Hamas lashed out at President Donald Trump’s shock proposal for the US to take over the Gaza Strip and resettle Palestinians in other countries.
US President Donald Trump speaks at a press conference with unseen Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2025. Netanyahu met Trump at the White House Tuesday for crucial talks on the truce with Hamas, as the US president suggested permanently resettling Palestinians from war-battered Gaza.
Hamas, which seized sole power of Gaza in 2007, rejected the proposal, branding it a” racist” idea aimed at “eliminating” the Palestinian cause. Netanyahu was making the first visit by a foreign leader to the White House since Trump’s return to power, for what were billed as talks on securing a second phase of the truce.But it quickly turned into the shock revelation of a proposal that would, if implemented, completely transform the face of the Middle East.
“Trump thinks Gaza is a pile of garbage -- absolutely not,“ said 34-year-old Hatem Azzam, a resident of the southern city of Rafah. The two have had tense relations in the past, but Netanyahu has seized on the Republican’s return to power after his ties with former president Joe Biden became strained over the death toll in Gaza.The Israeli premier would not rule out a return to hostilities with Hamas, or with its other foes in the region including Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Iran.
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