Trump: the U.S. will take over Gaza

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U.S. President Donald Trump has caused an outcry by saying that the U.S. should take over the Gaza Strip after Palestinians are resettled elsewhere and develop it economically, a move that would shatter decades of U.S. policy toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Trump unveiled his surprise plan, without providing specifics, at a joint press conference with visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu  #trump #gaza #donaldtrump #palestine #israel #netanyahu

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00:00The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it, too.

00:05We'll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and

00:10other weapons on the site, level the site and get rid of the destroyed buildings, level

00:17it out, create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and

00:22housing for the people of the area.

00:26I do see a long-term ownership position, and I see it bringing great stability to that

00:33part of the Middle East and maybe the entire Middle East.

00:36And everybody I've spoken to – this was not a decision made lightly – everybody

00:40I've spoken to loves the idea of the United States owning that piece of land, developing

00:46and creating thousands of jobs with something that will be magnificent in a really magnificent

00:51area that nobody would know.

00:53Everybody can look because all they see is death and destruction and rubble and demolished

00:59buildings falling all over.

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