President Donald Trump stated on Friday that he is not in a hurry to execute the plan he unveiled earlier this week, which involves the United States taking control of Gaza and overseeing its redevelopment. “We’re in no rush on it,” Trump remarked to the press at the White House while meeting with Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. “It’s been very well received, where basically the United States would view it as a real estate transaction, where we’ll be an investor in that part of the world, and no rush to do anything,” he added.
“We wouldn’t need anybody there. It would be supplied and given to us by Israel. They’ll watch it in terms of security. We’re not talking about boots on the ground or anything, but I think we’ll – the fact that we’re there, that we have an investment there, I think would go a long way to creating peace,” Trump further explained. He went on to say, “We don’t want to see everybody move back and then move out in 10 years. This has been going on for 50 years, much more than that. We just want to see stability. I think we’d show great stability and would lead to great stability in the area for very little money, very little price, and we wouldn’t need soldiers at all. That would be taken care of by others.”
The idea was first introduced by Trump earlier this week in a press conference at the White House with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. While the proposal has faced criticism from various Arab nations, Netanyahu expressed strong support for the plan during a Wednesday Fox News interview. “This is the first good idea that I’ve heard. It’s a remarkable idea. And I think it should be really examined, pursued and done, because I think it will create a different future for everyone,” Netanyahu said.
On Thursday, Israel’s Defense Minister Yisroel Katz instructed the IDF to develop a plan to facilitate voluntary emigration for residents of Gaza. “I commend President Trump’s bold plan,” Katz remarked, adding, “It can allow a wide population in Gaza to leave for different parts of the world.” Katz also commented on the situation in Gaza, stating, “Hamas used Gaza residents as human shields and built terror infrastructure within the population, and now holds them hostage, extorting money from them using humanitarian aid, and prevents their exit from Gaza.” He further noted, “I instructed the IDF to prepare a program that will allow any resident in Gaza who wishes to do so to leave for any place in the world willing to accept them.”
{Matzav.com}