So far, there have been no signs that President Trump is not being more than symbolic when he suggested America clean up Gaza and turn it into an entrepreneurial haven, sans the Gazans, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu appears to have greenlit the plan, saying that Trump’s vision is “the only viable plan to enable a different future.”
The deadline for hostage release has come and gone, with Netanyahu telling Hamas, with President Trump’s blessing (which included the delivery of heavy bombs) that on his time and place of choosing, “All hell will break lose” should Hamas continue to not release ALL the remaining hostages.
Netanyahu signals moving ahead with Trump’s Gaza plan as Israel receives unblocked US shipment of heavy bombs – Sky News
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Benjamin Netanyahu has suggested moving ahead with Donald Trump’s plan to clear out Palestinians from Gaza, as Israel received a previously blocked shipment of heavy bombs.
President Trump’s proposal to transfer the Palestinian population out of Gaza and redevelop it under US ownership has been criticised by Palestinians, human rights groups, regional powers and US allies, but Mr Netanyahu said on Sunday it is “the only viable plan to enable a different future”.
The Israeli prime minister also denied claims it was ethnic cleansing.
Ever since the UN General Assembly voted for Palestine to be split into an Arab state and a Jewish state, against significant opposition in 1947, the issue of land, and who it belongs to, has been one of the most divisive in the region.
Mr Netanyahu said that any emigration from Gaza should be “voluntary” but rights groups and critics warned the plan amounted to coercion given Israel had razed the enclave.
The Israeli PM said he and Mr Trump had a “common strategy” for Gaza and that the US president’s plan was “right on the dot”.
Speaking to reporters in Florida on Sunday, Mr Trump said: “I told Bibi [Benjamin Netanyahu] you do whatever you want.”
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