United States President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gathered at the White House on Tuesday (4) and talked about projects for the future of the Gaza Strip.
During the speech, Trump exposed a plan for the US to “take over” Gaza, relocate Palestinians to neighboring countries, and reconstruct the territory devastated by war in what he described as the “Riviera of the Middle East.”
Trump’s comments break with decades of US foreign policy, which has long emphasized a two -state solution to Israel and Palestine, as well as the Republican’s ancient caution on US intervention in the Middle East.
Here is what we know about Trump’s vision for Gaza – a territory that houses about two million Palestinians – including to what extent the proposal is viable.
Trump said the US will “take control” and “have” long -term Gaza
“The US will take control of the Gaza Strip and we will do a job with it as well,” Trump announced, revealing what he called “long -term property” and reconstruction plan for the territory, much of which he was reduced to rubble after 15 months of war between Israel and Hamas.
Israeli air strikes damaged or destroyed about 60% of buildings, including schools and hospitals, and about 92% of homes, according to the United Nations.
“We will be owners and will be responsible for dismantling all unlocked dangerous bombs and other weapons on site, leveling the site and getting rid of the destroyed buildings,” the US president said on Tuesday (4).
Trump did not rule out the sending of US troops, saying “with regard to Gaza, we will do whatever is needed.”
It is unclear how exactly the appropriation of land proposed by Trump would work, and analysts have released doubts about the feasibility of his plan.
“There is no mechanism for that. There is no precedent for that, ”he told the CNN Former deputy director of national intelligence Beth Sanner, who served in Trump and Biden administrations on Tuesday (4).
Most of the two million people living in Gaza will not want to leave, Sanner explained, raising the issue if they could be forcibly removed – which is prohibited by international law.
“This means that someone, perhaps the United States,” would have to intervene – because “no Arab army will transport people against their will out of their homeland,” Sanner added.
Trump’s view for Gaza has no acceptance of Palestinians
The US President’s plan goes against the aspirations of the Palestinians, who have long advised the creation of a state. The inhabitants categorically rejected Trump’s relocation proposal when he first introduced her two weeks ago.
There are already about 5.9 million Palestinian refugees worldwide, most of them descendants of people who fled the creation of Israel in 1948.
Half of the population of Gaza was already made up of refugees from outside the coastal strip.
Approximately 90% of Gaza residents were moved in the last war, and many were forced to move repeatedly, a few more than 10 times, according to the UN.
Trump rejected the idea that displaced Palestinians would want to return to Gaza, describing it as a “symbol of death and destruction.”
“Why would they want to return? The place has been hell, ”said Trump, while a reporter who shouted,” Because it’s their home. “
Instead of Gaza, Trump suggested that the Palestinians receive a “good, fresh and beautiful piece of land” to live.
Tens of thousands of Palestinians walked for hours to return to their homes bombed in Gaza after a ceasefire came into force in late January.
“We have been waiting for this day for so long,” said Nadia Qasam, from the Al-Shati Refugee Field, to CNN at the time. “We want to go home. Even if my house is destroyed. I miss my land and my place. ”
A Hamas officer called Trump’s plan “recipe to create chaos.”
“Our people in the Gaza Strip will not allow these plans to pass, and what is necessary is to end the occupation and aggression against our people, not to expel them from their lands,” said the spokesman for Sami Abu Zuhri group On Tuesday (4).
When asked if Israel’s claim to the busy West Bank, which houses more than three million Palestinians and is coveted by ultra -right radicals in Israel, Trump said “we have not taken a position on it,” but said an announcement would be made in Brief.
A change would not be unprecedented. During his first term, Trump broke with decades of US foreign policy by recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the busy Golhan hills.
He also recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, changing the US embassy there.
Trump sees Gaza as a real estate opportunity
The Israeli-Pastine conflict has been one of the most intractable problems in the Middle East, but the Republican portrayed him as a business opportunity.
The “potential in the Gaza range is unbelievable” and which territory can become the “Riviera of the Middle East,” said Trump.
“We have an opportunity to do something that can be phenomenal. And I don’t want to be cute, I don’t want to be a smart guy, but the Middle Eastern Riviera, that may be something that can be so – that can be so magnificent, ”Trump told reporters.
Asked who imagines living in Gaza, Trump said: “I imagine the people of the world living there. The people of the world. I think you will make this an international and unbelievable place, ”he said.
The president also commented that he plans to visit Gaza soon.
Last month, Trump praised Gaza as having a “phenomenal location, in the sea and the best climate.”
Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff is also a real estate developer.
Witkoff traveled to Gaza last week, becoming the first high US employee known for visiting the region in years.
Trump’s proposal is seen as good by Israel’s ultra -right
The ultra -right of Israel has long supported the idea of expelling Gaza and West Bank Palestinians, and the legislators welcomed Trump’s comments about taking control of the track.
The leader of the Jewish Power Party, Itamar Ben Gvir, who resigned as Minister of National Security last month in protest against Gaza’s ceasefire and the hostage liberation agreement, asked Netanyahu to adopt Trump’s plan on An X statement on Wednesday (5).
“Now it’s clear: this is the only solution to the Gaza problem – this is the strategy for the next day,” said Ben Gvir.
Although the Israeli government has previously rejected the allegations that it plans to force the Palestinians to leave Gaza, Netanyahu expressed support for Trump’s vision.
Pointing to Israel’s war goal to ensure that Gaza does not represent a threat to the country. Netanyahu said: “President Trump is taking this at a much higher level. He sees a different future for that piece of land that has been the focus of so much terrorism. ”
The Israeli leader said that Trump’s idea can “change the story” and “it’s worth really going to this way.”
Trump stated that his plan has ample support, but Arab nations say it is not possible
Trump commented on reporters that “everyone (with whom he) spoke love the idea of the United States to have that piece of land” and that he expected Jordan and Egypt to host the forced Palestinians to leave.
But the Arab nations have long rejected any forced displacement of Gaza Palestinians, which critics argue that they would resemble ethnic cleaning.
In a statement on Wednesday (5) after the press conference of Trump and Netanyahu, Saudi Arabia told her “unshakable” support to a Palestinian state and demanded the end of Israeli occupation.
“Achieving lasting and fair peace is impossible without the Palestinian people obtaining their legitimate rights according to international resolutions, as previously clarified for previous and current US administrations,” said Saudi Arabia Foreign Ministry in a Saudi Ministry in a Declaration to social media.
Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, and other Arab allies issued a statement last week reaffirming their longtime desire for a two -state solution and promising “total and continuous support to the firmness of the Palestinian people on their lands.”
Parliamentarians are not enthusiastic about the idea – at least for now
Trump’s comments attracted criticism and skepticism of legislators, including some Republicans.
South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham called it a “interesting proposal,” but also “problematic.”
“We’ll see what our Arab friends say about it. I think most of the residents of South Carolina would probably not be excited to send Americans to take over Gaza. I think this can be problematic. But I will keep my mind open, ”said Graham.
New Hampshire senator Jeanne Shaheen, the main democrat in the Foreign Relations Committee, said that the idea “fails to recognize the need to have a Palestinian state and the fact that, until we address the concerns of Palestinians, will continue to have conflict in the region ”.
Senator Chris Coons, another important democratic member of the committee, said that Trump’s plan is “between offensive and insane and dangerous and foolish.”
This content was originally published in Understand the main points of Trump’s plan to “take over” Gaza on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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