Trump follows up with new statements
“I am determined to buy Gaza and take possession of it”
Updated on 10.02.2025 – 02:57 a.m.Reading time: 3 min.
Donald Trump adds to the Gaza Strip on his plans. He wants the United States to buy the Gaza Strip and take possession of it. Hamas reacted immediately.
U.S. President Donald Trump claims that the United States wants to buy and own the Gaza Strip. “I am determined to buy Gaza and take possession of it. As far as the reconstruction is concerned, we could also leave this to other countries in the Middle East so that they can rebuild parts of them, and others could do this under our patronage,” said Trump On Sunday (local time) to reporters on board the government machine “Air Force One”.
“But we are determined to own him, to take him and to ensure that Hamas does not return,” said the US President. The place is a demolition fallow, everything had to be torn down. Trump also said that he was open to the possibility of allowing some Palestinian refugees to enter the United States; However, he would check such applications on a case -by -case basis. The White House did not immediately respond to the request for a statement.
The radical Islamic terrorist organization Hamas immediately vehemently rejected Trump’s plans. A member of the Hamas’ Political Office, Ezzat El Rashq, veiled the recent statements of the US President to occupy the Gaza Strip. “The Gaza Strip is not a property that can be sold or bought. It is an integral part of our occupied Palestinian country,” said Rashq in a statement by Hamas and added that the Palestinians would defend themselves against displacement plans.
Trump had previously said that the USA could take over the Gaza Strip and participate in a massive reconstruction. He also explained that the Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip permanently drive away and to create a “Riviera of the Middle East”. Trump’s announcement immediately caused criticism from several countries. The US government later put Trump’s statements into perspective.
Saudi Arabia completely rejected the Gaza plan of the US President. The Jordanian king Abdullah II is plans to tell Trump, Trump during February 11th in Washington that the proposal is a recipe for radicalism that would spread chaos in the Middle East and endanger the peace of the kingdom with Israel .
Even before Trump’s announcement of a possible occupation of the Gaza Strip by the United States, Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Sunday (local time) said in a TV interview with the US broadcaster Fox News that Trump would be with the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi And possibly meet with the Saudi Arabian crown prince Mohammed bin Salman. “These are partners who have to listen to with whom you have to discuss. We also have to respect their feelings and see how we create a plan that is sustainable for the future,” said Herzog.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) also critically critically critically commented on the TV duel with candidate for the Union, Friedrich Merz in ARD and ZDF, and described Trump’s plans as “scandal”. “The resettlement of the population is not acceptable and against international law,” said Scholz. In addition, the term “Riviera of the Middle East” is terrible in view of the incredible destruction in the Gaza Strip.
Merz said he shared the chancellor’s assessment. Trump’s advance belongs to an entire series of irritating suggestions from the US administration. “But you have to wait and see what is really serious about it and how it is implemented. There is probably a lot of rhetoric.”
