U.S. President Donald Trump stated Friday that his plan for the United States to take possession of the Gaza Strip needs to be considered as an actual property transaction, however he provided no timetable, saying “we’re in no rush on it.”
The president made the feedback as he and visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba met with reporters on the White House earlier than the 2 leaders held talks.
Responding to a query about his Gaza proposal, Trump stated that his plan had been “very well received,” and that as he envisioned it, there could be no want for the U.S. to have “boots on the ground” within the area as a result of Israel would supply safety.
Trump first introduced his Gaza takeover plan earlier this week alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a White House news convention. Trump later provided extra on the plan on his Truth Social platform, suggesting Israel ought to flip the Gaza Strip over to the United States after the struggle with Hamas ends.
Under his plan, he stated, the greater than 2 million Palestinians who dwell there ‘would have already been resettled in far safer and extra stunning communities.”
In a video statement Thursday, during his visit to Washington, Netanyahu praised the plan, saying it was worth listening to and “the primary authentic thought to be raised in years.’
A tent camp for displaced Palestinians is about up subsequent to destroyed buildings following the Israeli air and floor offensive in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip, Feb. 6, 2025.
The plan has been extensively assailed by U.S. allies and adversaries alike, lots of whom stay dedicated to the creation of an impartial Palestinian state alongside Israel, often known as the “two-state solution.”
A big avenue protest was held in Amman, Jordan, on Friday in opposition to plan. At the demonstration, organized by the Muslim Brotherhood and different opposition events, marchers carried posters and a banner condemning Trump and chanting pro-Palestinian slogans.
Also Thursday, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz referred to as Trump’s thought a “bold plan” and stated he had ordered the Israel Defense Forces to plot a plan for Palestinians to voluntarily go away the Gaza Strip, including they might go ‘to any nation keen to simply accept them.’
Meanwhile, the IDF introduced Friday that it had deployed forces from three divisions of its Southern Command to a number of factors within the Gaza Strip to “strengthen the layer of defense for Israeli citizens bordering the area.”
In assertion on its web site, the IDF stated the deployments have been “part of the ceasefire agreement” and added that its forces “are prepared for defense and will continue to act decisively against terrorist organizations, in order to ensure the security of the residents of the State of Israel.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., shake arms following their discussions on the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 7, 2025.
Netanyahu wrapped up his Washington go to Friday with a visit to Capitol Hill, the place he met with House Speaker Mike Johnson. During remarks following their assembly, Netanyahu thanked Trump for the manager order he issued putting sanctions on the U.N.’s International Criminal Court.
Netanyahu referred to as the ICC a “scandalous and corrupt organization” that “threatens the right of all democracies to defend themselves by themselves.”
In the manager order, issued Thursday, Trump stated the courtroom “has engaged in illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel.”
The order additionally accused the ICC of abusing its energy by issuing arrest warrants in November for Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, Israel’s former protection minister, who oversaw a lot of the struggle in Gaza.
In a press release Friday, the ICC condemned the manager order. In a separate assertion, Judge Tomoko Akane, president of the courtroom, stated the order was “only the latest in a series of unprecedented and escalatory attacks aiming to undermine the ICC’s ability to administer justice in all situations.”
The ICC was established in 2002 to function a everlasting courtroom to prosecute people chargeable for struggle crimes, crimes towards humanity and genocide. The courtroom is ruled by a world treaty referred to as the Rome Statute, which was adopted by the United Nations in 1998. It took impact on July 1, 2002.
Some data for this report got here from The Associated Press, Agence France-Presse and Reuters.
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