Netanyahu Backs Trump’s Vision for Redeveloping Gaza, Says Palestinians Can Leave

TIME

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday backed a proposal by President Donald Trump to relocate Palestinians from Gaza and turn the war-ravaged coastal enclave into a luxury waterfront development—a plan that has drawn international condemnation and could further complicate fragile cease-fire talks between Israel and Hamas.

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00:00Mr. President, is your Palestinian relocation plan still on the table?

00:04Is there a plan?

00:05Has there been any progress in Biden's country?

00:08Maybe why don't I let you answer that question?

00:11Mr. President, wait a minute.

00:12Wait, he's got to answer the question.

00:14I think President Trump had a brilliant vision.

00:17It's called free choice.

00:19You know, if people want to stay, they can stay.

00:22But if they want to leave, they should be able to leave.

00:24It shouldn't be a prison.

00:26It should be an open place and give people a free choice.

00:30We're working with the United States very closely about finding countries that will seek to realize what they always say,

00:39that they want to give the Palestinians a better future.

00:43And those who – and I think we're getting close to finding several countries.

00:49And I think this will give, again, the freedom to choose.

00:54Palestinians should have it.

00:55And I hope that we can secure it close by.

00:58Is this fire between Israel and Moscow currently going forward?

01:03I don't think there is a holdup.

01:05I don't think there's a holdup.

01:07I think things – I think things are going along very well.

01:11They just, you know, left each other.

01:13And it was not a pleasant period of a few days.

01:16It was a little longer than a few days.

01:17But this was not a pleasant period of time.

01:20Oops.

01:21We didn't understand.

01:22I think things were meant to make people fair.

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