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Click here.<\/a><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> comments about the U.S. &#8220;taking over&#8221; Gaza sent shock waves through Washington \u2013 but allies suggest the negotiator-in-chief is using the suggestion as a tactic to apply pressure on the region and find workable solutions to the Israel-Palestinian conflict.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb2\" id=\"tablet-tw-ad-lb2\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban1\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban1\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">&#8220;The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it, too,&#8221; Trump said Tuesday in remarks that set off a media firestorm. &#8220;We&#8217;ll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous, unexplored bombs and other weapons on the site.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He suggested that Palestinians be cleared out of Gaza and taken in by neighboring nations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/science\/archaeology\/ancient-egypt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">like Egypt<\/a> and Jordan \u2013 an idea Arab leaders have roundly rejected.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb2\" id=\"desktop-desk-ad-lb2\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s proposal would be a momentous departure from current policy \u2013 and run afoul with America First conservatives who want to see the U.S. less involved in the Middle East, not more.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban2\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban2\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/arab-americans-trump-group-changes-name-after-presidents-gaza-takeover-proposal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ARAB AMERICANS FOR TRUMP GROUP CHANGES NAME AFTER PRESIDENT&#8217;S GAZA TAKEOVER PROPOSAL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/343\/192\/2025-02-05t003705z_909449831_rc2rncaxjz6r_rtrmadp_3_usa-israel-scaled.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/686\/384\/2025-02-05t003705z_909449831_rc2rncaxjz6r_rtrmadp_3_usa-israel-scaled.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/672\/378\/2025-02-05t003705z_909449831_rc2rncaxjz6r_rtrmadp_3_usa-israel-scaled.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1344\/756\/2025-02-05t003705z_909449831_rc2rncaxjz6r_rtrmadp_3_usa-israel-scaled.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/931\/523\/2025-02-05t003705z_909449831_rc2rncaxjz6r_rtrmadp_3_usa-israel-scaled.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1862\/1046\/2025-02-05t003705z_909449831_rc2rncaxjz6r_rtrmadp_3_usa-israel-scaled.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/720\/405\/2025-02-05t003705z_909449831_rc2rncaxjz6r_rtrmadp_3_usa-israel-scaled.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1440\/810\/2025-02-05t003705z_909449831_rc2rncaxjz6r_rtrmadp_3_usa-israel-scaled.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1200\/675\/2025-02-05t003705z_909449831_rc2rncaxjz6r_rtrmadp_3_usa-israel-scaled.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Donald Trump met with Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House this week\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Trump suggested the U.S. &#8220;take over&#8221; Gaza and Palestinians be cleared out\u00a0<\/span> <span>(Reuters\u00a0)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb3\" id=\"tablet-tw-ad-lb3\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I thought we voted for America First,&#8221; Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., wrote back to the president\u2019s suggestion on X. &#8220;We have no business contemplating yet another occupation to doom our treasure and spill our soldiers\u2019 blood.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The idea of a U.S. takeover of Gaza originated with Trump himself, who questioned why Palestinians would want to live among the rubble, and was not formally mapped out by his aides before he announced it next to Israeli Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/benjamin-netanyahu-praises-trumps-remarkable-idea-about-us-takeover-gaza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban3\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban3\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sources <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/05\/us\/politics\/trump-gaza-takeover.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">told the New York Times<\/a> that Trump had been toying with the suggestion for weeks, and his thinking was reaffirmed when Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff returned from Gaza and described the dismal conditions there.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/israeli-defense-minister-orders-idf-plan-gazans-leave-line-trumps-controversial-proposal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER ORDERS IDF TO PLAN FOR GAZANS TO LEAVE IN LINE WITH TRUMP&#8217;S CONTROVERSIAL PROPOSAL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/343\/192\/2025-02-06t120758z_1060884222_rc2yocajzkag_rtrmadp_3_israel-palestinians-gaza-ceasefire-weather-scaled.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/686\/384\/2025-02-06t120758z_1060884222_rc2yocajzkag_rtrmadp_3_israel-palestinians-gaza-ceasefire-weather-scaled.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/672\/378\/2025-02-06t120758z_1060884222_rc2yocajzkag_rtrmadp_3_israel-palestinians-gaza-ceasefire-weather-scaled.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1344\/756\/2025-02-06t120758z_1060884222_rc2yocajzkag_rtrmadp_3_israel-palestinians-gaza-ceasefire-weather-scaled.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/931\/523\/2025-02-06t120758z_1060884222_rc2yocajzkag_rtrmadp_3_israel-palestinians-gaza-ceasefire-weather-scaled.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1862\/1046\/2025-02-06t120758z_1060884222_rc2yocajzkag_rtrmadp_3_israel-palestinians-gaza-ceasefire-weather-scaled.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/720\/405\/2025-02-06t120758z_1060884222_rc2yocajzkag_rtrmadp_3_israel-palestinians-gaza-ceasefire-weather-scaled.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1440\/810\/2025-02-06t120758z_1060884222_rc2yocajzkag_rtrmadp_3_israel-palestinians-gaza-ceasefire-weather-scaled.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1200\/675\/2025-02-06t120758z_1060884222_rc2yocajzkag_rtrmadp_3_israel-palestinians-gaza-ceasefire-weather-scaled.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Trump questioned why Palestinians would want to \" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Palestinians walk past the rubble of destroyed buildings during a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, Feb 6, 2025.<\/span> <span>(Reuters\/Dawoud Abu Alkas\u00a0)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb4\" id=\"tablet-tw-ad-lb4\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Taking over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/white-house-trump-not-committing-putting-us-troops-gaza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ownership of Gaza<\/a> would suggest U.S. forces on the ground to ensure security \u2013 and require Congress to get on board with appropriating funds to rebuild the territory.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb3\" id=\"desktop-desk-ad-lb3\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban4\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban4\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Trump explained his idea further in a Truth Social post Thursday morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Gaza Strip would be turned over to the United States by Israel at the conclusion of fighting. The Palestinians, people like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/chuck-schumer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chuck Schumer<\/a>, would have already been resettled in far safer and more beautiful communities, with new and modern homes, in the region,&#8221; he wrote, calling out the Senate&#8217;s Jewish Democratic leader.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They would actually have a chance to be happy, safe, and free. The U.S., working with great development teams from all over the World, would slowly and carefully begin the construction of what would become one of the greatest and most spectacular developments of its kind on Earth. No soldiers by the U.S. would be needed! Stability for the region would reign!!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb5\" id=\"tablet-tw-ad-lb5\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban5\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban5\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt also sought to quiet fears from the briefing podium.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would reject the premise of your question that this forces the United States to be entangled in conflicts abroad,&#8221; she told a reporter on Wednesday. &#8220;The president has not committed to putting boots on the ground in Gaza. He has also said that the United States is not going to pay for the rebuilding of Gaza.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/343\/192\/netanyahutrump.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/686\/384\/netanyahutrump.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/672\/378\/netanyahutrump.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1344\/756\/netanyahutrump.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/931\/523\/netanyahutrump.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1862\/1046\/netanyahutrump.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/720\/405\/netanyahutrump.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1440\/810\/netanyahutrump.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1200\/675\/netanyahutrump.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump speak at a press conference\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu answer questions during a joint press conference in the East Room at the White House, Feb. 4, 2025.<\/span> <span>(Reuters\/Leah Millis)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;This is an out-of-the-box idea. That&#8217;s who President Trump is. That&#8217;s why the American people elected him. And his goal is lasting peace in the Middle East for all people in the region.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban6\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban6\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sen. John Fetterman, a Pennsylvania Democrat who typically finds little common cause with Trump, told Puck News his idea is a &#8220;provocative&#8221; way to &#8220;to kind of shake things up and to start a very more honest conversation of Gaza.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb4\" id=\"desktop-desk-ad-lb4\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb6\" id=\"tablet-tw-ad-lb6\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Trump is speaking the language of the Middle East,&#8221; Simone Ledeen, deputy assistant secretary of defense for the\u00a0Middle East during Trump&#8217;s first term, told Fox News Digital.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/middle-east\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle East<\/a> negotiations, they often happen in public, and public posturing is kind of part of the process. This is not President Trump&#8217;s messaging to the U.S., he is messaging to the Middle East\u2026 [that] the paradigm has failed, and so we need new ideas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban7\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban7\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I think it&#8217;s going to bring the entire region to come with their own solutions,&#8221; national security advisor Mike Waltz mused about the comments on CBS on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Waltz went on: &#8220;He&#8217;s not seeing any realistic solutions on how those miles and miles and miles of debris are going to be clear, how those essentially unexploded bombs are going to be removed, how these people are physically going to live there for at least a decade, if not longer, it&#8217;s going to take to do this.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb7\" id=\"tablet-tw-ad-lb7\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>More than 46,000 Palestinians had been killed in the war between Israel and Hamas, according to the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry as of last month. Nearly 2 million have been displaced from their homes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban8\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban8\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/level-it-trump-says-us-take-over-gaza-strip-rebuild\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>TRUMP SAYS US WILL \u2018TAKE OVER\u2019 GAZA STRIP, REBUILD IT TO STABILIZE MIDDLE EAST<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/343\/192\/2025-02-06t165657z_767569375_rc23pca9mxif_rtrmadp_3_israel-palestinians-gaza-scaled.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/686\/384\/2025-02-06t165657z_767569375_rc23pca9mxif_rtrmadp_3_israel-palestinians-gaza-scaled.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/672\/378\/2025-02-06t165657z_767569375_rc23pca9mxif_rtrmadp_3_israel-palestinians-gaza-scaled.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1344\/756\/2025-02-06t165657z_767569375_rc23pca9mxif_rtrmadp_3_israel-palestinians-gaza-scaled.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/931\/523\/2025-02-06t165657z_767569375_rc23pca9mxif_rtrmadp_3_israel-palestinians-gaza-scaled.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1862\/1046\/2025-02-06t165657z_767569375_rc23pca9mxif_rtrmadp_3_israel-palestinians-gaza-scaled.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/720\/405\/2025-02-06t165657z_767569375_rc23pca9mxif_rtrmadp_3_israel-palestinians-gaza-scaled.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1440\/810\/2025-02-06t165657z_767569375_rc23pca9mxif_rtrmadp_3_israel-palestinians-gaza-scaled.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1200\/675\/2025-02-06t165657z_767569375_rc23pca9mxif_rtrmadp_3_israel-palestinians-gaza-scaled.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"A view shows destroyed buildings, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, as seen from Israel's border with Gaza, Israel \" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>&#8220;Why would they want to return? That place has been hell,&#8221; Trump said of Gaza.<\/span> <span>(Reuters\/Amir Cohen)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>An Israeli official suggested that Trump\u2019s idea may not actually be met with opposition by Gaza\u2019s neighbors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb5\" id=\"desktop-desk-ad-lb5\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Egypt and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/saudi-arabia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Saudi Arabia<\/a> and United Arab Emirates that in the end of the day are threatened by Hamas would not shed a tear to see that the United States is actually taking control <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/israeli-defense-minister-orders-idf-plan-gazans-leave-line-trumps-controversial-proposal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">over the Gaza strip,<\/a> because they don&#8217;t really want to do that,&#8221; Avi Melamed, a former Israeli intelligence official and Arab affairs adviser for Jerusalem, told Fox News Digital.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb8\" id=\"tablet-tw-ad-lb8\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban9\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban9\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;They will not, of course, express formally, because it will be breaking the cause of unity in the Arab world.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Trump is being presented right now a construct of a ceasefire deal that is headed for a train wreck,&#8221; said Rich Goldberg, president of Foundation for Defense of Democracies, adding that there is a &#8220;fundamental disconnect&#8221; between what Israelis will accept and what Hamas will accept.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So he\u2019s moving the Overton window, changing the strategic paradigm.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban10\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban10\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"cultivate-embed\" data-question-id=\"774\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb9\" id=\"tablet-tw-ad-lb9\" data-ad-size=\"\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Goldberg said the first priority was convincing other Muslim nations in the region to take in Palestinians.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Egyptians and the Jordanians should be honest with the world. We don&#8217;t want the Gaza population. We&#8217;re afraid of the Gaza population. We think they may be radicalized. We think they might bring down our government. Or we don&#8217;t want to give up the political weapon against Israel.&#8221; He suggested Trump could leverage U.S. relationships with Middle Eastern countries \u2013 offering those who accept Palestinians major-non-NATO status and threatening to revoke such a status for countries who don\u2019t. &#8220;The status itself is gravitized in the world.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>close Video Pete Hegseth: Gaza is about keeping all options open Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth discusses President Donald Trump&#8217;s comments on Gaza on &#8216;The Ingraham Angle.&#8217; Join Fox News for access to this content Plus special access to select articles and other premium content with your account &#8211; free of charge. 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