President Donald Trump says Palestinians who would be relocated from the Gaza Strip under his plan to rebuild the war-torn territory would not have the right to return there and would instead have to remain in what he called “much better housing” in other countries in the region.
In an interview with Fox News host Bret Baier on Sunday, Trump said Gaza’s 2.1 million residents would have to remain displaced because the it would be “years” before the territory could be rebuilt to the point where anyone could live there.
Trump says Palestinians won’t have right of return to Gaza under his plan for territory The president’s plan has inflamed tensions across the Middle East and has been met with some skepticism from members of his own party.
“I’m talking about building a permanent place for them because if they have to return now, it’ll be years before you could ever—it’s not habitable,” he said.
