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President Donald Trump said Saturday helium wants Jordan, Egypt and different Arab nations to judge much Palestinian refugees from the Gaza Strip, perchance moving retired capable radical to "just cleanable out" the country destroyed successful the Israel-Hamas war, which is present nether a ceasefire.
Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that helium had a speech earlier successful the time with King Abdullah II of Jordan and would talk Sunday with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt.
"I’d similar Egypt to instrumentality people," Trump said. "You’re talking astir about apt a cardinal and a fractional people, and we conscionable cleanable retired that full happening and say, 'You know, it’s over.'"
Trump said helium applauded Jordan for accepting Palestinian refugees but that helium told the king: "I’d emotion for you to instrumentality connected more, due to the fact that I’m looking astatine the full Gaza Strip close now, and it’s a mess. It’s a existent mess."
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A drastic displacement similar this would contradict Palestinian individuality and heavy transportation to Gaza.
"Palestinians successful Gaza—like Palestinians successful the West Bank and Israel—overwhelmingly hint their ancestry to cities and villages successful the portion that contiguous comprises Israel and Palestine," erstwhile U.S. Rep. Justin Amash, who is Palestinian, wrote connected X. "The thought that they are immoderate benignant of spillover from different countries successful the alleged Arab world—that they are conscionable interchangeable with different 'Arabs'—is a mendacious but routinely employed rhetorical instrumentality to erase their past connected the land."
"They are the descendants of Canaanites, Israelites, Phoenicians, and different past Levantine peoples," Amash, a libertarian, said. "Their ancestry overlaps with that of their Jewish neighbors, but they are converts to Christianity, Islam, and different religions. Any effort to unit them retired oregon to unit them to permission nether menace of unit is simply taste cleansing."
But Trump said the portion of the satellite that encompasses Gaza, has "had many, galore conflicts" implicit centuries and that resettling "could beryllium impermanent oregon agelong term."
"Something has to happen," Trump said. "But it’s virtually a demolition tract close now. Almost everything’s demolished, and radical are dying there. So, I’d alternatively get progressive with immoderate of the Arab nations, and physique lodging successful a antithetic location, wherever they tin possibly unrecorded successful bid for a change."
Senior Israeli officials said, according to Israel's Channel 12, that "Trump’s connection astir the migration of Gazans to Muslim countries is not a gaffe of the lingua but portion of a overmuch broader determination than it seems, coordinated with Israel."
On Monday, aft helium was inaugurated, Trump suggested that Gaza has "really got to beryllium rebuilt successful a antithetic way."
"Gaza is interesting," helium added. "It’s a phenomenal location, connected the sea. The champion weather, you know, everything is good. It’s like, immoderate beauteous things could beryllium done with it, but it’s precise interesting."
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Trump besides said Saturday that helium ended erstwhile President Joe Biden's clasp connected sending 2,000-pound bombs to Israel that was successful spot during the Israel-Hamas warfare successful Gaza, which has been nether a ceasefire for a week.
"We released them today," Trump said of the bombs. "They’ve been waiting for them for a agelong time." Trump said helium lifted the prohibition connected the bombs "Because they bought them."
Biden had halted the transportation of the bombs successful May successful an effort to forestall Israel from launching an all-out battle connected the confederate Gaza metropolis of Rafah.
The 15-month-long war successful Gaza started erstwhile Hamas launched a astonishment onslaught against Israel connected Oct. 7, 2023, prompting subject retaliation from Israeli forces. Nearly 100 hostages stay captive successful Gaza.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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