"Will own it"
Trump wants to take control of Gaza Strip
US President Donald Trump has caused a stir with a new announcement in the Middle East conflict. Following a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, he declared: "The US will take control of the Gaza Strip." Trump emphasized: "We will own it."
Trump's key quote is: "The U.S. will take over Gaza, and we will do all the work there." (In the English original: "The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it too", note) He also announced that the USA would remove the unexploded ordnance, demolish the destroyed buildings, level the coastal strip and then initiate economic development that would provide an "unlimited number of jobs and housing for the people in that area".
"Rivieraof theMiddle East"
In Trump's view, the Gaza Strip could thus be developed into a "Riviera of the Middle East". The approximately two million Palestinians for whom the Gaza Strip is their home should in future live in other Arab states in the region. Many of the states want this, Trump said, without naming them. He spoke of 1.8 million people in the Gaza Strip; other estimates put the pre-war figure at 2.2 million.
Who should then live in the Gaza Strip? "The people of the world," said Trump. He explicitly said that Palestinians would also be part of this.
"Do what is necessary"
Trump said that they would "do what is necessary". The area would be developed into something "that the whole Middle East can be proud of". If in doubt, he also wants to involve the military. When asked whether he would send US troops to the coastal strip to fill the security vacuum, the 78-year-old said: "If it's necessary, we will do it."
Trump: "Potential unbelievable"
The former real estate entrepreneur publicly enthused that this area, of all places, has immense potential for economic and real estate development. "I think the potential of the Gaza Strip is incredible," he said. People from all over the world could live there in the future. The whole thing could be simply "phenomenal" and "great" - and also "wonderful for the Palestinians".
Trump's announcement was made in the middle of the night, European time. One of the first reactions came from a representative of the radical Islamic Hamas, who declared that the population of the Gaza Strip would not accept the plans. Saudi Arabia once again ruled out normalizing relations with Israel if there is no two-state solution.
"Completely lost his mind"
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese also declared that his country was sticking to a two-state solution. Democratic US Senator Chris Murphy declared that Trump had "completely lost his mind".
- The Gaza Strip is a 365 square kilometer area on the Mediterranean Sea between Israel and Egypt. The sealed-off coastal area, where living conditions for the civilian population were already extremely difficult, was turned into a field of rubble during the war between Israel and Hamas.
- According to UN figures, around two thirds of all buildings there were destroyed or damaged during the war. 90 percent of the approximately 2.1 million people in the Gaza Strip became internally displaced persons. According to Palestinian figures, which are considered credible by the United Nations, more than 47,000 people were killed.
- The war was triggered by a devastating Hamas massacre on October 7, 2023, in which around 1,200 people were killed in Israel and more than 250 were deported to Gaza. Israel's army responded with attacks on the terrorist group, which reduced the Gaza Strip to rubble.
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