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But at the same time, it is a reflection of the president's mindset,
So, I think this is very much wishful thinking on the part of Donald Trump,
Hashemi told CNA’s Asia First It's difficult to see how he would convince the Palestinians, of which there are about 2 million people, to peacefully leave Gaza and go somewhere,
With President Trump, the conditions are volatile. It's unknown whether he is really serious or whether he simply wants to distract attention away from other things happening (such as) the remaking of the US government,
said Peter Layton, visiting fellow at Griffith University’s Griffith Asia Institute These are very dangerous times, very difficult times, especially for the people of Gaza. And I think (Trump’s Gaza proposal) is going to have very long-term repercussions on the whole question of international peace and security and what constitutes world order,
I think what we're seeing here is really a reflection of the huge imbalance in power between the Israelis and the Palestinians,
Regardless of what happens diplomatically off centrestage, I'm not sure too many leaders in the region will be stepping up to support Donald Trump,
Obviously, they've had second thoughts and they've noticed the international condemnation of President Trump's proposal,
said Amin Saikal, distinguished visiting fellow at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies Whether Trump will be able to actually implement the policy remains to be seen,
said Nader Hashemi, associate professor of Middle East and Islamic politics at Georgetown University’s Edmund A Walsh School of Foreign Service I'm sceptical because the US can't unilaterally undertake this mass expulsion plan because it's dependent on neighbouring Arab states accepting the Palestinians from Gaza,
To Bibi, a great leader.” ... That was a great operation.”
Trump, in return, gifted Netanyahu a framed photograph of their meeting, inscribed with a personal note ... Upon receiving the pagers, Trump reportedly commended the Israeli operation, stating 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 saw I've never seen anything like it,
Witkoff told Trump, ... according to an aide who heard his remarks This can't go on like this,
President Trump said as he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sat in the Oval Office on Tuesday, discussing Gaza's rebuild from the rubble This plan is neither practical or politically viable for any Arab country,
It would also lead to new suffering and new hatred... There must be no solution over the heads of the Palestinians,
Hamas must be disarmed and have no part in the territory’s governance,
The notion of lather, rinse, repeat — let’s do the same thing in Gaza we’ve done for decades isn’t going to sustain,
the White House official told CNN Not a word of this was ever mentioned by the president,
a senior Republican aide told the network
