President Donald Trump announced Tuesday a plan to ethnically cleanse the Gaza Strip of its two million Palestinian inhabitants, suggesting that U.S. forces could then move in to occupy the area and transform the besieged territory into the “Riviera of the Middle East." Standing next to him was Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who seemed to agree with Trump's proposal for "long-term ownership."
“The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it too,” Mr. Trump said at a press conference Tuesday evening. “We’ll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site. Level the site and get rid of the destroyed buildings. Level it out.”
