US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he does not rule out the deployment of American forces to support the rebuilding of Gaza and imagine the ownership of the United States “in the long term” to redevelop the region.
“We will do what is necessary,” Trump said about the possibility of deploying the forces to fill any security void. “If necessary, we will do it.”
The comments came after Trump said he wanted the United States to take over the Gaza Strip and redevelop it after resettlement of the Palestinians elsewhere.
Trump said that the beginning of a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “We will possess it and be responsible for dismantling all uninterrupted bombs and other weapons on the site.”
Trump added that the United States will work at the level of destroyed buildings and “create economic development that will provide unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the region’s members.”
The comments came after Trump suggested earlier that the Palestinians displaced in Gaza “permanently” resettled it outside the war -torn area.
“I don’t think people should return,” Trump told reporters at the beginning of his meeting with Netanyahu at the Oval Office. “You cannot live in Gaza now. I think we need another site. I think it should be a site that will make people happy.”
The most strict argument for the president so far comes to the collective transition from Gaza, amid the increasing uncertainty that the temporary ceasefire and the hostages that were connected last month between Israel and Hamas can reach a more sensitive second stage.
Egypt, Jordan, and other American allies in the Middle East have warned Trump that the transfer of more than two million Palestinians will threaten the stability of the Middle East, risk the expansion of the conflict and undermine decades -long payment by the United States and the allies to solve Douzin.
However, Trump insists that the Palestinians “have no alternative” but leaving a “large pile of rubble”, which is Gaza. He spoke as his best assistants that the timetable for three to five years to rebuild the war -torn lands, as shown in a temporary truce agreement, is not viable.
Last week, Egyptian President Abdel Fahia Al -Sisi and Jordanian King Abdullah II refused Trump’s calls for Ghazhan’s resettlement.
However, Trump, with Netanyahu, said next to him, he believed that Egypt and Jordan – as well as other countries that were not called – ultimately agreed to take the Palestinians.
Trump said: “You are looking for decades, all of this is death in Gaza,” Trump said. This has happened for years. All this death. If we are able to obtain a beautiful area to resettle people permanently, in nice homes where they can be happy and are not shot and are not killed and do not enjoy how to death like what happens in Gaza. “
The White House focus focuses on the future of more than two million people in Gaza while the emerging truce between Israel and Hamas stops in balance.
Netanyahu is facing competing pressure from his right -wing alliance to end a temporary truce against Hamas militants in Gaza and from Israelis who want the war who want the hostages remaining at home and for the 15 -month -old conflict to the end.
The leaders said that their talks would cover the long -awaited normalization of Israel and participate in concerns about the Iranian nuclear program, as well as the second stage of the hostage deal.
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Trump continues to pressure the transfer of Palestinians from Gaza, even after Egyptian President Abdel Fateh Al -Sisi and Jordanian King Abdullah II refused this idea.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, the Palestinian Authority and the Arab League to Egypt and Jordan also joined the plans to remove the Palestinians from their lands in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
However, Trump may bet that he can persuade Egypt and Jordan to reach the acceptance of the displaced Palestinians because of the great aid provided by the United States Cairo and safety. Members of the right -wing of the Netanyahu government adopted the invitation to transfer the Palestinians displaced from Gaza.
“It is not fair to make it clear to the Palestinians that they may return within five years,” said Steve Whitkov. “This is just full of vitality.”
Trump also indicated that he may reconsider an independent Palestinian state as part of a broader solution from the two countries of the Israeli -Palestinian conflict for decades. “Well, many plans change over time.”
“A lot of death has happened since I left, I came up now,” Trump said. “Now we are facing a different position – in some ways better and in some respects. But we face a very complex and difficult situation we will.”
Netanyahu’s arrival in Washington comes to the first foreign leader for Trump’s second semester, as the prime minister’s popular support is backward.
The Prime Minister is in the middle of the testimony for a period of weeks in a trial for the ongoing corruption that focuses on the allegations he exchanged with Mogul the media and the wealthy partners. He criticized the accusations and said he was a victim of “the charming chase.”
His vision with Trump, who is popular in Israel, can help distract the public’s attention from trial and increase Netanyahu’s position.
“We have the right leader of Israel who did a great job,” Trump said of Netanyahu.
Netanyahu also praised Trump’s leadership in obtaining the hostage deal and a ceasefire. Netanyahu said of Trump and his management: “I will only tell you, I am happy because they are here.”
It is the first travel of Nenteho outside Israel since the International Criminal Court issued arrest orders in November, former defense minister and military chief in Hamas, accusing them of crimes against humanity during the war in Gaza. The United States does not recognize the authority of the International Criminal Court for its citizens or lands.
Netanyahu met with the National Security Adviser at the White House Mike Walz and Wwakov on Monday to start the hard work of the next stage of the ceasefire agreement.
Netanyahu said in a statement that the meeting with Witkeov and Waltz was “positive and friendly.”
The Israeli leader said that he will send a delegation to Qatar to continue indirect talks with Hamas, in which the Arab Gulf country is mediated, which is the first confirmation that these negotiations will continue. Netanyahu also said that he would make his security cabinet to discuss Israel’s demands for the next stage of the ceasefire when he returns to Israel at the end of the week.
Meanwhile, Witkeov said that he is planning to meet the Prime Minister of Qatar, Sheikh Muhammad bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani, in Florida on Thursday to discuss the next stage in the ceasefire. Qatar and Egypt were the main intermediaries with Hamas throughout the conflict.
Netanyahu is under intense pressure from a hard right members of his ruling alliance to abandon the ceasefire and resume fighting in Gaza to eliminate Hamas. Bezaleel Smotrich, one of the main partners of Netanyahu, pledges to bring down the government if the war is not re -launch, a step that can lead to early elections.
Hamas, who has been reaffirmed by Gaza since the ceasefire began last month, said it will not shoot the hostages in the second stage without ending the full withdrawal of the Israeli forces. Meanwhile, Netanyahu confirms that Israel is committed to beating Hamas and the return of all hostages captured in the October 7, 2023 attack that sparked the war.
Eneaf Zangucker, whose son Matan was among the hostages, called on Trump to use the American leverage to maintain Netanyahu’s commitment to the agreement.
Mattan, 24, among those who are expected to be included in the second stage of the deal, when all the remaining hostages are exchanged-including men under the age of 50 male soldiers. A specific number of Palestinian prisoners. The second stage is also expected to include the full withdrawal of the Israeli forces from Gaza.
“I want President Trump to know that there are some extremist elements from inside Israel trying to spoil his vision,” said Zangoker, who traveled to Washington from Israel to join a march on Tuesday. We are representatives of the vast majority of Israel. The extremist services are browsing the Prime Minister to provide their bids.
The Prime Minister is also expected to use the press of Trump to take decisive measures on Iran. Tehran faced a series of military setbacks, including the Israeli forces that have been greatly crashed into Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, as well as the fluctuation of air defenses in Iran. Netanyahu believes that the moment has created a window to process the Tehran nuclear program decisively.
Before his meeting with Netanyahu, Trump signed an executive thing that he said would increase economic pressure on Iran.
“We will not allow them to obtain a nuclear weapon,” Trump said.
Goldenberg mentioned from Tel Aviv, Israel. The Associated Press Melanie Lidman’s writer in Jerusalem contributed to the reports.