A year and four months after the destruction of the Gaza Strip due to the offensive attack from the Israeli force, the United States President, Donald Trump has revealed plans to take charge of the Middle Eastern region and embark on a massive rebuilding with the effort to restore the devastated cities and infrastructure.
As part of his ambitious vision to transform the territory into a thriving and prosperous region, Trump said he plans to develop Gaza, create thousands of jobs, and turn it into a source of pride for the entire Middle East.
During a press briefing yesterday, the president when asked on what authority the U.S. could take control of Gaza, he told the newsmen he sees a “long-term ownership position” which would, he claimed, bring stability to part of the Palestine region.
“This was not a decision made lightly. Everybody I’ve spoken to loves the idea of the United States owning that piece of land, developing and creating thousands of jobs, It would be the “Riviera of the Middle East, I’ve studied this very closely over a lot of months, and I’ve seen it from every different angle,” he said.
The announcement followed Trump’s shocking proposal for the permanent resettlement of the more than two million Palestinians from Gaza to neighboring countries, calling the enclave – where the first phase of a fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage release deal is in effect – a “demolition site.”
Speaking alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, he said the people living in the territory, would go to “various domains”.
The president reiterated his suggestion from 25 January that Palestinians could be relocated to Egypt and Jordan pending the proposed reconstruction.
Meanwhile, the Israeli leader, who did not go into discussing the proposal, praised Trump for trying a new approach.
Netanyahu, whose military had engaged in more
than a year of fierce fighting with Hamas militants in Gaza, said Trump was “thinking outside the box with fresh ideas” and was “showing willingness to puncture conventional thinking.”
