Trump officials try to walk back president’s Gaza comments – as it happened

This blog will be closing shortly. Here’s a recap of the day’s developments:

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  A proposal by Donald Trump that the US could “take over” the Gaza Strip and that the Palestinians could live in “peace and harmony” elsewhere has sparked widespread international condemnation. Trump insisted on Wednesday that “everybody loves” his proposal.

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  Trump’s top diplomat, secretary of state Marco Rubio, and spokesperson, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, appeared to backtrack from his proposal that he wants a permanent relocation of Palestinians from Gaza. “The president has made it clear that they need to be temporarily relocated out of Gaza,” Leavitt said during a White House briefing. Rubio said the idea “was not meant as hostile”, describing it as a “generous move – the offer to rebuild and to be in charge of the rebuilding”.

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  Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, reportedly said the US president does not want to put any American troops into Gaza. “Witkoff said that the president doesn’t want to put any troops into Gaza, and that he doesn’t want to spend any US money on Gaza,” the Republican senator for Missouri, Josh Hawley, said, according to the Washington Post.

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  Defence secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon is prepared to look at “all options” when it comes to Gaza. Hegseth made the comments on Wednesday before meeting with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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  Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Gaza was “an integral part of the State of Palestine” and that “we will not allow the rights of our people … to be infringed on”.

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  The UN secretary general, António Guterres, warned against “any form of ethnic cleansing”, adding that it is “vital to stay true to the bedrock of international law”. The UN chief said that any durable peace will require a “tangible, irreversible and permanent” progress toward the two state solution as well as the establishment of an “independent Palestinian state with Gaza as an integral part”.

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  An EU spokesperson said Gaza is an “integral part” of a future Palestinian state, and that the bloc remains “fully committed” to a two-state solution.

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  UK prime minister Keir Starmer said the Palestinians “must be allowed to rebuild” and pursue a two-state solution, while the German foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, said Gaza belongs to Palestinians and their expulsion would be “unacceptable and contrary to international law”.

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  Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry rejected “any attempts to displace the Palestinians from their land” while the Egyptian foreign minister, Badr Abdelatty, expressed support for recovery projects in Gaza without Palestinians leaving the territory.

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  The UN said forcible deportation of people from occupied territory is “strictly prohibited” under international law, while Human Rights Watch said the policy would be a “moral abomination”. Amnesty International condemned Donald Trump’s comments as “inflammatory, outrageous and shameful”. International law experts said it could amount to a war crime or crime against humanity.

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  Israel’s far-right former national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, who resigned last month in protest over the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, said that “encouraging” Palestinians to leave Gaza was the only correct strategy to end the war and urged the Israeli government to pursue the policy “immediately”.

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  The estimated death toll in Gaza since the start of Israeli operations in the territory after the 7 October attacks reached 47,552, according to the Palestinian ministry of health on Wednesday.

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Amnesty International has condemned Donald Trump’s proposal to deport Palestinians from Gaza to neighbouring countries, describing his comments as “inflammatory, outrageous and shameful”.

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Trump’s proposal “amounts to a flagrant violation of international law” and must be “unequivocally and widely condemned”, the rights group’s secretary general, Agnès Callamard, said.

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Any plan to forcibly deport Palestinians outside the occupied territory against their will is a war crime, and when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack on the civilian population, it would constitute a crime against humanity.

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The US president’s comments “dangerously dehumanise” Palestinians, she said, noting that the majority of Palestinians in Gaza have already been “repeatedly uprooted and dispossessed by Israel” and yet have continued to “struggle to remain on their lands and defend their human rights.”

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Donald Trump’s proposal to permanently move millions of Palestinians out of Gaza to allow its reconstruction under US “ownership” could amount to a war crime or crime against humanity, experts in international law have said.

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The experts said the US president’s framing of his plan without any reference to international law set a dangerous precedent that would encourage other world leaders to do similarly and contribute to a global breakdown of peace and security.

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The two most obvious codes potentially breached by the Trump plan are the Geneva conventions – international treaties agreed in 1949 governing the treatment of civilians and military personnel during conflicts – and the 1998 Rome statute, which established the international criminal court to bring to justice individuals suspected of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide where states either cannot or will not do so themselves.

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Under both codes, the arbitrary and permanent forcible transfer of populations is a crime.

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Pete Hegseth has said that the Pentagon is prepared to look at “all options” when it comes to Gaza.

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Hegseth made the comments on Wednesday before the start of his meeting with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Pentagon, according to Reuters.

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“I would just say, on the question of Gaza, the definition of insanity is attempting to do the same thing over and over and over again” Hegseth said.

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“The president is willing to think outside the box, look for new and unique, dynamic ways to solve problems that have felt like they were intractable” Hegseth added. “We’re prepared to look at all options.”

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Here’s a recap of all the day’s developments:

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  A proposal by Donald Trump that the US could “take over” the Gaza Strip and that the Palestinians could live in “peace and harmony” elsewhere has sparked widespread international condemnation. Trump insisted on Wednesday that “everybody loves” his proposal.

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  Trump’s top diplomat, secretary of state Marco Rubio, and spokesperson, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, appeared to backtrack his proposal that he wants a permanent relocation of Palestinians from Gaza. “The president has made it clear that they need to be temporarily relocated out of Gaza,” Leavitt said during a White House briefing. Rubio said the idea “was not meant as hostile”, describing it as a “generous move – the offer to rebuild and to be in charge of the rebuilding”.

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  Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Gaza was “an integral part of the State of Palestine” and that “we will not allow the rights of our people… to be infringed on”.

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  The UN secretary general, António Guterres, warned against “any form of ethnic cleansing”, adding that it is “vital to stay true to the bedrock of international law”. The UN chief said that any durable peace will require a “tangible, irreversible and permanent” progress toward the two state solution as well as the establishment of an “independent Palestinian state with Gaza as an integral part”.

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  An EU spokesperson said Gaza is an “integral part” of a future Palestinian state, and that the bloc remains “fully committed” to a two-state solution.

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  UK prime minister Keir Starmer said the Palestinians “must be allowed to rebuild” and pursue a two-state solution, while the German foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, said Gaza belongs to Palestinians and their expulsion would be “unacceptable and contrary to international law”.

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  Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry rejected “any attempts to displace the Palestinians from their land” while the Egyptian foreign minister, Badr Abdelatty, expressed support for recovery projects in Gaza without Palestinians leaving the territory.

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  The UN said forcible deportation of people from occupied territory is “strictly prohibited” under international law, while Human Rights Watch said the policy would be a “moral abomination”.

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  Republicans in Trump’s own party gave a mixed reaction to the president’s proposal. The speaker of the US House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, welcomed Trump’s Gaza proposal, saying it could help achieve “lasting peace in Gaza”. Rand Paul, the Kentucky senator, said the US has “no business contemplating yet another occupation to doom our treasure and spill our soldiers’ blood.”

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  Israel’s far-right former national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, who resigned last month in protest at the ceasefire deal, said that “encouraging” Palestinians to leave Gaza was the only correct strategy to end the war and urged the Israeli government to pursue the policy “immediately”.

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  Israel’s foreign minister Gideon Sa’ar announced it would follow the US’s steps in ending cooperation with the UN’s human rights council, a day after Trump signed an executive order pulling the US out of the UN body.

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  The estimated death toll in Gaza since the start of Israeli operations in the territory after the 7 October attacks reached 47,552, according to the Palestinian ministry of health on Wednesday.

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  Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran has options to navigate US sanctions after Trump restored his “maximum pressure” campaign on the country over its nuclear programme.

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  Trump also, however, called for a “verified peace agreement” with Iran that would allow the country to “peacefully grow and prosper”.

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The UN secretary general, António Guterres, has called for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages.

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Guterres warned against “any form of ethnic cleansing” in Gaza as he addressed the UN committee on the exercise of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, a day after Donald Trump announced plans for the US to take control of the strip and for Palestinians to be “resettled” in neighbouring countries.

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“In the search for solutions, we must not make the problem worse,” the UN chief said.

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“It is vital to stay true to the bedrock of international law. It is essential to avoid any form of ethnic cleansing.”

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He said that any durable peace will require a “tangible, irreversible and permanent” progress toward the two state solution as well as the establishment of an “independent Palestinian state with Gaza as an integral part”.

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Gaza is an integral part of a future Palestinian state.

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The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has suggested that Donald Trump was only proposing to be responsible for the reconstruction of Gaza, and not claim indefinite possession of the strip.

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Trump, in comments alongside Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday, called for the permanent resettlement in neighbouring countries of the 2 million Palestinians who live in Gaza.

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Rubio, at a press conference in Guatemala City on Wednesday, said Trump’s proposal “was not meant as hostile.” He said:

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The only thing president Trump has done – very generously, in my view – is offer the United States’ willingness to step in, clear the debris, clean the place up from all the destruction … so that then people can move back in.

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Trump wants to support “rebuilding homes and businesses and things of this nature, so that then people can move back in,” he said.

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He described Gaza as “akin to a natural disaster” where people could not live because of unexploded munitions, debris and rubble.

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In the interim, obviously people are going to have to live somewhere while you’re rebuilding it.

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Israel is ending its cooperation with the UN’s human rights council (UNHRC), foreign minister Gideon Sa’ar announced, a day after Donald Trump signed an executive order ending the US’s participation in the UNHRC.

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Israel “welcomes” Trump’s decision not to participate in the UNHRC, Sa’ar said, adding:

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The UNHRC has traditionally protected human rights abusers by allowing them to hide from scrutiny, and instead obsessively demonizes the one democracy in the Middle East – Israel. This body has focused on attacking a democratic country and propagating antisemitism, instead of promoting human rights.

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The White House’s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said Donald Trump “has not committed to putting boots on the grounds in Gaza”.

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Trump, during his joint press conference with Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, declined to rule out sending US troops to move Palestinians out of the Gaza Strip.

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Asked if the White House can rule out sending American troops to Gaza, Leavitt said:

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I am saying that the president has not committed to that just yet. He has not made that commitment.

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The UN secretary general’s spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, has been speaking to reporters after Donald Trump’s shocking plan for the US to take over the Gaza Strip.

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“Any forced displacement of people is tantamount to ethnic cleansing,” Dujarric said, previewing comments that the UN chief, António Guterres, will say later today.

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The UN secretary general believes that any solutions for Gaza should “stay true to the bedrock of international law” and not make the problem worse, he said, adding:

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It is essential to avoid any form of ethnic cleansing. And, of course, he will reaffirm the two state solution.

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Donald Trump has once again said that “everybody loves” his proposal for the US to take over the Gaza Strip, despite his shock announcement facing global condemnation.

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“Everybody loves it,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday.

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He refused to take further questions as he was overseeing the swearing in of the new US attorney general, Pam Bondi.

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In a joint press conference with Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, Trump claimed “everybody I’ve spoken to loves the idea of the United States owning that piece of land,” referring to the Gaza Strip.

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The speaker of the US House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, has welcomed President Trump’s Gaza proposal, saying it could help achieve “lasting peace in Gaza”.

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Responding on X to a clip in which Trump suggested the US should “take over” Gaza, Johnson wrote: “The United States stands firmly with Israel and the people of the Middle East, which haven’t experienced peace in many, many years.

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“Violence and hatred do not have to define the region’s future.

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“Today, President Trump took bold action in hopes of achieving lasting peace in Gaza. We are hopeful this brings much needed stability and security to the region.”

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The death toll in Gaza since the start of Israeli operations in the territory after the 7 October attacks now stands at 47,552, according to the Hamas-run Palestinian Ministry of Health.

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The ministry’s latest daily update also said the number of people injured has reached 111,629.

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Last week, Christian Lindmeier, a spokesperson for the World Health Organisation, said the agency considered the ministry’s figures reliable and that they were in fact probably an underestimate.

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“Let’s not forget, the official death toll given by the Ministry of Health is deaths accounted in morgues and in hospitals, so in official facilities,” she said.

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“As people go back to their houses, as they will start looking for their loved ones under the rubble, this casualty figure is expected to increase.”

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We’ve been reporting today on the international reaction to proposals made by President Trump about the future of Gaza.

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In case you missed it, here’s a quick recap of what he said.

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Speaking at a joint press conference with the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, at the White House on Tuesday evening, Trump suggested the US could take control of the territory and that the Palestinians could live out their lives in “peace and harmony” elsewhere.

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“The US will take over the Gaza Strip and we will do a job with it, too. We’ll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site,” he said.

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“Level the site and get rid of the destroyed buildings. Create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the people of the area.

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“We have an opportunity to do something that could be phenomenal. The Riveria of the Middle East. This could be so magnificent.”

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Asked whether US troops might be sent to help secure Gaza, he said: “We’ll do what is necessary. If it’s necessary, we’ll do that.”

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He was also questioned about whether he would support the idea of Israel assuming sovereignty over the West Bank, replying that the administration would be “making an announcement probably on that very specific topic over the next four weeks”.

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President Donald Trump said the United States would take over the Gaza Strip after Palestinians are resettled elsewhere.

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Here are some global reactions to the announcement, according to a roundup from Reuters:

n Saudi Arabian foreign ministry:

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Saudi Arabia rejects any attempts to displace the Palestinians from their land. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has affirmed the kingdom’s position in ‘a clear and explicit manner’ that does not allow for any interpretation under any circumstances.”

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UK prime minister, Keir Starmer:

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“They [Palestinians] must be allowed home, they must be allowed to rebuild, and we should be with them in that rebuild on the way to a two-state solution.”

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German foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock:

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Baerbock said the Gaza Strip belongs to Palestinians and their expulsion would be unacceptable and contrary to international law. “It would also lead to new suffering and new hatred … There must be no solution over the heads of the Palestinians.”

n French foreign ministry spokeperson, Christophe Lemoine:

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France reiterates its opposition to any forced displacement of the Palestinian population of Gaza, which would constitute a serious violation of international law, an attack on the legitimate aspirations of the Palestinians, but also a major obstacle to the two-state solution and a major destabilising factor for our close partners Egypt and Jordan as well as for the entire region.”

n

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Spanish foreign minister, José Manuel Albares:

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I want to be very clear on this: Gaza is the land of Gazan Palestinians and they must stay in Gaza. Gaza is part of the future Palestinian state Spain supports and has to coexist guaranteeing the Israeli state’s prosperity and safety.”

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Egyptian foreign minister, Badr Abdelatty:

n Abdelatty discussed with Palestinian prime minister, Mohammad Mustafa, the importance of moving forward with recovery projects in Gaza without Palestinians leaving the territory.

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Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov:

n Russia believes a settlement in the Middle East is only possible on the basis of a two-state solution:

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This is the thesis that is enshrined in the relevant UN security council resolution, this is the thesis that is shared by the overwhelming majority of countries involved in this problem. We proceed from it, we support it and believe that this is the only possible option.”

n

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Chinese foreign ministry:

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China hopes all parties will take ceasefire and post-conflict governance as an opportunity to bring the Palestinian issue back on the right track of political settlement based on the two-state solution.”

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Turkish foreign minister, Hakan Fidan:

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Trump’s comments on a plan to take over Gaza are “unacceptable”. Any plans leaving Palestinians “out of the equation” would lead to more conflict.

UN human rights office:

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It is crucial that we move towards the next phase of the ceasefire, to release all hostages and arbitrarily detained prisoners, end the war and reconstruct Gaza, with full respect for international humanitarian law and international human rights law.

n

Any forcible transfer in or deportation of people from occupied territory is strictly prohibited.”

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Senior Hamas official, Sami Abu Zuhri:

n Our people in the Gaza Strip will not allow these plans to pass … What is required is to end the [Israeli] occupation and aggression against our people, not to expel them from their land.”

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Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Palestinian leadership:

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Abbas said the Palestinians will not relinquish their land, rights and sacred sites, and that the Gaza Strip is an integral part of the land of the State of Palestine, along with the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

Senior Iranian official:

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n

Iran does not agree with any displacement of Palestinians and has communicated this through various channels.”

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Irish foreign minister, Simon Harris:

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It’s very clear the direction of travel here: we need a two state solution, and the people of Palestine and the people of Israel both have a right to live in states safely side by side, and that’s where the focus has to be. Any idea of displacing the people of Gaza anywhere else would be in clear contradiction with UN security council resolutions.”

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Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese:

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Australia’s position is the same as it was this morning, as it was last year. The Australian government supports on a bipartisan basis a two-state solution.”

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Palestine Liberation Organization secretary general, Hussein al-Sheikh:

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The Palestinian leadership affirms its firm position that the two-state solution, in accordance with international legitimacy and international law, is the guarantee of security, stability and peace.”

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Islamic Jihad:

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Trump’s positions and plans are a dangerous escalation that threaten Arab and regional national security, especially in Egypt and Jordan, which the US administration wants to put in confrontation with the Palestinian people and their rights.”

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Former Israeli minister for national security, Itamar Ben-Gvir:

n Ben-Gvir said that “encouraging” Palestinians to migrate from the territory was the only correct strategy at the end of the war in Gaza. He urged Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to adopt that policy “immediately”.

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Democratic and Palestinian-American US representative, Rashida Tlaib:

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Palestinians aren’t going anywhere. This president can only spew this fanatical bullshit because of bipartisan support in Congress for funding genocide and ethnic cleansing. It’s time for my two-state solution colleagues to speak up.”

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Any forcible transfer in or deportation of people from occupied territory breaches international law, the UN human rights office (UNHR) said on Wednesday, in reference to Donald Trump’s claim that the US would take over the Gaza Strip and forcibly resettle the Palestinian population elsewhere.

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“It is crucial that we move towards the next phase of the ceasefire, to release all hostages and arbitrarily detained prisoners, end the war and reconstruct Gaza, with full respect for international humanitarian law and international human rights law,” said the UNHR in a statement to Reuters.

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“Any forcible transfer in or deportation of people from occupied territory is strictly prohibited,” it continued.

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Speaking in parliament in London, the British prime minister Keir Starmer has said Palestinians “must be allowed home.”

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Starmer was responding to a question from Liberal Democrat Ed Davey, the leader of the third largest party in the House of Commons, and told lawmakers:

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The most important issue on the ceasefire is, obviously that it’s sustained, and we see it through the phases. And that means that the remaining hostages come out, and the aid that’s desperately needed gets into Gaza at speed and at the volumes that are needed.

n

I have from the last few weeks two images fixed in my mind. The first is the image of Emily Damari reunited with her mother, which I found extremely moving.

n

The second was the image of thousands of Palestinians walking, literally walking through the rubble, to try to find their homes and their communities in Gaza.

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They must be allowed home. They must be allowed to rebuild, and we should be with them in that rebuild, on the way to a two state solution.

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Starmer did not mention US president Donald Trump by name, nor did he respond to Davey’s suggestion that he should reassure lawmakers that “our concerns on these dangerous statements from the president will be communicated to the White House directly and firmly.”

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German foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, said on Wednesday that the Gaza Strip belongs to Palestinians, and their expulsion would be unacceptable and contrary to international law, reports Reuters.

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“The civilian population of Gaza must not be expelled and Gaza must not be permanently occupied or repopulated,” Baerbock said in a statement. “It is clear that Gaza – like the West Bank and East Jerusalem – belongs to the Palestinians. They form the basis for a future Palestinian state.”

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“It would also lead to new suffering and new hatred,” said Baerbock in a statement, adding: “There must be no solution over the heads of the Palestinians.”

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Hamas on Wednesday condemned a proposal by US president Donald Trump to “take over” and “own” Gaza, saying it will fan the flames of Middle East violence.

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Hamas said in a statement that the proposal “aiming for the United States to occupy the Gaza Strip” was “aggressive to our people and cause, won’t serve stability in the region and will only put oil on the fire”.

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The UK’s foreign minister, David Lammy, said on Wednesday it should be ensured that Palestinians have a future in their homeland, a day after US president Donald Trump proposed resettling Palestinians and taking over Gaza to develop it.

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“We’ve always been clear in our belief that we must see two states. We must see Palestinians live and prosper in their homelands in Gaza and the West Bank,” he told a news conference during a trip to Kyiv.

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Turkey’s top diplomat on Wednesday criticised Donald Trump’s proposal for the United States to take over the Gaza Strip and resettle Palestinians in other countries.

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“This is an unacceptable issue,” Turkish foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, told the official news agency Anadolu in broadcast comments. He said relocating Palestinians from Gaza was something “neither we nor the region can accept”.

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“It is wrong to even bring it up for discussion,” he added, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).

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The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) said on Wednesday that it rejected any plan involving the displacement of Palestinians, after US president Donald Trump suggested Palestinians in Gaza move to Egypt or Jordan and the US “take control” of the territory.

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Secretary general, Hussein al-Sheikh, said the PLO “affirms its rejection of all calls for the displacement of the Palestinian people from their homeland” and renews its support for a two-state solution, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).

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Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said on Wednesday that US president Donald Trump’s reimposition of a policy of “maximum pressure” against Iran will end in “failure” as it did during his first term, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).

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“I believe that maximum pressure is a failed experiment and trying it again will turn into another failure,” Araghchi told reporters after a cabinet meeting, adding that Tehran was not pursuing nuclear weapons.

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China on Wednesday said it was opposed to the “forced transfer” of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip after US president Donald Trump said he planned to “take control” of the territory.

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“China has always maintained that Palestinian rule over Palestinians is the basic principle of the postwar governance of Gaza, and we are opposed to the forced transfer of the residents of Gaza,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, Lin Jian, said when asked about Trump’s plan at a regular press conference, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).

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Hamas on Wednesday rejected US president Donald Trump’s plan to “take control” of the Gaza Strip, calling it “racist” and aimed at eliminating the Palestinian cause.

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“The American racist stance aligns with the Israeli extreme right’s position in displacing our people and eliminating our cause,” Hamas spokesperson, Abdel Latif al-Qanou, said in a statement, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP).

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If you are just tuning into today’s developments and Trump’s extraordinary remarks about the US setting its sights on Gaza, here is what you need to know to quickly bring you up to speed.

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  Trump has declared that the US will ‘take over’ the Gaza Strip, and that he envisioned a “long-term” US ownership of the territory after all Palestinians were moved elsewhere. Gaza, he said, could be transformed into the ‘Riviera of the Middle East’. The US president did not explain how and under what authority the US could assume control of Gaza. “We will own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site,” he said. He said the US would “level” destroyed buildings and “create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the people of the area.”

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  The Saudi government, in a statement, stressed its rejection of any attempt to displace Palestinians from their land and said it would not establish relations with Israel without establishment of a Palestinian state. Meanwhile Hamas condemned Trump’s calls for Palestinians in Gaza to leave as “expulsion from their land”. One Hamas figure described the remarks as ‘absurd’ and ‘ridiculous’, while the Palestinian envoy to the United Nations said that world leaders and people should respect Palestinians’ desire to remain in Gaza.

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  Several Democrats slammed Trump’s plan with Democratic senator Chris Murphy saying of Trump: “He’s totally lost it.” Democratic representative Jake Auchincloss described the proposal as “reckless and unreasonable” and called for an examination of Trump’s motives, which he said often contained a “nepotistic, self-serving connection”.

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  Some Republicans have also derided the proposal. Justin Amash, a former Republican member of Congress whose father was expelled from his home by Israeli forces in 1948, was appalled. “If the United States deploys troops to forcibly remove Muslims and Christians – like my cousins – from Gaza, then not only will the US be mired in another reckless occupation but it will also be guilty of the crime of ethnic cleansing. No American of good conscience should stand for this.”

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  The US president called Gaza a “symbol of death and destruction” and that the only reason people want to go back there is because they have nowhere else to go. The 1.8 million Palestinians living in Gaza should move to neighbouring countries with “humanitarian hearts” and “great wealth”, Trump said. Earlier he had called for Jordan, Egypt and other Arab states to take in Palestinians. He said they could be split up across a number of separate sites. Forced displacement of the population would probably be a violation of international law and would be fiercely opposed not only in the region but also by Washington’s western allies. Some human rights advocates liken the idea to ethnic cleansing.

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  He went on to say that Gaza could become “the Riviera of the Middle East” where “the world’s people” could live there, echoing the previous sentiments of his son-in-law Jared Kushner, who said Gaza had very valuable “waterfront property”.

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  Trump gave a vague answer when asked a question on whether he supported a two-state solution. Asked if his view that Palestinians should be relocated from Gaza was a sign that he was against the two-state policy that has been the foreign policy approach of the United States for decades, Trump said no. “It doesn’t mean anything about a two-state or one state or any other state. It means that we want to have, we want to give people a chance at life,” he said. “They have never had a chance at life because the Gaza Strip has been a hellhole for people living there. It’s been horrible.”

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  Trump claimed high-level support among unnamed leaders he had spoken to. “This is not a decision made lightly,” he said, adding that “everybody I’ve spoken to loves the idea of the United States owning that piece of land.” He said the move would bring “great stability to that part of the Middle East”.

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  Trump did not rule out sending US troops to secure Gaza. “As far as Gaza is concerned, we’ll do what is necessary. If it’s necessary, we’ll do that,” he said. On Trump’s idea of taking over Gaza, Netanyahu said the US president “sees a different future for Gaza”, adding: “I think it’s something that could change history.”

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  Trump said he would probably announce a position on Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank in the next month. “We haven’t been taking the position on it yet,” he said. Trump added that he planned to visit the Gaza Strip, Israel and Saudi Arabia.

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  Netanyahu described Trump as “the greatest friend Israel has ever had in the White House”. The Israeli leader said “we have to finish the job in Gaza”, and said “Israel will end the war by winning the war.” Netanyahu praised Trump for “thinking outside the box with fresh ideas” and “showing willingness to puncture conventional thinking”.

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The Guardian’s David Smith has put together this sketch of the mood in the White House today.

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“The venerable East Room, where Abraham Lincoln lay in state and Pablo Casals played cello, had turned into a mosh pit. Sweaty reporters, photographers and camera crews were crammed elbow to elbow. The Guardian shoehorned its way into a corner where a panel had fallen off the wall. Never used to happened in Joe Biden’s day.

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The president began by boasting about how he got a “beautiful” US embassy built in Jerusalem, ranting about his predecessor and giving a shout out to his staff. So far, so Trump. But then things turned weird. Very weird.”

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Read his first-person account of the day below:

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US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff tells Fox News that Trump’s Gaza plans would give Palestinians “more hope” for a better future.

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Speaking to host Sean Hannity, Witkoff said Gaza would probably be “inhabitable” for the next 10-15 years.

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“Everybody wants to see peace in the region… A better life is not necessarily tied to the physical space that you’re in today. A better life is about better opportunity, better financial conditions, better aspirations for you and your family.

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“That doesn’t occur because you get to pitch a tent in the Gaza Strip and you’re surrounded by 30,000 munitions that could go off at any moment. It’s a dangerous place to live today and the president is saying, ‘let’s make it better for these people.’”

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“Donald, this looks like the beginning of a beautiful friendship,” the Israeli far-right politician wrote on X after Trump’s shock remarks.

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Saudi Arabia said it would not establish ties with Israel without the creation of a Palestinian state, contradicting President Donald Trump’s claim that Riyadh was not demanding a Palestinian homeland when he said the US wants to take over the Gaza Strip.

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Saudi Arabia rejects any attempts to displace the Palestinians from their land, Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Wednesday, adding that its stance towards the Palestinians is not negotiable.

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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has affirmed the kingdom’s position in ‘a clear and explicit manner’ that does not allow for any interpretation under any circumstances, the statement said.

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Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, says his government continues to support a two-state solution in the Middle East, “where both Israelis and Palestinians could live in peace and security.”

n “We’ve supported a ceasefire, we’ve supported hostages being released and we’ve supported aid getting into Gaza,” he told reporters Wednesday in Canberra when asked about Trump’s remarks. “That is consistent with what Australia governments have always done, which is to provide support.”

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n “I’m not going to have a running commentary on statements by the president of the United States,” he said. “I’ve made that very clear.”

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Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri said on Wednesday that US President Donald Trump’s remarks about taking over the Gaza Strip were ‘ridiculous’ and ‘absurd’.

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“Trump’s remarks about his desire to control Gaza are ridiculous and absurd, and any ideas of this kind are capable of igniting the region,” Abu Zuhri told Reuters.

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In the first phase of the ceasefire, Palestinians in Gaza have been able to return home in recent weeks, many to buildings and homes now in ruins.

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A UN damage assessment released last month showed that clearing more than 50 million tonnes of rubble left in the aftermath of Israel’s bombardment could take 21 years and cost up to $1.2 billion, Reuters reports.

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The debris is believed to be contaminated with asbestos, with some refugee camps struck during the war known to have been built with the material. The rubble also likely holds human remains. The Palestinian health ministry estimates that 10,000 bodies are missing under the debris.

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A United Nations Development Programme official said in January that development in Gaza has been set back by 69 years as a result of the conflict.

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How long would it take to rebuild Gaza?

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Rebuilding Gaza’s shattered homes will take at least until 2040, but could drag on for many decades, according to a UN report released last year.

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Two-thirds of Gaza’s pre-war structures – over 170,000 buildings – have been damaged or flattened, according to UN satellite data (UNOSAT) in December. That amounts to around 69% of the total structures in the Gaza Strip.

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What is the extent of infrastructure damage?

n The estimated damage to infrastructure totalled $18.5 billion as of end-January 2024, affecting residential buildings, commerce, industry, and essential services such as education, health, and energy, a UN-World Bank report said. An update by the UN humanitarian office in January showed that less than a quarter of the pre-war water supplies were available, while at least 68% of the road network has been damaged.

n Palestinian data shows that the conflict has led to the destruction of over 200 government facilities, 136 schools and universities, 823 mosques and three churches. Many hospitals have been damaged during the conflict, with only 17 out of 36 units partially functional as of January, the UN humanitarian office’s report showed.

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“Gaza MUST BE FREE from Hamas,” Rubio wrote in a post on X, “As @POTUS shared today, the United States stands ready to lead and Make Gaza Beautiful Again. Our pursuit is one of lasting peace in the region for all people.”

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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered outside the White House as US president Donald Trump met with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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The demonstrations occurred as Trump delivered his shock proposal to “take ownership” of Gaza, suggesting it had the potential to become the “Riviera of the Middle East.”

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Among those protesting were anti-Zionist orthodox Jews.

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US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff previously told Axios that Gaza will probably be uninhabitable for 10-15 years.

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“What was inescapable is that there is almost nothing left of Gaza,” Witkoff told Axios after returning from his recent trip to the Middle East.

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“People are moving north to get back to their homes and see what happened and turn around and leave … there is no water and no electricity. It is stunning just how much damage occurred there,” he said.

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Witkoff, a real estate developer, described what he saw from a helicopter flight over Gaza.

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“There has been this perception we can get to a solid plan for Gaza in five years,” he told Axios, “But its impossible. This is a 10 to 15 year rebuilding plan,” he said.

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Hello and welcome to our live coverage of developments in the Middle East after US president Donald Trump outlined an extraordinary proposal for the US to take “ownership” of Gaza.

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In a joint press conference, Trump and Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, addressed reporters at the White House, where the US president announced his intention to take over the Gaza Strip, move Palestinians to neighbouring countries and redevelop the territory for occupation by “the world’s people”.

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  Trump said the US will “take over” and “own” the Gaza Strip. The US president said he envisioned a “long-term” US ownership of the territory after all Palestinians were moved elsewhere. He did not explain how and under what authority the US can take over the land of Gaza. “We will own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site,” he said. He said the US would “level” destroyed buildings and “create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the people of the area.”

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  The Saudi government, in a statement, stressed its rejection of any attempt to displace Palestinians from their land and said it would not establish relations with Israel without establishment of a Palestinian state. Meanwhile Hamas condemned Trump’s calls for Palestinians in Gaza to leave as “expulsion from their land”. The Palestinian envoy to the United Nations said that world leaders and people should respect Palestinians’ desire to remain in Gaza.

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  Several Democrats slammed Trump’s plan with Democratic senator Chris Murphy saying of Trump: “He’s totally lost it.” “A US invasion of Gaza would lead to the slaughter of thousands of US troops and decades of war in the Middle East. It’s like a bad, sick joke.” Democratic representative Jake Auchincloss described the proposal as “reckless and unreasonable” and called for an examination of Trump’s motives, which he said often contained a “nepotistic, self-serving connection”.

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  Some Republicans have derided the proposal. Justin Amash, a former Republican member of Congress whose father was expelled from his home by Israeli forces in 1948, was appalled. “If the United States deploys troops to forcibly remove Muslims and Christians – like my cousins – from Gaza, then not only will the US be mired in another reckless occupation but it will also be guilty of the crime of ethnic cleansing. No American of good conscience should stand for this.”

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  The US president called Gaza a “symbol of death and destruction” and that the only reason people want to go back there is because they have nowhere else to go. The 1.8 million Palestinians living in Gaza should move to neighbouring countries with “humanitarian hearts” and “great wealth”, Trump said. Earlier he had called for Jordan, Egypt and other Arab states to take in Palestinians. He said they could be split up across a number of separate sites. Forced displacement of the population would probably be a violation of international law and would be fiercely opposed not only in the region but also by Washington’s western allies. Some human rights advocates liken the idea to ethnic cleansing.

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  He went on to say that Gaza could become “the Riviera of the Middle East” where “the world’s people” could live there, echoing the previous sentiments of his son-in-law Jared Kushner, who said Gaza had very valuable “waterfront property”.

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  Trump gave a vague answer when asked a question on whether he supported a two-state solution. Asked if his view that Palestinians should be relocated from Gaza was a sign that he was against the two-state policy that has been the foreign policy approach of the United States for decades, Trump said no. “It doesn’t mean anything about a two-state or one state or any other state. It means that we want to have, we want to give people a chance at life,” he said. “They have never had a chance at life because the Gaza Strip has been a hellhole for people living there. It’s been horrible.”

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  Trump claimed high-level support among unnamed leaders he had spoken to. “This is not a decision made lightly,” he said, adding that “everybody I’ve spoken to loves the idea of the United States owning that piece of land.” He said the move would bring “great stability to that part of the Middle East”.

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  Trump did not rule out sending US troops to secure Gaza. “As far as Gaza is concerned, we’ll do what is necessary. If it’s necessary, we’ll do that,” he said. On Trump’s idea of taking over Gaza, Netanyahu said the US president “sees a different future for Gaza”, adding: “I think it’s something that could change history.”

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  Trump said he would probably announce a position on Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank in the next month. “We haven’t been taking the position on it yet,” he said. Trump added that he planned to visit the Gaza Strip, Israel and Saudi Arabia.

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  Netanyahu described Trump as “the greatest friend Israel has ever had in the White House”. The Israeli leader said “we have to finish the job in Gaza”, and said “Israel will end the war by winning the war.” Netanyahu praised Trump for “thinking outside the box with fresh ideas” and “showing willingness to puncture conventional thinking”.

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The United Arab Emirates said it rejects any attempts to displace Palestinians in response to Donald Trump’s proposal for the US to take control of the Gaza Strip.

The UAE foreign ministry “stressed its categorical rejection of any infringement on the Palestinians’ unalienable rights, and any attempts of displacement”, according to a statement obtained by Agence-France-Presse. The statement continued:

The UAE underscored the importance of finding a serious political horizon to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and establish an independent Palestinian state, reflecting the UAE’s belief that regional stability can only be attained through the two-state solution

Oliver Holmes

Planning to “clean out” Palestinians as a real estate money-making scheme is an idea that has long united the Israeli settler movement and some of Donald Trump’s circle of US property developers.

For decades, state-backed settlers have used concrete, steel and brick to build on occupied land in Palestine in a successful effort to use town-building as a means to claim territory and permanently force Palestinians from their homeland.

This method appealed to sections of Trump’s first administration, and not just because it was filled with apocalyptic evangelical Christians, who see a Jewish presence in the Holy Land as a biblical precondition for Armageddon, which they believe will bring the return of Jesus Christ.

It also spoke to the real estate mindset of Trump’s family and associates, most prominently his son-in-law Jared Kushner, the architect of a 2020 “peace” plan for the Middle East that was never implemented but was heavily focused on investments.

Now, Trump has expanded on the idea to its most extreme position, calling for the US to effectively colonise Gaza in what would amount to an ethnic cleansing of the population of about 2 million people. The plan is then to “develop” on the levelled ground, which is still filled with the bodies of tens of thousands people killed by Israel.

A former senior UK Foreign Office diplomat has warned that Britain is at risk of “pulling its punches“ and becoming “complicit in acts … which unravel the international system and the rule of law“ in its response to Donald Trump’s comments about Gaza.

“Politics is the art of the possible and I am concerned that the British government is slightly at risk of pulling its punches,” Sir Simon Fraser, the former top diplomat at the Foreign Office, told Times Radio on Wednesday.

He said he understood that the UK-US relationship is “key”, particularly post-Brexit, and that the British government “doesn’t want to alienate Trump”. Fraser added:

The risk, however, is that we accidentally become complicit in acts by Donald Trump which unravel the international system and the rule of law and all the accepted principles of international behaviour, and we end up on the wrong side of that fence.

Gaza is ‘integral’ to future Palestinian state, says EU

Gaza should be an essential part of a future Palestinian state, an EU foreign policy spokesperson said in response to Donald Trump’s proposal for the US to take over the Palestinian territory.

The European bloc remains “fully committed” to a two-state solution, which it believes it the “only path to long-term peace for both Israelis and Palestinians,” they said, adding:

Gaza is an integral part of a future Palestinian state.

Benjamin Netanyahu has posted a photograph showing him meeting with the US vice-president, JD Vance, and national security adviser Michael Waltz.

The Israeli leader described the meeting at Blair House as “excellent and warm”, adding:

The friendship between Israel and the United States has never been stronger!

An excellent and warm meeting at Blair House with U.S. Vice President @JDVance and National Security Advisor @michaelgwaltz. The friendship between Israel and the United States has never been stronger! 🇮🇱🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/4gGYFjh4kk

— Benjamin Netanyahu – בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) February 5, 2025

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Patrick Wintour

Donald Trump’s vision of Gaza as a US-administered Riviera stripped of Palestinians indulges the fantasies of Israel’s extremist right, but also, if taken seriously, builds on an expansionist foreign policy that Trump has articulated since he took on the presidency.

The outlook is more akin to mid-19th century US imperial thinking than the era of isolationism his election appeared to herald.

Indeed the one moment Benjamin Netanyahu did not look delighted at Tuesday’s joint press conference was when Trump, negotiating in real time, referred to the US as being opposed to Israeli ownership of Gaza.

The whole extraordinary press conference was Trump’s attempt to take ownership of the Middle East issue – not just of future policy, but also of what he likes to call real estate, and Palestinians prefer to call their homeland. Trump even said he was prepared to commit US troops on the ground to secure “a long-term ownership position”.

It was a far cry from the previous Trump argument that the US should get the hell out of the Middle East.

Read the full analysis here: Trump’s plan to own Gaza a throwback to 19th-century imperialism

Trump only meant to ‘generously’ offer to rebuild Gaza and not permanently move Palestinians out, says Rubio

The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has suggested that Donald Trump was only proposing to be responsible for the reconstruction of Gaza, and not claim indefinite possession of the strip.

Trump, in comments alongside Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday, called for the permanent resettlement in neighbouring countries of the 2 million Palestinians who live in Gaza.

Rubio, at a press conference in Guatemala City on Wednesday, said Trump’s proposal “was not meant as hostile.” He said:

The only thing president Trump has done – very generously, in my view – is offer the United States’ willingness to step in, clear the debris, clean the place up from all the destruction … so that then people can move back in.

Trump wants to support “rebuilding homes and businesses and things of this nature, so that then people can move back in,” he said.

He described Gaza as “akin to a natural disaster” where people could not live because of unexploded munitions, debris and rubble.

In the interim, obviously people are going to have to live somewhere while you’re rebuilding it.

A Hezbollah official has described US plans to move Palestinians out of Gaza as “criminal orders”.

The comments by Hussein Moussawi, political advisor to the group’s secretary general, were published in a statement from Hezbollah, Reuters reports.

Meanwhile, the Iran-backed Houthi group said Yemen “stands beside Palestine in confronting all forms of aggression against the Palestinian cause”.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is asked if Palestinians who want to stay in Gaza will be allowed to do so, under Donald Trump’s proposal.

Leavitt dodges the question, instead saying that Trump is “committed to rebuilding Gaza and to temporarily relocating those who are there.”

The president wants these individuals to live in peace. He is committed to doing that with this very bold new plan.

Israel follows US in pulling out of UN human rights council

Israel is ending its cooperation with the UN’s human rights council (UNHRC), foreign minister Gideon Sa’ar announced, a day after Donald Trump signed an executive order ending the US’s participation in the UNHRC.

Israel “welcomes” Trump’s decision not to participate in the UNHRC, Sa’ar said, adding:

The UNHRC has traditionally protected human rights abusers by allowing them to hide from scrutiny, and instead obsessively demonizes the one democracy in the Middle East – Israel. This body has focused on attacking a democratic country and propagating antisemitism, instead of promoting human rights.