President Trump라이브 바카라 proposal is the first fresh idea in years, and it has the potential to change everything in Gaza."
Calling it a "correct approach" to the future of the Palestinian territory, Netanyahu said, "All Trump is saying, ‘I want to open the gate and give them an option to relocate temporarily while we rebuild the place physically’."
Netanyahu then stated that Trump never wanted the American troops to do the 'job' adding, "Guess what? We’ll do the job."
Netanyahu said that he think the “the real issue” in this process was finding a country that would agree to take in the displaced Gazans.
Netanyahu stated, "Everybody describes Gaza as the biggest open-air prison in the world."
"Get the population out, allow them to leave. Not forcible eviction, not ethnic cleansing – getting people out of what all these countries and all these do-gooders say is an open-air prison. Why are you keeping them in prison?", he added.
Other Countries React
Egypt said it will host an emergency Arab summit on February 27 to discuss the "new and dangerous developments".
Trump's proposal has moral, legal and practical obstacles. It may have been proposed as a negotiation tactic to pressure Hamas or an opening gambit in discussions aimed at securing a normalization deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia condemned Netanyahu's recent comment that Palestinians could create their state there, saying it aimed to divert attention from crimes committed by “the Israeli occupation against our Palestinian brothers in Gaza, including the ethnic cleansing they are being subjected to.”
Qatar called Netanyahu's comment “provocative” and a blatant violation of international law.
