By Sarah Naffa\ AP News
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday suggested that displaced Palestinians in Gaza be permanently resettled outside the war-torn territory and proposed the U.S. take “ownership” to redevelop the area into “the Riviera of the Middle East.” Read more.
Key points:
Trump insists the Palestinians “have no alternative” but to leave the “big pile of rubble” that is Gaza. Trump wants to push roughly 1.8 million people to leave the land they have called home and claim it for the U.S., perhaps with American troops.
Trump may be betting he can persuade Egypt and Jordan to accept displaced Palestinians because of the significant aid that the U.S. provides Cairo and Amman. Egypt, Jordan and other U.S. allies in the Mideast have cautioned Trump that relocating Palestinians from Gaza would threaten Mideast stability, risk expanding the conflict and undermine a decades-long push by the U.S. and allies for a two-state solution.
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