Trump welcoming Bibi to the White House
* Envisions to create a Riveria of the Middle East
By John Egie
President Donald Trump has proposed relocation of Palestinians with a population of about 1.8million people from Gaza to lands that would be donated by Egypt and Jordan to provide a new home where the Palestinians can live peacefully and happily without threats of death and killings to them.
The president made the proposal during a joint press conference with the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu who came visiting at the White House, yesterday.
Trump said;
“The US will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it too. We’ll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site.
“Level the site and get rid of the destroyed buildings. Level it out and create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the people of the area.
He believes it will be futile for Palestinians displaced by the war to go back home due to the dangers inherent in the war torn and devastated environment.
“We’ll do a real job. Do something different. Just can’t go back. If you go back, it’s going to be the same way it has for 100 years.”
Questioned on what authority he has to remove the population of 1.8 million people from Gaza, Trump replied:“I do see a long term ownership position, and I see it bringing great stability to that part of the Middle East, and maybe the entire Middle East, and everybody I’ve spoken to, 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 with something that will be magnificent in a really magnificent area that nobody would know.”
Shortly before their press conference, Trump spoke with Netanyahu in front of reporters in the White House, where he made these comments:
“If you look over the decades, it’s all death in Gaza. This has been happening for years, it’s all death. If we can get a beautiful area to resettle people permanently in nice homes where they can be happy and not be shot and not be killed, not be knifed to death like what’s happening in Gaza…
“I believe we can resettle, and I believe we can do it in areas where the leaders currently say no.”
At the end of the press conference, Trump spelled out his vision for how Gaza might look in the future:
“I envision people living there, the world’s people. I think we’ll make that into an international unbelievable place. I think the potential in the Gaza Strip is unbelievable.
“I think the entire world – representatives from all over the world – will be there, Palestinians also will live there, many people will live there…
“You have to learn from history, you just can’t let it keep repeating itself. We have an opportunity to do something phenomenal. I don’t want to be cute, I don’t want to be a wise guy, but the Riviera of the Middle East, this could be something so magnificent.
“We’ll make sure that it’s done world class, it will be wonderful for the people, Palestinians mostly we’re talking about. And despite them saying no, I have a feeling that the King in Jordan and that Egypt will open their hearts and give us the kind of land that we need to get this done, and people can live in harmony and peace.”
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