U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday suggested that displaced Palestinians in Gaza be permanently resettled outside the war-torn territory and proposed the U.S. take “ownership” in redeveloping the area.
Trump’s audacious proposal appears certain to roil the next stage of talks meant to extend the tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and secure the release of the remaining hostages held in Gaza.
The provocative comments came as talks are ramping up this week with the promise of surging humanitarian aid and reconstruction supplies to help the people of Gaza recover after more than 15 months of devastating conflict. Now Trump wants to push roughly 1.8 million people to leave the land they have called home and claim it for the U.S., perhaps with American troops.
Trump outlined his thinking as he held talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, where the two leaders also discussed the fragile ceasefire and hostage deal in the Israeli-Hamas conflict and shared concerns about Iran.
“I don’t think people should be going back," Trump said. “You can’t live in Gaza right now. I think we need another location. I think it should be a location that’s going to make people happy."
Trump said the U.S. would take ownership of the Gaza Strip and redevelop it after Palestinians are resettled elsewhere and turn the territory into “the Riviera of the Middle East" in which the “world's people”— including Palestinians — would live.
“We’ll make sure that it’s done world class," Trump said. "It’ll be wonderful for the people — Palestinians, Palestinians mostly, we’re talking about.”
Egypt, Jordan and other U.S. allies in the Mideast have cautioned Trump that relocating Palestinians from Gaza would threaten Mideast stability, risk expanding the conflict and undermine a decades-long push by the U.S. and allies for a two-state solution.
Still, Trump insists the Palestinians “have no alternative” but to leave the "big pile of rubble” that is Gaza. He spoke out as his top aides stressed that a three-to-five-year timeline for reconstruction of the war-torn territory, as laid out in a temporary truce agreement, is not viable.
Last week, both Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and Jordanian King Abdullah II dismissed Trump's calls to resettle Gazans.
But Trump said he believes Egypt and Jordan — as well as other countries, which he did not name — will ultimately agree to take in Palestinians.
“You look over the decades, it’s all death in Gaza,” Trump said. "This has been happening for years. It’s all death. If we can get a beautiful area to resettle people, permanently, in nice homes where they can be happy and not be shot and not be killed and not be knifed to death like what’s happening in Gaza.”
Trump also said he isn’t ruling out deploying U.S. troops to support reconstruction of Gaza. He envisions “long-term” U.S. ownership of a redevelopment of the territory.
“We’ll do what is necessary,” Trump said about the possibility of deploying American troops to fill any security vacuum.
The White House's focus on the future of Gaza comes as the nascent truce between Israel and Hamas hangs in the balance.
Netanyahu is facing competing pressure from his right-wing coalition to end a temporary truce against Hamas militants in Gaza and from war-weary Israelis who want the remaining hostages home and for the 15-month conflict to end.
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, the Palestinian Authority and the Arab League joined Egypt and Jordan in rejecting plans to move Palestinians out of their territories in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
Trump may be betting he can persuade Egypt and Jordan to come around to accept displaced Palestinians because of the significant aid that the U.S. provides Cairo and Amman. Hard-line right-wing members of Netanyahu’s government have embraced the call to move displaced Palestinians out of Gaza.
“To me, it is unfair to explain to Palestinians that they might be back in five years,” Trump’s Mideast envoy, Steve Witkoff, told reporters. “That’s just preposterous.”
Trump also signaled that he may be reconsidering an independent Palestinian state as part of a broader two-state solution to the decades-long Israel-Palestinian conflict. “Well, a lot of plans change with time,” he told reporters when asked if he was still committed to a plan like the one he laid out in 2020 that called for a Palestinian state. “A lot of death has occurred since I left and now came back."
Netanyahu's arrival in Washington for the first foreign leader visit of Trump's second term coincides with the prime minister's popular support sagging.
The prime minister is in the middle of weekslong testimony in an ongoing corruption trial that centers on allegations he exchanged favors with media moguls and wealthy associates. He has decried the accusations and said he is the victim of a “witch hunt.”
Being seen with Trump, who is popular in Israel, could help distract the public from the trial and boost Netanyahu’s standing.
“We have the right leader of Israel who’s done a great job," Trump said of Netanyahu.
Netanyahu also praised Trump's leadership in getting the hostage and ceasefire deal. “I'll just tell you, I am happy they are here,” Netanyahu said of Trump and his administration.
It's Netanyahu's first travel outside Israel since the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants in November for him, his former defense minister and Hamas’ slain military chief, accusing them of crimes against humanity during the war in Gaza. The U.S. does not recognize the ICC's authority over its citizens or territory.
Netanyahu met with White House national security adviser Mike Waltz and Witkoff on Monday to begin the daunting work of brokering the next phase of a ceasefire agreement.
The Israeli leader said he would send a delegation to Qatar to continue indirect talks with Hamas that are being mediated by the Gulf Arab country, the first confirmation that those negotiations would continue. Netanyahu also said he would convene his security Cabinet to discuss Israel’s demands for the next phase of the ceasefire when he returns to Israel at the end of the week.
Witkoff, meanwhile, said he plans to meet with Qatar's prime minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, in Florida on Thursday to discuss the next phase in the ceasefire. Qatar and Egypt have served as key intermediaries with Hamas throughout the conflict.
Netanyahu is under intense pressure from hard-right members of his governing coalition to abandon the ceasefire and resume fighting in Gaza to eliminate Hamas. Bezalel Smotrich, one of Netanyahu’s key partners, vows to topple the government if the war isn’t relaunched, a step that could lead to early elections.
Hamas, which has reasserted control over Gaza since the ceasefire began last month, has said it will not release hostages in the second phase without an end to the war and Israeli forces’ full withdrawal. Netanyahu, meanwhile, maintains that Israel is committed to victory over Hamas and the return of all hostages captured in the Oct. 7, 2023 attack that triggered the war.
The two leaders also discussed Iran's nuclear program. Ahead of his meeting with Netanyahu, Trump signed an executive order that he said would increase economic pressure on Iran.
“We're not going to allow them to have a nuclear weapon,” Trump said.
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176 Comments
wallace
Palestinians leaving Gaza will not be allowed back. That is the Netanyahu policy.
WoodyLee
"“I don’t think people should be going back," Trump said. “You can’t live in Gaza right now. I think we need another location. I think it should be a location that’s going to make people happy.""
Yes Mr. Trump, there is a place called PALESTINE next door to Gaza which happened to be Gazan's FIRST HOME before they escaped the Zionists wars back in 1948, and 1967.
Many still have the KEYS to these homes passed on generation after generation, Gazan's will be very happy to go back to their land and what's left of their homes in Haifa, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Hebron and so on.
Start with that Sir.
Capuchin
A convicted felon and an internationally wanted war criminal meet in the White House to discuss ethnic cleansing.
It's astounding the level of cognitive dissonance and moral duplicity required to say all of that when the man responsible for all that death and destruction is sat directly opposite you and you were the one that gave him the means to do it in the first place.
So if Gaza is "cleaned out" Who is moving in?
Prince
“Trump suggests displaced Palestinians in Gaza be 'permanently' resettled outside war-torn territory” to expand Israeli territory.
WoodyLee
Ignorance and Hypocrisy at full display .
bass4funk
Beautiful.
Well, then the people that have now moved on to greener pastures should never had the idea to kidnap and kill those people the way they did, most would still be alive, but they all signed their obituaries in doing that act.
Hmmm
garymalmgren
Err?
Isn't that called ethnic cleansing?
iknowall
This is an excellent idea, as Gaza has been nothing but a base for terrorism.
The occupying inhabitants will be able to return to their ancestral lands and assimilate with the other Arabs, so a win-win.
Yrral
Let them live in America,they will be welcome
WoodyLee
Israel Displaced them then stole their Land, Israel must allow them to return to their Land and Homes. Simple as that.
ThePunisher
I have a better idea.
Why don't the Israelis all move to the US where they can have "beautiful houses with sunshine" built for them?
Israel is just too dangerous for them to stay in. It's "all death" in Israel, and has been for many years. They'll be much, much happier in a beautiful place in the US.
WoodyLee
One the key demands of the Palestinian people for years now is the " Right To Return ", many Palestinians who escaped the Zionists ethnic cleansings and wars against them for the past 75 years are living till this day in Refugees camps in neighboring nations like Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Iraq, even as far as Kuwait, and Turkey.
The Zionist state of Israel NEVER allowed any Palestinian to return to their Lands and homes till this day and those who stayed behind are living under Occupation and their lands are slowly being confiscated and stolen.
ok1517
I will not start condemning Israel or the Palestinians.
Both sides are too often on the "wrong side"!
But Donald recommending "permanently" resettling those Palestinians reminds me of a time long ago, when another "great leader" wanted to settle Jewish people and move them to Madagascar, but came up with an "easier (final) solution"! History once again giving us a re-make! In addition, looks like Netanyahu has also forgotten what happened then!
WoodyLee
@ ThePunisher
I have a better idea.
MAGA movement wont allow them.
Aly Rustom
Excellent idea.
browny1
So the long anticipated wait for the answer is over.
Trump's previous "I'll fix this problem right away" bluster of a statement now has come about and with all of the intricate details explained.
"Move 'em out".
Simpleton was never so simple.
deanzaZZR
This is why Trump is a popular choice for foreign leaders as he is so easily manipulated. Bibi has Trump wrapped around his genocidal little finger.
bass4funk
Wrong. Wrong President and wrong party. One reason why the establishment hates Trump so much is because they can’t control this guy, they tried, but he’s definitely not moldable the way Biden was
ok1517
bass,
what are you trying to say?
*"They wouldn’t like it because the outcome for them wouldn’t be good, not that I wouldn’t mind…"*
Mind to explain?
Wasabi
yeah, another great idea from the genius guy in the white house. USA can you control the old guy better that this, plz?
wallace
7.5 million Jewish people live in America. 7.2 million in Israel.
Chabbawanga
US-endorsed ethnic cleansing
Chabbawanga
The guy has been back in office for less than a month, and he has all but agreed to the ethnic cleansing of over 2 million people. This doesnt come across as a policy he came up with by himself does it?
bass4funk
No one is being murdered, but if you can be re-located, why not? Less burden on the taxpayer.
Some dude
Given that far greater minds have tried to resolve this sorry mess for decades, I don't really see "the dumbest goddamn student I ever had" (to quote Wharton professor William T Kelley) getting anywhere with it.
wallace
Trump in his White House speech with Netanyahu suggests the Palestinians will be moved out of Gaza and then it will become US territory. No mention of any two-state solution from him or Netanyahu.
wallace
Trump sees Gaza as another piece of real estate to develop into the Riviera of the Middle East.
Simon Foston
iknowallToday 08:05 am JST
Why don't you return to your ancestral lands?
bass4funkToday 08:38 am JST
Why? I don't think "them" just refers to the 'bad guys' or whatever you want to call them.
Why not, if it's bad for people who haven't committed any crimes or caused any harm to anyone?
iknowall
And that would be a good thing.
Compared to it being a giant base for some of the worst terrorists in history.
I live in a country, unlike the Arabs occupying Gaza. Easy to see the difference, isn't it?
plasticmonkey
Ethnic cleansing also includes the forced relocation of ethnic groups.
Trump is dead wrong about this. The Palestinian people have a right to self-determination, whatever atrocities Hamas committed. You don’t collectively punish all Gazans.
Which taxpayers?
Your treating an entire population as if they were nonhuman.
Fos
And then you wonder what kind of moral authority present's day America can extend to the world.
Take away the US industrial military complex waging wars to Eastern Europe, Middle East, and trying to turn Asia into a powder keg, what is left at Washington? Netanyahu's buddies?
Capuchin
Having watched the press conference in full now it really is stomach churning watching Trump lament all the death and destruction and how the whole of Gaza is now an unsafe. uninhabitable demolition site whilst the man responsible for it nods and grins along.
Sickening, truly sickening.
bass4funk
That’s not the clear definition when one refers to ethnic cleansing, nice try.
I think Trump is spot on. We tried it for decades, chance after chance, after chance, that ship sailed, Hamas will never bring stability to the area, so….
Rhetorical question??
No, quite the opposite, I feel sorry for the innocent Gazans, but the current arrangement is not and has not worked. Time for something different.
NB
The healing of the deeply wounded Middle East entails the fulfillment of the following elements:
1) An Arabic Palestinian state should be established next to the state of Israel.
2) Israel should continue its principal mission of serving as a refuge for Jews and for Judaism, but also continue serving as a home for Jews, Arabs, and various other ethnic groups.
3) The borders, and all other arrangements, should be derived from the needs of the peoples on the land. These needs are related to security, connectivity, space for agriculture, space for housing, space for industry, and sentiments towards the land.
4) The Palestinian Arabs (who arrived to the land in the framework of the Muslim conquest of the entire Middle East at the 7th century AD) must renounce their false consciousness of being THE indigenous people and the exclusive "home owner" of the land.
5) The homeless people of Gaza should find temporary refuge at a hospitable place, until their homes are rebuilt (in a better and more modern fashion).
Failure to implement any of the above elements would incur further death, destruction, suffering and misery at a cataclysmic scale.
TokyoLiving
What a despicable mockery of human being..
GuruMick
Middle East Monitor has a good opinion piece on this idea.....lists 5 or so reasons why it wont work.
NB
The path is open.
They could have their own state already in 1948, residing next to the other state (which is ethnically mixed), cooperating with the other state and enjoying a prosperous life.
But they do not want any state.
They want one and only one thing: To butcher the other ethnic group.
wallace
Trump thinks and treats Gaza. Greenland, Canada, and the Panama Canal like it's his private real estate. I guess we shouldn't be surprised.
mrtinjp
No mention of any two-state solution from him or Netanyahu.
Well Hamas types do not recognise Israel.. so Israel is following suit.. looks like one state solution only..
geronimo2006
Idiotic and absurd. Another ridiculous idea off the top of Trump's head. At least it gives others something to laugh at. He is utterly clueless when it comes to foreign policy. Netanyahu will take full advantage to the detriment of the Palestinians.
Cephus
If only Israel would reclaim its ancient borders, many would be surprised by the vastness of the land of Israel.
GuruMick
Move Gazans into Egypt and see a geographical expansion of the conflict, resistance groups in Egypt opposed to Israel link with Hamas, drawing Egypt directly into the conflict, triggering Israeli air strikes on Egypt and threatening the treaty between Egypt and Israel as well as Egyptian stability as a nation.
Hamas is popular in Jordan, so the expulsion of Gazans there would maybe trigger alliances between Jordan groups and Hamas. Israel has a long border with Israel. Cross border incursions likely.
Again, retaliatory action by Israel could undermine the Jordan/Israel peace arrangement.
Gazans see uprooting themselves from Gaza as a loss of identity.
Gaza is not for sale.
Reference : Middle East Monitor.
Where there is oppression there will be resistance.
Fos
And the incredible thing is that Netanyahu still has a man in this room, day in and day out, blurting pieces of fiction on historical facts, and dictating falsehood. That is truly astonishing. And then you wonder how big is the power of US industrial military complex and the greed for the profits in Wall Street in modern day America-Israel society
plasticmonkey
"ethnic cleansing: the attempt to create ethnically homogeneous geographic areas through the deportation or forcible displacement of persons belonging to particular ethnic groups."
https://www.britannica.com/topic/ethnic-cleansing
KnightsOfCydonia
The man definitely has swagger.
I don't agree with him and think this is the most s*****t deal that can happen to the people of Gaza but it is what it is.
Winners take all and losers can cry about it.
Dango bong
Nobody is talking about buying it. By the way who rules Gaza? Hamas? Gaza is not a country and anyone who is pro-Iran terrorist nation is most likely anti-prosperity
Dango bong
ethnic cleansing? do you know what that means? nobody is talking about culling a population. they are talking about moving people and making the land peaceful and prosperous.
plasticmonkey
Led by Jared Kushner and other real estate cronies.
Nothing swampy about that.
GuruMick
AND,,,see how Netanyahu has now found another obstacle to peace and a negotiated settlement.
I imagine the phrase "The Palestinians are not partners for peace " will again arise and shills will use this impossible demand for relocation to add to their "But Palestine has rejected so many offers over the decades " hasbarra rubbish
NB
And the incredible thing is that Hamas still has a man in this room, day in and day out, blurting pieces of fiction on historical facts, tearing texts out from their context and dictating falsehood. That is truly astonishing.
wallace
The last time a population of 2 million or more was moved from a country where the Jews were transported to the Nazi gas chambers.
bass4funk
I think the opposite
I disagree, to an extent you are right, but overall, when we refer to systematic ethnic cleansing, we refer to it as a final solution, relocating and removing…..more difficult argument to make.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/hbsworkingknowledge/2015/01/20/wikipedia-or-encyclopaedia-britannica-which-has-more-bias/
Interesting…..
Chabbawanga
One state is actually in the process of ethnic cleansing the other
isabelle
Whenever you think Trump can't get any worse, he somehow always manages it.
An unspeakably horrific man, here flanked by another.
KnightsOfCydonia
Not a bad deal for Israel, only cost them 1200 dead and 240 hostages to spark the outrage.
Now they get all of Gaza?
How much of the west bank will be annexed?
It's almost as if Hamas played right into this.
Meanwhile trump is rubbing his grubby little hands asking what's his take.
bass4funk
Well, the other tried and failed, miserably
Wasabi
Did he had only one in his all life?
R B Quinn
The convicted felon and former Insurrectionist-in-Chief aiding Israel in continuing its ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.
It reminds me of Hitler’s plan to relocate European Jews to Madagascar, a French colony off continental southern Europe.
plasticmonkey
You disagree with the standard dictionary and legal definition of ethnic cleansing.
Chabbawanga
No, "The final solution" (holocaust) was a genocide. The forced displacement of millions of people from their home IS ethnic cleansing.
It is a textbook example of ethnic cleansing.
Ethnic cleansing doesnt have to be violent, but in this case it has already been very violent, and the forced eviction of the Gazan population will definitely lead to even more bloodshed.
It is a sad sad state of affairs when we find ourselves trying to cover for one of the worst crimes against humanity.
wallace
Has Trump once again removed himself from his businesses?
plasticmonkey
You obviously didn't even read the article you posted. It says that Wikipedia is more biased than Brittanica. The dictionary I cited.
Ethnic cleansing is the forcible removal of ethnic groups from an area where they live.
Period.
Chabbawanga
What does this even mean?
You accept that Israel IS in the process of ethnic cleansing Gaza?
You believe that Hamas actually had the means to ethnically cleanse Israel?
ok1517
@bass
"That’s not the clear definition when one refers to ethnic cleansing, nice try."
Maybe you want to make yourself smart, but I'm willing to help you out (as always)
Ethnic cleansing is the systematic forced removal of ethnic, racial, or religious groups from a given area, with the intent of making the society ethnically homogeneous. Along with direct removal such as deportation or population transfer, it also includes indirect methods aimed at forced migration by coercing the victim group to flee and preventing its return, such as murder, rape, and property destruction
bass4funk
I already explained it.
Fos
Which is what we were saying in the first place: copying and pasting US and Israel military dispatches without putting into contest what you forward does not even benefit your clients. Not to mention the civil society you live in. The mass killing of tens of thousands of people exclusively donee by the Israeli IDF, and the money made but the US lobbies in Wall Street to turn the rubble of Gaza into a Riviera of the Middle East, are not an example of good deeds to the rest of the world, new generations. Basically you can ask yourself questions through good old print books, where you can actually learn something and contribute positively to the world community, should that be in Tel Aviv or Texas.
KnightsOfCydonia
100%
but that won't change anything.
Guaranteed, things are about to get a lot worse. Buckle up!
bass4funk
I did
wallace
The forced removal of Palestinians from Gaza can only lead to further tensions and escalations and probably war with Israel.
ok1517
Cephus,
"If only Israel would reclaim its ancient borders, many would be surprised by the vastness of the land of Israel."
There aren't and never were ancient Israel borders!
If you want to refer to ancient times, use the name Kanaan!
ThePunisher
Like every other US foray into the middle east - Iraq and Afghanistan being among the biggest catastrophes - this is going to end very, very badly for Americans.
And much of the world will believe Americans all deserve every negative that comes their way.
Chabbawanga
This isnt what ethnic cleansing means.
Are you deliberately confusing ethnic cleansing with a genocide?
wallace
Trump and Netanyahu have made a secret deal and pact. Gaza for the Americans. The West Bank for the Jews. The Arabs can go to hell.
NB
Rademacher recommended on 3 June 1940 that Madagascar should be made available as a destination for the Jews of Europe. With Adolf Hitler's approval, Adolf Eichmann released a memorandum on 15 August 1940 calling for the resettlement of a million Jews per year for four years, with the island being governed as a police state under the SS. They assumed that many Jews would succumb to its harsh conditions should the plan be implemented.
Forst
Does that mean that the US government should use the dollars it’s trying to save by cutting spendings right now to simply rebuild the region of Gaza, for everybody but the people that used to live there?
KnightsOfCydonia
Well at least they are forgoing the hearts and minds rubbish this time round.
Transactional Trump leading the faithful on his holy cru$ade.
RichardPearce
Trump can't stand that Israel is a bigger violator of international laws than the US, and is going to try to change that the easiest way possible, violating as many of tholaws as possible
stormcrow
Going once, going twice . . . Sold! To the overweight guy with blonde hair and an orange face!
One year later . . .
The Trump Gaza Plaza Hotel
I knew it would be a huuuge deal and the price was a steal too!
TaiwanIsNotChina
The Nobel Peace Prize nominee just announce he wants the US to directly remove Gazans from their territory. Can't make this stuff up.
plasticmonkey
And what did you take away from that article?
wallace
Trump is looking for the Nobel Peace Award for real estate. I'm not sure they have that category.
ok1517
@wallace,
what he might get is the Less Noble War Award!
Instigator, inciter, divider-in-chief going full steam!
Harry_Gatto
Just like that eh? Do you have any suggestions as to who will provide and pay for said refuge and rebuilding?
Zaphod
They will not, as neither of them needs 2 million additional indoctrinated islamic radicals. Just look at the problems Jordan already has with them and Egypt under the bleak Morsi government.
Trump has been spot on with his policies so far, but on this one he is delusional.
itsonlyrocknroll
Hamas 7th October horror legacy.
Palatinians being forcibly removed from Gaza.
Zaphod
wallace
He would have deserved that the last time around for the Abraham Accords (subsequently destroyed by the Biden regime). But of course a leftoid Norwegian comittee would rather give that to the likes of Arafat.
kohakuebisu
This is all completely divorced from reality. Trump might as well be talking about the tooth fairy or Santa Claus.
It is okay for leaders to play the fiddle, but they should not do it while Rome is burning. Russia and China must be on the floor laughing at this. This is the US in decline in 4k on your tv screen.
Tokyo Guy
Things like this really do give us an extraordinary insight into the MAGA mindset. Trump could literally make any suggestion, and they're on board with it.
"We're going to take Gaza by force, and anyone trying to stop us will be eliminated": "He's a strongman!"
"We're going to relocate the residents to other countries, and if those countries don't accept them I'll, er, put tariffs on them or something": "He's a hard-boiled negotiator!"
"We're going to take over the whole region and give it all to Israel": "He's so generous!"
iknowall
There is no better leader than Trump to do this.
The Arabs could have had a prosperous society in Gaza but instead they collectively turned it into one of the biggest terrorist camps in the world, so, this is the end and best result.
This is one of the many policies for which Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.
If they choose.
Or, they can join their families in Jordan, Syria, Egypt, or Lebanon.
Peter Neil
what if the palestinians don't want to leave?
trump1 said police should shoot demonstrators in the leg. is that the plan if they don't want to leave? just shoot 'em.
GuruMick
Trump,s deal will not happen.
Full stop.
How do you force Egypt and Jordan to bend to their knees ?
US aid wont do it...most US 'aid " is military to secure US dominance in the oil rich middle east.
Take away this aid ?
Hello China ! Come on down
jib
Ignorance and Hypocrisy at full display are what you do when making the same mistakes over and over again.
That part of the world needs to be rebuilt, Trump dares to offer a different way to peace,
unlike the last administrations, Democrat and Republican. Bravo
Desert Tortoise
So the country I love is going to knowingly engage in an ethnic cleansing of the Gaza Strip, a crime against humanity, so a real estate developer can build his crown jewel using the blood of America's sons and daughters and treasure of the US. This is beyond shameful.
Desert Tortoise
For crimes against humanity? No he would deserve a prison cell and a trial before the ICC.
TaiwanIsNotChina
I know it is wrong, but part of me wants to see Trump at 20, 30% approval after this is implemented. Make it happen, Stable Genius!!!
Desert Tortoise
It won't bring peace. It will unite the world and especially the Arab world against the US in a way the world has never seen before. If the fundy christians want to start Armageddon and bring the second coming of their savior as they are so fond of positing, this would be a good way to start that war and I fear it is exactly what some fundy, cough cough. "christian" lawmakers want.
Japantime
This is to be expected. I have never met an American who understands the situation outside of poor Israel. Hopefully we will get full coverage of the war.
Raw Beer
The US should certainly pay for it, as they are responsible for its destruction. But not take charge of it.
BB
He's a global laughing stock for blurting out such stupid, simple ideas.
kohakuebisu
Israel attacked Gaza and was repelled by a few rebels with handguns and improvised weapons. It's been a complete military failure. All they've managed is to flatten the place. Hamas are still there and have lots of new recruits with dozens of dead family members to avenge. Flattened infrastructure or not, they are not leaving.
Tokyo Guy
I know it is wrong, but part of me wants to see Trump at 20, 30% approval after this is implemented. Make it happen, Stable Genius!!!
It could drop to 2 or 3, and the MAGAts wouldn't care. They'd just pull out the fundie / evangelical "we are hated because we bring the truth" line.
Bret T
To everyone hyperventilating over Pres Trumps remarks, breath into a paper bag for a minute. He's trying to take the heat off Netanyahu (it worked) until they can figure out what to do here. It's classic deal making by Trump. Present an idea he knows will draw all kinds of ire, let everyone get worked up about it, then everyone calms down and works out a solution.
He's right about one thing, where are the Palestinians going to get the resources to rebuild the place? Just the infrastructure (water, sewer, electrical grid, roads,...) will take billions of dollars and years to complete if attempted.
After the emotions lower and the realization that rebuilding will take longer than many of them will be alive, a high percentage will move elsewhere and the younger generation who are not so attached to the location will never return.
carpslidy
It's going to be a long 4 years with the buffon in charge
Fos
We reiterate once again for people to study the history of the conflict.
The war did not start on the 7th of October 2023 with the Hamas terrorist attack.
UN Resolution 242 requires Israel to withdraw from the borders of territories occupied before 1967: we are talking about over 50 years of humiliation for Palestinians!
According to the Israeli anti-settlement group, Peace Now, in 2024 settlers also established 59 new outposts, without authorisation from the Israeli government. That was more than double the number from the previous year – which was also a record year for settlement outpost establishment.
Israel has built about 160 settlements housing some 700,000 Jews since it occupied the West Ban. The settlements are considered illegal under international law.
This terrible conflict would end the first 24 hours the US administration stops shipping lethal weapons to Israel, but, as we know, there is too much at stake for the US lobbies in Wall Street
Which begs the question: Why is Israel's protracted impunity tolerated by the international community?
Nathaw
There is old saying Charity starts at home. Trump should focus on Make the Americans great again. Grocery prices are even higher before he took over the office. Gaza was bombed by Israel. It was not natural disaster.
Recently LA wild fire has made many people homeless. Some burned properties are not insured. North Carolina hurricane victims are sleeping inside tents. Unlike California, NC is so cold to sleep outside. There are still poverty in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
Trump has said American is first during his campaign.
ClippetyClop
I'm wondering whats in the paper bag you are breathing from to invent such a ludicrous coping method for excusing this insanity.
This is insanity, and you know it full well.
beentofivecontinents
Ironically many voters in the US didn't vote for Kamala Harris becuase they protested Biden sending aid to Israel and the war on Gaza. Now it will be even worse for the Palestinians. Out of the frying pan and into the fire with Trump...
Jind
The Mad Man has spoken.
Totally clueless on how to run a country.
Peter14
Wow, kick them while their down. Who pays for their land and homes that they owned in Gaza? the homes may be rubble but the land remains their land, so who is forcefully buying it from them and giving them no say in selling? This is as gig a tragedy as has happened to the Palestinians in decades. Turning 2.3 million into refugee's, on a whim from Trump.
I struggle to identify who is worse, Putin for hundreds of thousands of dead, Netanyahu for destroying Gaza, Xi for thieving in the South Asia sea, in Philippines territory and encroaching on Japanese territory while planning on a war with Taiwan, or Trump for his desire to take Panama canal, Greenland and now Gaza, while pressuring Canada to be his lapdog 51st state.
I cant be the only one that thinks the world might just be better off without these guys. Destroying the world in their own barbaric ways, while they all live in luxury and have everything material they could ever desire, thanks to overwhelming riches they all control.
Peter14
as big
ClippetyClop
The really mental thing about Trump's speech is that he wasn't just shooting from the hip and dreaming about ethnic cleansing in order to build a few golf courses and tacky resorts.
He was reading the insanity from a script.
gaijintraveller
One wonders if this was planned with Netanyahu last year.
This, of course, is just my imagination.
Agree to a ceasefire with Hamas and make sure you make it clear I got you agree.
Note that the ceasefire applies only to Gaza but not to Lebanon, Yemen, Palestine (the Occupied West Bank of). You can divert weapons from Gaza to these countries.
I will continue to supply weapons to you.
Relocate Palestinians from Gaza to other countries so that you can later attack those countries by claiming Hamas terrorists are hiding in refugee camps there.
In return I think I know someone who can help with and profit from the redevelopment of Gaza by building hotels and golf courses.
Does that sound like a deal?
To me that sounds like the sort of deal two corrupt politicians would make.
GuruMick
Zaphod and your "Islamists " claim for Gaza people.
I posted before on the make up of the Israeli coalition in power.
Jewish and Zionists mostly...all right wing, prejudiced and convinced of their own infallibility.
Not too different to a Jihadist ...minus the billions of arms going to Israel to obliterate Gaza.
This is an area of debate where people have abandoned any pretext of learning.
bass4funk
I already gave you my input.
itsonlyrocknroll
Fos
A, sooner to be no doubt an steadily increasing list of UN Documents for Israel/Palestine: Security Council Resolutions
https://www.securitycouncilreport.org/un_documents_type/security-council-resolutions/?ctype=Israel%2FPalestine&cbtype=israelpalestine
Histrionics aside, this ceasefire exists because the mere thought of President Trump standing alongside a smirking Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu actually carrying out his intention, full US military intervention, is another Hamas, Iranian horror story epic scale miscalculation.
The munitions US army navy air force could deploy is truly unthinkable.
At the very least, let be a tad more objective here, or call Trump Netanyahu bluff, stand back and pray.
bass4funk
Yes, they bring money, or are you suggesting keeping it a terrorist haven? I think the women and children deserve better. They will never get it with the leadership they have now, never.
That he wrote.
ok1517
@Brett T,
"It's classic deal making by Trump."
Only when it's beneficial for him and his clan members!
GuruMick
Rocknroll....the US actually lost to the North Vietnamese, the Taliban , ruined Iraq and Libya, .... the "US Munitions " neither winning or doing good in any long term view.
Misplaced faith in armaments ....small wars are won with different strategies....not everything nor everyone is scared of US armaments anymore.
People saw what Hamas did to the "famous " IDF on Oct7.
Hamas used hang gliders and motor bikes to over run a military fortified area.
Cant get much more low scale than that
Peter Neil
more evidence that we’re living in a simulation. some 15-year old in his room is punking us with trump.
ClippetyClop
Insane. Imagine when you woke up at the start of your 16hr shift this morning that within a couple of hours you'd be recommending ethnically cleansing millions of people, stealing their homes, levelling them, replacing them with golf courses and resorts, and sending in the US army to occupy the place.
Can you see the bottom coming up yet?
itsonlyrocknroll
GuruMick,
The vast majority, 7th October atrocity, hostage taking, slaughtering innocent unarmed civilians, families teenagers, children, infants.
Such actions has left Gaza a pile of rubble, I have read a horrendous loss of Palestinian lives up to an beyound 200,000
Decades to rebuild.
If Hamas had never committed such insanity would we be having this conversation?
No
Ken
This helps the US how? What is the angle he is trying to pitch?
Since when did he care about non-US citizens?
How can this be afforded when the prices in the states are still going up?
Did he ask Musk for permission to speak?Jimizo
Interesting take.
The unpopular teenagers and stunted adults who like trolling certainly like this kind of thing.
Sven Asai
It's not the only solution and maybe it's not the best solution, but it's a peaceful, pragmatic and practical solution. And what are those strange accusations of ethnic cleansing? Can't you read attentively?
They move temporarily out of that devastated nothing, US temporarily keeps economic and military patronage, investors and highly probably we all have to build it up and pay it for them, so they again and as always before get a newly refurbished land for free. And then they move back in, of course only those who are no more terrorism addicted. So I understand the plan and I think it is still one of the more generous and life saving offers. Imagine status quo, or imagine a big newly steadily growing conflict based on Hamas remainders and all the many thousands of people with minds full of eternal revenge. Is that the concept you prefer? I beg you to rethink, because that has then finally a potential of a complete ethnic cleansing.
bass4funk
Less weapons less Mideast involvement
Always
By cutting all the unnecessary pork and spending that we don’t need, also employing people would help as well, thousands of jobs to create.
Doesn't need to.
Fos
Ken
Hispanics were put in cages, raided by police, humiliated in public and even the ones who were citizens are constantly being asked to prove it. What makes any sane person believe the same side that wanted the people protesting against Israel to be locked up and lose their job/college scholarships are the same people who want to help the displaced citizens of Palestine? Is this some sick joke or are they really expecting people to be that gullible?
buchailldana
Just a when you think he couldn't get worse....he does.
Some dude
Just a when you think he couldn't get worse....he does.
I respectfully submit that you erred in assuming he "couldn't get worse".
NCIS Reruns
During his first term, Trump made the same proposal to North Korea, and look where that wound up.
GuruMick
Rocknroll...better brush up on Israeli repression of all Gaza before asserting the problem started on Oct 7.
I did...shocking revelations.
Then you could read up on the Israeli military strikes on Gaza, air, sea and land in past decades.
Then read up on the pathological meanness of restricting colorific intake to just above survival.
Arbitrary arrest, unlawful killings etc all come into play.
Come on please...."This conversation " is 50 years old and continuing.
Tokyo Guy
I wonder what would have happened if an aide had slipped a note to Netanyahu: "the man over at that podium pardoned insurrectionists including at least one who wore a hoodie emblazoned with the words "Camp Auschwitz" and others who have ties to a group who use slogans such as "6 million wasn't enough".
lincolnman
So the Failed Felon wants to try his luck again with another "resort"..."The Trump-Netanyahu Desert Oasis"...
It will likely be as successful as his Atlantic City Plaza Hotel and Casino...one of his six bankruptcies...
Idiot...
John-San
MIck you forgot the USA caved into Hamas ceasefire agreement. The same agreement 12 months prior. Trump is a loser at negioations a loser on Tariff and loser with cost cutting a loser with Murdock. LOL Trump Fox new educator has classed Trump the dumbest in History. There a lot of poster here who get their educational wit straight from Fox News. LOL
bass4funk
Back then he didn’t have the support the way he does today.
Peter Neil
trump does have a weird fixation about mass deportations.
maybe send the palestinians to guantanamo? or build a fence around wyoming and send them there. and make mexico pay for it.
iknowall
Well, that didn't go well, did it? Voting for Hamas to lead the Arabs in Gaza.
And then Hamas, with the support of the people in Gaza attacking and massacring babies, the elderly, families, and kidnapping infants, the disabled, and young festival-goers.
So, this is what it has come to.
Obviously there is not going to be another Arab country created so that the terrorists can launch more attacks on Israel.
Israel won't allow it. The US won't allow it. Other Aran countries don't even want it.
Time to pack it up.
Literally.
Simon Foston
bass4funkToday 01:36 pm JST
Talking pie-in-the-sky nonsense isn't "taking action".
Raw Beer
This was likely all planned long before Oct 7th, when the IDF stood back and then went all scorched earth...
Simon Foston
Tokyo GuyToday 01:32 pm JST
I wouldn't be too surprised if Netanyahu knew but didn't care.
itsonlyrocknroll
Have you witnessed the destruction?
This is just a 1.13 minutes worth of horror.
The entire population has been totally displaced as the war raged on.
Before/after satellite photos of destruction around Gaza's al-Shifa Hospital
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg5JUTsmK4E
It is when the conversation faces the realities.
The two state solution is in tatters, an ever fading memory.
50 years this is what is left.
NB
The present round of violence started when Hamas "rebels" committed a grand massacre/rape in Israeli villages, towns, roads and a musical festival attended by youngsters. The meaning of the cry Itbakh el Yahhud is "butcher the Jews" (you can verify this in the dictionary). This cry is usually accompanied by the cry allah who Ackbar, which means "god who (is) great". The Hamas "resistance fighters" were equipped with a lot of weapons, means for igniting fires and Toyota pickup trucks. They beheaded babies and mutilated, raped, burned and shot women and elderly.
bass4funk
Of course, he should. If you can home and found 30-40 people in your 2 bedroom home, you’d be ok with it???
Hamas should
Interesting idea…
John-San
what a sight. Not since Mussolini and Hitler have two fascist losers share the same stage.
itsonlyrocknroll
Trump repeats call for displacement of Palestinians from Gaza
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg5JUTsmK4E
For the record....
lincolnman
Our MAGA-friends when Trump says "I'll stop all wars and never send our money overseas"......"Yep, yep, yep"....
Our MAGA-friends when Trump threatens to bomb Iran, send US troops into Mexico, and doesn't rule our military action against Greenland - and wants to use US money to rebuilt Gaza....."Yep, yep, yep".....
The MAGA cult - all flippity-flop, all the time....
GuruMick
Rocknroll...no babies massacred...one baby killed when a shot went through a "safe room " door .
Netanyahu supported the growth of Hamas, did you know.
Anyway, google...imports into Gaza, or Israeli restrictions on Gaza imports.
Seems some spices and lentils have duel use as weapons of war.
As does fishing equipment, cloth and sowing machines.
No. Dealing with a mean, mean campaign to force people to their knees.
Hasnt worked. Wont work.
GuruMick
NB...all kibutz function as military outposts. Legitimate target
Hamas did not know a music festival was on.
Israel was warned of the attack...didnt cancel the festival.
No mass rapes either.
Israeli police called for victims and witnesses. None came.
Israeli police then mandated all Israeli hospitals provide patient numbers of rape victims.
None forthcoming.
The Israeli lies postOCT 7 are hasbarra ,pure and simple, designed to dehumanise Hamas and Palestinians by extension ...all Palestinians are Hamas...who said that ? Israeli defence minister.
Keep those lies coming NB...the world knows the truth
Fos
After the mass killings of over 65.000 Palestinians people, most of them innocent children and women, the UN says, the usual suspects find the nerve to still show up with fabricated links (which we won't open), to build Netanyahu immoral propaganda. You have to wonder: is there a limit on how can you denigrate your own mental conscience?
itsonlyrocknroll
Please take a moment to think through your last comments Mick.
Human rights Watch has completed a detailed report some 118 pages.
The IDF is not blameless by any means.
wallace
Trump's ethnic cleansing won't end well.
NB
Hamas launched a raid into Israel on October 7, 2023, and committed a grand massacre/rape. This was done in order to thwart/scuttle the Saudi peace efforts that have been striving to lead to a two-state solution. Israel had no choice but to fend off the raid. The aggressor nation must pay the price of its aggression.
bass4funk
It won’t end well, because he’s not, if people want to be relocated, they can, he wants to rebuild that area and if people want to stay, they can stay, stop listening to these liberal blogs. They’re confusing you guys too much lower the panic and hysteria.
Dragon
Trump said he would use US troops to empty Gaza if necessary.
BB
It hurts because it's true.
John-San
Trump will do zero. He a losers and losers stick together like above. I will remind you Trump caved in Hamas. Hamas will be telling Trump what to do like there the door and keep walking. LOL both these fascist are nothing but losers. 4 years of this idiot will see a defunked USA and A new Palestine from the river to the sea. lol Israel can keep Texas and that where to Jewish population is heading
iknowall
The US will own and operate the Gaza Strip.
The Arabs in Gaza built tunnels from which to launch terrorist attacks, and hid weapons in schools and hospitals.
Thankfully, Israel has destroyed many of those military sites so it will be relatively easy for the US to clean up the debris and make Gaza Great Again.
Gaza chose to go to war with Israel, and butchered infants, children, and the elderly.
Rightfully, Israel is defending itself like any sovereign nation would, and as a result, the Gazan attackers will no longer be able to commit atrocities against the peaceful country of Israel.
Gaza must be completely rebuilt, and the attackers must be relocated.
NOMINATION
And those countries that constantly cry about it should be opening their doors to these refugees instead of whining about it constantly.
Fos
A twisted representation of history, to guarante the perpetual rights of earnings the profits in Wall Street by the selling of weapons to incite the warmongering of IDF
The war started when Israel occupied territories which belong to Palestine, like the UN resolutions say, and killed scores on natives, with the help of warlords inside the US administration.
The greed of the usual suspects who help to fabricate the lies of Netanyahu will not help any peaceful transition, only increase the hate for Israel.
TaiwanIsNotChina
I think sadly this is just bluster like so much that comes out what we are told is Trump's mouth. Would have been nice to see this guy become the most hated man in America, though.
Geeter Mckluskie
If I were Palestinian, I would rather have the US rebuild Gaza than Hamas.
Fos
Absolutely, the Netanyahu's extreme right regime will pay the price for the mass killing of over 65.000 people, most of them innocent children and women. And with him the greedy warlords in Wall Street. It’s called Israeli and American state-sponsored terrorism.
bass4funk
Soleimani, El Baghdadi and illegals streaming over the border don’t think he’s fully of bluster.
Among liberals, but where are they now?
NOMINATION
Yes, wish for your country to fail because the person you didn't vote for got smoked in the election. Very patriotic!
Zaphod
Fos
It is a war, not a "mass killing". Hamas could have stopped it any time by surrendering and releasing the hostages, instead of dissing your uniforms and blending with civilians. (Only to re-appear in full outfit when handing over some released hostages.)
The idea that Israels war against terrorists is some kind of head-counting exercise has always confused me. Would it be OK for you, if Netanyahu had just invaded Gaza, killed 1200 people at random, abducted 150 hostages and called it a day? Honest question.
lostrune2
That's gonna take American boots on the ground
Most Palestinians wouldn't agree to that, so that means there's gonna be resistance insurgency
Israel doesn't have enough troops to transfer all millions of Palestinians while protecting its other borders
No other country would send their own soldiers
So that's gonna take American boots on the ground
It's nation-building all over again
Not if you as a Palestinian gets kicked out of Gaza and cannot return permanently - then whatever happens in Gaza does not become a benefit to you
Chico3
Let me get this straight (while I'm sober) - Trump wants to turn Gaza into another Monaco. Good luck with that one. Talk about full ignorance at its finest. Only his supporters would believe that one. That guy is out to McDonald's.
WoodyLee
Why ask Jordan and Egypt or any one else to host the Gaza Palestinians when their Stolen land and homes are just a walking distance away in Palestine were they belong.
u_s__reamer
One key to Trump's mindset is that he has been wilfully ignorant of the law leaving lawyers to clean up the legal mess he leaves behind from his shady and criminal practices and so it goes all the more with international law, too, terra incognita for the felon. The USA has no legal right to the Gaza territory. Meanwhile, the chump has put another target on his broad back. Remember Sirhan Sirhan? Of course not.
patkim
Wow! What a slick way of taking someone else's land without paying for it. It's akin to squatting. Contrary to what Republicans may think, squatting is evil and wrong. Just because someone does not occupy that land for the time being, doesn't mean you have a right to take it and claim it's yours.
Simon Foston
bass4funkToday 03:29 pm JST
In places that elected Democrats to Congress or states that Kamala Harris won, probably. It's not that hard to figure out, is it?
wtfjapan
coming here to see those that are trying to sane wash this Trump cleansing of the west bank. this will make the whole arab world united against America , what happened to no new wars, Trump is heading down a very dangerous path . MAGA , FAFO
GuruMick
Doesnt matter how many time you say it..."No 40 beheaded babies " for example...the shill continue on like a march of ants.
They are not interested in the truth, nor is Netanyahu who resists a full enquiry.
IDF finding more and more Israeli victims killed by Israeli troops.
I personally give up...its like the people who believe Israel/the earth is the centre of the Universe and the USA/ the sun , revolves around them.
lincolnman
And who is going to pay for the complete rebuilding of Gaza that has been turned into nothing but rubble by the Israelis?
You think Trump is going to use any of his money that he's raked in from his gullible supporters and his billionaire buds? Thank again...
You think he's going to raise taxes on his bazillionaire golf buddies? Think again...
That's right, it all "comes trickling down" as in the MAGA little guy will see his taxes raised, his social security and medicare cut, all the while paying more for everything under Trump's tariffs...
Give it a couple more months and these former MAGA warriors lives will be so miserable they will be begging for Biden and Harris to come back...