Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has hailed U.S. President Donald Trump’s broadly criticised plan to maneuver Palestinians out of the war-battered Gaza Strip, saying Israel is prepared to “do the job”.
In a Fox Information interview aired late Saturday (February 9, 2025) because the Premier was wrapping up a go to to Washington, Mr. Netanyahu defended Mr. Trump’s proposal, which has sparked concern and condemnation throughout the Center East [West Asia] and the world.
“I feel that President Trump’s proposal is the primary contemporary thought in years, and it has the potential to alter every part in Gaza,” Mr. Netanyahu stated, including that it represents a “right method” to the way forward for the Palestinian territory.
“All Trump is saying, ‘I wish to open the gate and provides them an choice to relocate briefly whereas we rebuild the place bodily’,” Mr. Netanyahu stated.
Mr. Trump “by no means stated he needs American troops to do the job. Guess what? We’ll do the job,” Mr. Netanyahu declared.
Israel seized the Gaza Strip in 1967 and maintained a navy presence within the territory till 2005, when it pulled out settlers and its troops.
It subsequently imposed a crippling blockade on the Hamas-ruled territory and positioned it beneath siege after the battle started in October 2023.
Israel and armed teams in Gaza have fought a number of wars in recent times, however the newest – sparked by the unprecedented 2023 Hamas assault on Israel – has been the deadliest and most harmful.
Mr. Netanyahu stated Mr. Trump’s plan was a departure from the “standard, standard, standard – we go away, Gaza turns into once more occupied by these terrorists who use it as a base to assault Israel… It doesn’t go wherever.”
“I feel we must always pursue it,” he added, cautioning that “the actual challenge” was discovering a rustic that may agree to soak up displaced Gazans.
The Israeli chief additionally stated that relocated Palestinians must “disavow terrorism” to be allowed to return to Gaza.
For Palestinians, any makes an attempt to pressure them out of Gaza would evoke darkish reminiscences of what the Arab world calls the “Nakba”, or disaster – the mass displacement of Palestinians throughout Israel’s creation in 1948.
“All people describes Gaza as the most important open-air jail on this planet,” Mr. Netanyahu stated.
“Get the inhabitants out, permit them to depart. Not forcible eviction, not ethnic cleaning – getting individuals out of what all these international locations and all these do-gooders say is an open-air jail. Why are you protecting them in jail?
Printed – February 09, 2025 09:56 pm IST
