Author: Michael D. Shear, Peter Baker and Isabel Kershner
Published on: 04/02/2025 | 00:00:00
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"The U.S. Will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it too," Mr. Trump said at a news conference. "We’ll own it and be responsible" for disposing of unexploded munitions and rebuilding Gaza into a mecca for jobs and tourism. Mr. Trump vows to extract America from the region after the Iraq war. He did not address the fact that forcible removal of a population violates international law and decades of American foreign policy consensus in both parties. Netanyahu told Mr. Trump that Palestinians would quickly warm to his idea. He suggested nations in the region could finance the resettlement of Gazans to new places. Israel retaliated with an unrelenting military operation that killed 1,200 people. In the weeks since a cease-fire that President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s administration negotiated came into effect, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who were repeatedly displaced throughout the war have returned to their homes in Gaza. Mr. Trump said it would take 10 to 15 years to reconstruct. Mr. Trump said the resettlement of Palestinians would be akin to New York real estate projects he built his career on. “I do see a long-term ownership position” for the United States. Mr. Netanyahu’s summit was his first in-person meeting with another world leader since his return to power two weeks ago. Saudi Arabia reiterated support for an independent Palestinian state on Tuesday. Advisers to Mr. Trump told reporters on Tuesday morning that the president and Mr. Netanyahu were united behind the idea that Hamas should not be allowed to remain in power. Analysts expect the Israeli prime minister to try to delay moving toward a permanent cease-fire. Michael D. Shear Peter Baker is the chief White House correspondent for The Times. He is covering his sixth presidency and sometimes writes analytical pieces that place presidents and their administrations in a larger context and historical framework. More about Peter Baker Isabel Kershner has been reporting on Israeli and Palestinian affairs since 1990. Government websites have been taken down, as federal agencies rush to heed Trump’s orders targeting diversity initiatives and “gender ideology” .
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