President Donald Trump said Saturday that he wants Jordan, Egypt and other Arab countries to take in more Palestinian refugees from the Gaza Strip, saying he wants to “just clear out” the area ravaged by the Israel-Hamas war. He said there is a possibility that enough personnel will be relocated. Truce.
President Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that he spoke with Jordan's King Abdullah II earlier in the day and would speak with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi on Sunday.
President Trump said, “I want Egypt to accept people.'' “You're probably talking about 1.5 million people, and we just flush it all out and say, 'You know, it's over.'”
President Trump praised Jordan's acceptance of Palestinian refugees, but said the king should “definitely do more, because I look at the entire Gaza Strip right now, and it's a mess. It's a real mess.” Because I do,” he said. . ”
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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route from Las Vegas to Miami, Saturday, January 25, 2025. (AP)
Such a large-scale eviction would contradict Palestinian identity and deep ties to Gaza.
“Palestinians in Gaza, like Palestinians in the West Bank and Israel, overwhelmingly trace their ancestry to cities and villages in the areas that today make up Israel and Palestine,” said former U.S. Rep. Rep. Justin Amash wrote to X. The idea that they are a spillover from other countries in the so-called Arab world, that they are simply interchangeable with other “Arabs,” is false, but they are routinely used in this land. a rhetorical device to erase their history in . ”
“They are descendants of Canaanites, Israelites, Phoenicians and other ancient Levantine peoples,” said Amash, a liberal. “Their ancestry overlaps with their Jewish neighbors, but they have converted to Christianity, Islam, and other religions. Efforts to force them out or force them to leave with the threat of force It's just ethnic cleansing.”
But Trump said the region, including Gaza, “has had so many conflicts” over the centuries, and that resettlement “could be temporary or long-term.”
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route from Las Vegas to Miami, Saturday, January 25, 2025. (AP)
“Something has to happen,” President Trump said. “But right now, it's literally a demolition site. Almost everything has been demolished and people are dying there. So I'm trying to engage with some of the Arab countries and housing them somewhere else where maybe they can live in peace.” “I want to build a new one'' for a change of pace. ”
“President Trump's comments regarding the migration of Gazans to Islamic countries are not a gaffe, but part of a much broader movement in coordination with Israel than appears,” Israeli officials said, according to Israel's Channel 12. Ta.
President Trump suggested on Monday after taking office that Gaza “really needs to be rebuilt in a different way.”
“Gaza is interesting,” he added. “It's a great location on the ocean. The weather is great and everything is going well. I feel like we could do something beautiful with this, and it's very interesting.”
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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route from Las Vegas to Miami, Saturday, January 25, 2025. (AP)
President Trump said Saturday that he has lifted former President Joe Biden's hold on sending a 2,000-pound bomb to Israel, despite a week-long ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.
“Today we released them,” President Trump said of the bombs. “They've been waiting for them for a long time.” President Trump said he lifted the bomb ban “because they bought the bombs.”
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Mr. Biden had halted bomb shipments in May in an effort to prevent Israel from launching an all-out assault on the southern city of Rafah in Gaza.
15 months length war in gaza It began on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel, prompting Israeli military retaliation. Nearly 100 hostages are still being held in Gaza.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
