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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Clea Skopeliti

First Thing: Trump says US will ‘own’ Gaza and that Palestinians should leave

Donald Trump.
Donald Trump said the Gaza Strip could become the ‘Riviera of the Middle East’. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA

Good morning.

Donald Trump has said the US will “take over” Gaza and that Palestinians could live in “peace and harmony” elsewhere, in effect endorsing the ethnic cleansing of the territory despite the opposition of Palestinians and neighbouring countries.

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