Steve Witkoff, the American special envoy in the Middle East, said Gaza will be “uninhabitable” for at least 10 to 15 years when reconstruction talks continue in the middle of a fragile cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas.
“I think everyone wants to see peace in the region,” Witkoff said in an interview on Tuesday on “Hannity”.
“And peace in the region means a better life for Palestinians. A better life is not necessarily linked physical space in which you are today. A better life is a better opportunity, better financial conditions, better aspirations for you and your family. This does not happen because you can launch a tent in the Gaza Strip and you are surrounded by 30,000 ammunition that could trigger at any time. It is a dangerous place to live today. “”
People inspect debris and rubble on the Israeli bombing site on a residential block of rue Jalaa in the city of Gaza on January 14, 2025 in the middle of the in progress in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (Omar al-Qattaa / AFP via Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump proposed in the United States to “take control” from the Gaza Strip, to level it and rebuild it at some point in the future during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“I see a long-term property position, and I see it bringing great stability to this part of the Middle East, and perhaps the Entire Middle East“Said Trump, adding that it was a decision that he did not take lightly.
“Everyone I spoke to love the idea that the United States has this piece of land, developing and creating thousands of jobs with something that will be magnificent – in a truly magnificent area that no one knows. See is death and Destruction and rubble and demolished buildings falling everywhere. It’s just a terrible and terrible view. “”
A view of buildings destroyed as the destruction scale, caused by Israeli attacks, returns to the surface after the withdrawal of the Israeli army in Khan Yunis, Gaza on September 29, 2024. (Abed Rahim Khatib / Anadolu via Getty Images)
The president has repeatedly suggested to move Palestinians to neighboring Egypt and Jordan, although the two countries have rejected these calls.
The Kingdom of the Ministry of Saudi Affairs published a declaration Shortly after Trump’s remarks, reaffirming the position of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman on the establishment of a Palestinian State, which, according to him, must occur before the Arab country established diplomatic relations with Israel .
Witkoff told Fox News host Sean Hannity, whom Trump wanted to give the Palestinians “more hope” for a better future, and potentially far from the enclave torn by war.
The Palestinians are going through the destruction left by the air offensive and the Israeli soil after having withdrawn Khan Younis, Southern Gaza Strip, Sunday April 7, 2024.
“I think he says in the Middle East that the last 50 years of doing things was not a good way to do things, and that he will change it, because all these iterations have not worked” , the real estate investor and the developer says.
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Netanyahu told journalists that Trump’s Gaza’s proposal is something that could change history.
“President Trump carries it to a much higher level,” said Netanyahu. “He sees a different future for this field which has been at the center of so much terrorism, so much – So many attacks against usSo many tests and so many tribulations. He has a different idea, and I think it’s worth paying attention to this. “”
