Donald Trump renews his demand for a relocation of the Palestinians. He also announces an unusual visit. All developments in the news blog.
2.15 a.m.: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu supports Donald Trump’s plans for the future of the Gaza Strip. “He sees another future for this piece of land that was the origin of so much terrorism,” he said after a meeting with Trump in the White House in Washington. “He has a different idea and I think she deserves our attention. It is something that could change the story.”
In the press conference on Netanyahus side, Trump had previously announced that the United States would take control of the Gaza Strip and develop the Palestinian coastal area destroyed by the war economically. Netanyahu praised Trump’s departure from “conventional ways of thinking” and his “fresh ideas”. “This way of thinking will change and bring peace to the Middle East,” said the Israeli head of government.
2 a.m.: The US Senate pressed the lawyer Pam Bondi as the new Minister of Justice. The majority of the congress chamber voted on Tuesday (local time) for the 59-year-old nominated by President Donald Trump. “Pam Bondi has promised to attribute the ministry to its core task: to pursue crimes and to protect the Americans from threats to their security and freedom,” said the Republican majority leader in the Senate, John Thune.
The ex-general prosecutor of the state of Florida was nominated as minister after Matt Gaetz, intended by Trump for the post, had declared his waiver. Among other things, he had been accused of drug use and sex with a minor, which he rejected.
Bondi is considered a Trump faithful, with Trump’s election defeat 2020 the lawyer supported his false claims on alleged election fraud. Several democratic senators therefore reported doubts about their suitability for the ministerial office on Tuesday. The democratic senator Mazie Hirono said “very concerned” that Pam Bondi “will say yes when and if President Trump asks her to do something illegal”.
1.30 a.m.: US President Donald Trump has contacted Iran with a message of willingness to talk and at the same time. The Republican brought a possible direct exchange with the Iranian leadership. When asked whether he would personally speak to his Iranian counterpart, Trump said in the White House in Washington: “I would.”
It didn’t matter whether he would take the first step or the Iranian side. It is important to talk to each other. “We will see whether we can reconcile or work out a deal with Iran,” said Trump. He is primarily concerned with preventing Iran in possession of nuclear weapons. “We don’t want to be tough towards Iran. We don’t want to be hard against anyone. But they just can’t have nuclear weapons,” he emphasized.
The United States and Iran do not maintain any diplomatic relationships – Trump’s conversation with the Iranian President Massoud Peseschkian would therefore be extremely unusual.
00:30 p.m.: T Donald Trump has publicly gave the best that the destroyed Gaza Strip could become a “Riviera of the Middle East” under the leadership of the United States. “We have the opportunity to do something that could be phenomenal,” said the Republican during a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “That could be something that could be so great.” He later added: “That will be wonderful for the Palestinians.”