Reporter: How many people are you thinking about relocating from Gaza?
Trump: "All of them, we're talking about probably 1.7 million people... I think they'll be resettled in areas where they can live a beautiful life and not be worried about dying every day."
President Trump in Unprecedented Headlines:
1. Gaza is unsafe for living, with buildings collapsing. Gazans won’t want to stay there.
2. Around 1.7-1.8 million Gazans will be displaced.
3. Gazans will relocate to Egypt, Jordan, and other countries.
4. The move from Gaza will be permanent, with Gazans opting for safer, more stable locations.
5. Saudi Arabia doesn't demand the creation of a Palestinian state for normalization.
6. The PA will struggle to govern Gaza.
By World Israel News and JNS
US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a press conference after their meeting at the White House.
President Trump began by expressing his pleasure at Netanyahu’s return to the White House.
“We had fantastic talks. He’s the first foreign head of state to visit during our administration. Bibi, it’s an honor to have you with us,” he said, directly addressing Netanyahu.
Trump called for “permanently” resettling Palestinians outside Gaza on Tuesday, as he and Netanyahu took questions from reporters at the White House.
The president did not say whether he thought Palestinians would have a “right” to return to Gaza but asked why they would want to return given the level of destruction.
“I don’t think people should be going back to Gaza,” Trump said. “I think that Gaza has been very unlucky for them. They’ve lived like hell. They live like you’re living in hell.”
“Gaza is not a place for people to be living, and the only reason they want to go back, and I believe this strongly, is because they have no alternative,” Trump said. “What’s the alternative? Go where? There’s no other alternative. If they had an alternative, they’d much rather not go back to Gaza and live in a beautiful alternative that’s safe.”
Trump’s comments on Gaza are the clearest indication so far of Trump’s views on whether Palestinians should be allowed to resettle outside of Gaza in Egypt, Jordan or another country.
He has previously said the option could be temporary or permanent and that he would like to “just clean out that whole thing.”
Trump and Netanyahu took 15 minutes of freewheeling questions from reporters, ranging from the prospects for a future Palestinian state, a potential agreement to normalize relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia and whether the United States or Israel intend to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities.
“What do you know about anything?” Trump replied to a reporter’s claim that Netanyahu wants the United States to attack Iran.
“You don’t know what he wants,” Trump said.
Asked if the Saudis were demanding the creation of a Palestinian state as a prerequisite to normalization with Israel, Trump replied, “No.”
