Former national security adviser John Bolton criticized President Trump's proposal to take over the Gaza Strip.
“There are really two issues here. First, what is the role of the US going to be postwar in Gaza? I don't think it looks like what Trump proposed on Tuesday night,” Bolton said. He spoke in his appearance on Thursday in “Kaitlan Collins Sources.”
“I don't think there's any support for that. It's very dangerous in situations. He doesn't want to put in the army, but I wouldn't recommend it anyway,” he added.
The president suggested in a press conference Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the US has maintained long-term ownership of the Gaza Strip after cleaning up destruction due to months of war and airstrikes.
“The US will take over the Gaza Strip. We will do our job. We own it, dismantle all the dangerous mis-blown bombs and other weapons on the site, level the site and remove it. We have the responsibility to take responsibility: We leveled the destroyed buildings, the buildings we had,” Trump said.
“We will create economic development that supplies unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the local people, do real jobs and do something different,” he added, and to propose land from the country. We propose to become the “Middle Eastern Riviera” through investment in “humanitarian spirit.”
Bolton suggested it was too early to seek private investment in war-torn regions.
“Remember, “The capital is a coronavirus.” He told Collins.
“You need to get security before you get an investment, which is why this whole whole idea of the Eastern Mediterranean Riviera is totally unrealistic.”
The Palestinians also vehemently rejected the idea of leaving the land they long wanted to recognize as a nation-state.
“The Middle East is already burdened with the world's largest population of displaced and refugees. The majority of Palestinians are among those classified as such. Furthermore, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, and Foreign ministers of Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, are further exacerbated by ongoing conflict. I wrote it in a letter To Secretary of State Marco Rubio this week.
“Even if we temporarily increase the possibility of radicalisation and social unrest across the region, we must be wary of further displacements increasing the risks to regional stability. Reconstruction of Gaza should be done through direct involvement and participation with the people of Gaza.”
