Trump claims Palestinians have ‘no alternative’ but to leave Gaza before his meeting with Netanyahu

Before his meeting on Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the president Donald Trump He said that the Palestinians “have no alternative” except to leave their homes in Gaza.

Speaking to journalists at the Oval Office, Trump launched Gaza, which was destroyed by the Israel-Hamas war, the “demolition site” and suggested that its residents would be “happy” to live elsewhere.

“They cannot want to stay. It is a site for demolition,” he said, adding going to a new piece of land, “It will be much better than returning to Gaza, which had contracts and contracts of death.”

In response to a question about whether this will mean that people are removed by force, Trump said: “I don’t think so. From the rubble.

“I think they will be happy to do this, adding that now,” they have no choice, “he said.

Trump said he believed that the Palestinians will be better at the move to Egypt or the neighboring Jordan, which is a proposal for countries and others in the region Already rejected. He said about the Palestinians: “I think they should get a good, good and beautiful plot.” “Something Gaza did not work.”

A spokesman for Hamas, Sami Abu Zouheri, exploded by Trump’s statements, saying, “We consider it a recipe for chaos and tension in the region.” He said: “Our people in the Gaza Strip will not allow these plans to pass, and what is required is to end the occupation and aggression against our people, and not to expel them from their lands.”

Trump made statements shortly before Netanyahu greeting to attend a meeting at the White House, his first car with a foreign leader since the beginning of his second term.

“He is here to see me and I am here to listen,” Trump told reporters.

Trump inspection Discussion at the White House As a “very big meeting” when he was talking to the correspondents on Sunday. In his message, which calls Netanyahu to Washington last week, he wrote: “I look forward to discussing how we can bring peace to Israel and its neighbors, and efforts to confront our joint opponents.”

Netanyahu said on Sunday that they will discuss “the critical issues that await us – the defeat of Hamas, the restoration of all our hostages and the deal with the Iranian axis in all its components, a axis that also threatens the security of Israel, the Middle East and the whole world.”

The two are scheduled to meet at 4 pm East time, then a joint press conference was held about an hour later.

Trump’s transitional team helped the Biden administration to secure A. The ceasefire and the hostages are the hostage agreement Between Israel and the armed group Hamas. The next stage of the agreement is expected to be one of the topics discussed by the two leaders on Tuesday.

Conflict It started on October 7, 2023, When Hamas launched a terrorist attack on Israel, in which 1,200 people were killed, and 251 people were hostage. Israel retaliated with air attacks and lands on Gaza, More than 47,000 people were killedMost of them are civilians, according to local officials. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians D.Filled.

The control scale has led to the fight against the Israeli International condemnationBut Netanyahu defended his actions, the last of which is on his way to Washington.

“The decisions that we made during the war, along with the IDF championship, have already changed the face of the Middle East. They changed it further than recognition. I think that through serious work with President Trump, we can change and Netanyahu said that it is more than So, for the best. “

Trump said he wants to accept Jordan and Egypt more Palestinian refugees as part of the effort Gaza “cleaning”.

Steve Whitchov, Trump’s Private Envoy to the Middle East, said in his interview with reporters before the meeting, that the president was indicating that the area was “valid for housing.” He also said that the timetable for a period of 5 years to rebuild Gaza in a future stage of the ceasefire deal was unrealistic and “incomplete”. National Security Adviser Mike Waltz said that rebuilding is likely to take up to 15 years.

“There are 30,000 non -executing ammunition,” Witkeov added. “They are buildings that can be launched at any moment. There are no help tools at all, no, no, work water, electrical, gas, nothing. God knows what kind of disease may be.”

Netanyahu and Trump were close allies during Trump’s first term in office, but their relationship became tense after Netanyahu congratulated Joe Biden for winning the 2020 elections while Trump was still challenging the results.

A few days after the October 7 attack, Trump told a crowd in the gathering of a campaign that Netanyahu “let us down” during his first administration, on the pretext that he was not useful before The United States has killed the largest Iranian general. This led to criticism of his Republican competitors, and Trump later posted on social media, “#istandwithisrael” and “#istandwithbibi”, using Netanyahu’s title.

Their relationship seemed to be repaired in July when Netanyahu visited Trump at his residence in Florida after he met Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris and after a failed attempt by Trump’s life.

Netanyahu said on Sunday that “the fact that this will be [Trump’s] The first meeting with a foreign leader since its inauguration is of great importance for the State of Israel “and” attests to the strength of the coalition between Israel and the United States. “

The trip is far from the first trip of Netanyahu to the White House.

When he was welcomed on Monday in Blair House, the historic residence headquarters of the official guest of the White House, its director said it was Netanyahu’s fourteenth visit to housing – more than any other foreign leader since it was built in the nineteenth century.