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We're not talking about boots on the ground or anything, but I think the fact that we're there, that we have an investment there, I think would go a long way to creating peace,
he added
It would be supplied and given to us by Israel. They'll watch it terms of security,
he saidI'll be announcing that next week, reciprocal trade so that we're treated evenly with other countries. We don't want any more, any less. So I'll be announcing that next week, and many other things having to do, not even with trade, but other things. But I'll be talking about reciprocal trade sometime next week, we'll have a news conference, and we'll lay it out pretty simple,
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There's absolutely no rush,
Trump told reporters at the White House, where he was meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba
India has a very clear position on this. We stand for the rights of the Palestinian people. We believe they have the right to their own state. We have been supporting the two-state solution for very long. And though we have good relations with Israel, that doesn't mean that Israel should deprive the Palestinian people of their human rights, so we would never support a plan to kick all the people of Gaza out of Gaza."
Speaking to ANI on the sidelines of the book festival, Tharoor said
These are places they've lived in for centuries. Their ancestors are buried there. How can you expect them to go because it's a concern for Israel to create other kinds of security arrangements for the people of Gaza, have a right to live in Gaza, to eventually have their own states in that part,
he addedLet's start off with the assumption that in our democracy, all parties are committed to a better India, to creating a better society, the well-being of the people. We all want 'sab ka sath, sab ka vikas'. We just disagree about the means of getting there. Start off with the assumption that there is no real difference ultimately what matters is how do we achieve that goal,
he said
As a deal maker, I'd like to do ... the deal that can't be made. And do it for humanity's sake."
As Trump told The Wall Street Journal at the time
This must happen under this deal, and if not, there will remain a huge black stain on the history of our state,
she said
Trump's remarks about Washington taking control of Gaza amount to an open declaration of intent to occupy the territory,
Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem saidAn entire nation demands to see the hostages return home,
Israeli campaign group the Hostage and Missing Families Forum said in a statement on FridayNow is the time to ensure the agreement is completed — until the very last one,
it added
Everyone expressed enormous appreciation for Israel's great achievements,
Netanyahu said
A plan like this needs years of preparation … It could be a security nightmare, and Jordan would be seen as betraying the Palestinian cause,
said Sammour
The questions of who counts as Jordanian and what it means to be Jordanian are highly combustible,
said Alia Brahimi, a regional expert at the Atlantic CouncilThe Jordanians are very worried that what happens in Gaza [could open] the door to the annexation [by Israel] of the West Bank,
said QuilliamAmongst a forcibly displaced population there are always going to be militants, whether Hamas or new groups looking to stand up for a new generation of brutalised and disenfranchised Palestinians. If they were to operate from Egyptian soil this would endanger and likely upend Egypt’s peace treaty with Israel, but it would also energise and embolden local militant groups that are opposed to the Egyptian regime.”
Brahimi saidIt would be a repeat trauma of an already traumatised people. The Nakba [the displacement of 1948] is still very fresh in the collective memory of the Arab people.”
Katrina Sammour, an independent Amman-based analyst, saidAs with King Abdullah of Jordan, there’s the potential for political calamity too, in that neither Arab leader can afford to be complicit in the systematic ethnic cleansing of Palestine. Frankly, Trump has given voice to the worst nightmares of the leaderships in Amman and Cairo.”
Brahimi saidEgypt is a huge country but this would come with a huge … economic cost,
said Quilliam