Latest on the Trump administration as Gaza plan sparks sharp criticism
Some GOP senators say they're surprised by Trump's suggestion on Gaza and want more details
Some Republican senators expressed reservations Wednesday about President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the US could “take over” Gaza, potentially using American troops to do so.
GOP Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota said that while the US has a leadership role in the Middle East, “Gaza’s not ours, Israel seems to have a pretty good handle on things.” He said potentially sending US troops to the enclave doesn’t make sense because “Gaza is secured,” and while “it may have an uncertain future,” it is “really not our business right now.”
He added that Republicans “appreciate his vision,” but “in terms of the occupying of Gaza, the only way we would ever, I think if at all, want to do that would be at their invitation.”
Sen. Dan Sullivan, a Republican member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said he wants more details: “What is the plan? It’s quite vague. Is that aid? Is that troops? I mean, it’s a big issue.”
Sullivan said he thinks Trump is “certainly focused” and has a “good record of bringing peace in the region,” citing the Abraham Accords during Trump’s first administration. “The details matter and that’s what I’ll be waiting for,” he said, repeating the sentiment when asked about the suggestion that US troops could occupy land in Gaza.
Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said she thinks Trump is “expressing his deep concern and bond with Israel for peace and security” in proposing that the US could take over Gaza, adding, “it surprised us all, I’ll say that.”
The world should stand against Trump and his plans for Gaza, Palestinian Authority official says
One Palestinian Authority official said the world should stand together against US President Donald Trump and any of his plans to displace Palestinians from their homeland.
Trump on Tuesday said that the United States “will take over” the Gaza Strip — possibly with the help of American troops — while the Palestinians who live there should leave.
Palestinian Authority Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Varsen Aghabekian Shaheen told CNN Wednesday that the “last thing” that Palestinians in Gaza want to hear is “anything on displacement.”
“These people have been displaced before. They have been made refugees in 1948, most of them. Most of them have been displaced within Gaza throughout the various wars that were undertaken by Israel on Gaza,” she said.
Aghabekian Shaheen said that the Palestinian Authority was “very grateful” that a number of countries have spoken out against Trump’s comments on Gaza, including Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. She noted that “their stand with the Palestinian people has been made very clear.”
“If we stand together in the region as one voice, rejecting such moves, and if we are supported by Europe (and) the rest of the world, then maybe this will get to the ears of President Trump and we will see somehow a change of the tone,” she said.
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