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Our message to our friends and colleagues in the Senate is allow the House to do its work,
Johnson said
The initial announcement yesterday, I think, was greeted by surprise, by many, but cheer by I think, people all around the world. Why? Because that area is so dangerous, and he's taken bold, decisive action to try to ensure the peace of that region,
Johnson said WednesdayWe stayed there in the Cabinet meeting room for, I don't know, maybe four hours or longer,
Johnson told reporters
Everyone expressed enormous appreciation for Israel's great achievements,
Netanyahu said
The Gaza Strip would be turned over to the United States by Israel at the conclusion of fighting. The Palestinians, people like Chuck Schumer, would have already been resettled in far safer and more beautiful communities, with new and modern homes, in the region,
he said on Truth Social
The U.S., working with great development teams from all over the World, would slowly and carefully begin the construction of what would become one of the greatest and most spectacular developments of its kind on Earth. No soldiers by the U.S. would be needed! Stability for the region would reign!!!
he saidWe intend to commit to do that. I won't talk here how we intend to do it, but it's something that is in my mind and also on the president's mind."
He emphasized the government's intention to retrieve both living and deceased hostages, saying
So far, we've freed about 70 percent, more than that actually, of the living hostages, and we're committed to getting everyone out."
Netanyahu also notedAchieving lasting and just peace is impossible without the Palestinian people obtaining their legitimate rights,
it added
We have endured nearly a year and a half of bombings and destruction, yet we remain in Gaza,
one man told BBC Arabic
These calls represent a serious violation of international law,
President Abbas saidYou see that pile of useless rubble?”
he said, raising his cane to point at a demolished house
This is the first good idea that I’ve heard. It’s a remarkable idea and I think it should be really pursued, examined, pursued, and done because I think it will create a different future for everyone,
Netanyahu said of Trump’s plan for the future of Gaza, in an interview on Fox News Wednesday
The actual idea of allowing first Gazans who want to leave to leave, I mean, what is wrong with that
he saidThis is our land, and we are the honest and true owners,
Amir Karaja, a resident of northern Gaza told CNN on Wednesday.jpg)
I have instructed the IDF to prepare a plan to enable the voluntary departure of Gaza residents,
Katz said, according to a spokespersonWe assess that Hamas has recruited almost as many new militants as it has lost. That is a recipe for an enduring insurgency and perpetual war,
he said
We've been looking at this over the last weeks and months, and frankly he's been thinking about it since October 7
national security adviser Mike Waltz claimed on CBS Wednesday
There's no utilities there whatsoever, no working water, electric, gas, nothing,
he told reporters of what he sawThere were grandiose designs of a water canal from the Nile to northern Sinai with a string of villages and towns along it where Palestinians would live,
Weizman said