Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called US President Donald Trump's plan to relocate Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to other countries such as Egypt and Jordan a "creative vision" and "revolutionary."
Netanyahu, who has not previously explicitly expressed his support for Trump's plan, referred to the US president's project during a vote of no confidence by the opposition in parliament, which was rather symbolic since they do not have a majority in the chamber.
“Trump’s vision is a new vision, a creative vision, a revolutionary vision. And he is determined to implement it,” said the prime minister, who insisted that he would end the presence of the Palestinian Islamic terrorist group Hamas in Gaza, according to a statement from his office.
“Over the course of my years as prime minister, I have met twenty times with US presidents at the White House. But the historic meeting with President Donald Trump was the most important, the friendliest and the most significant,” Netanyahu said.
The prime minister noted that decisions such as the entry of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) into Gaza City or the so-called "refugee camp" of Khan Yunis were taken without consultation or against the advice of the previous US administration.
But he noted that Trump and his administration have welcomed Israel's actions against the "axis of Iran," referring to Hamas and the Shiite terrorist group Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Speaking to Fox News, Trump said that under his plan, Palestinians displaced to other countries would not be guaranteed the right to return to the enclave.
“I would take over that [Gaza]. Think of it as a real estate development for the future. It would be a beautiful piece of land,” he said of the Gaza Strip, which he has promised to turn into the Riviera of the Middle East.
Trump's comments come amid international criticism, including from traditional US allies, and just before he welcomes King Abdullah II of Jordan to the White House on Tuesday.
Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire that came into effect on January 19 and includes the exchange of Israeli hostages kidnapped by the Islamic terrorist group in exchange for Palestinian terrorists imprisoned in Israeli jails, although the situation is unstable.
Agencies contributed to this Aurora article
Netanyahu calls Trump's Gaza plan 'creative vision' and 'revolutionary'
Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump at the White House on February 4, 2025 Photo: Avi Ohayon / GPO
If such a plan could be established, Gazans who wish to live in peace should be allowed in, otherwise it would be an injustice against Gazans who are good citizens.
I doubt very much that there are any “good Gazans”; either way, they end up serving the purposes of their terrorist government, Hamas, and end up collaborating, out of fear or pleasure. But they are not to be trusted, it is better for them to go somewhere else. Israel cannot continue to risk its future with such people there.
AM ISRAEL JAI.