During the meeting on Wednesday with Ireland leader Michel Martin, President Trump said it was quickly taken away in the Middle East as a serious change in his position on a gas -destroyed Gaza Strip and about 2 million Palestinian residents.
“Nobody excludes anyone from Gaza,” Mr. Trump told reporters.
It happened after he repeatedly said that, according to his own gas restoration proposal, all its residents would be moved, while the US moved to “take” the coastal territory to turn it into luxurious real estate development. Literally a month ago, Mr. Trump was clear that not only Palestinians should leave gas in his mind Wouldn't allow you to return.
This plan was round and clearly rejected Arab countries, including Egypt and Jordan, which Mr. Trump said, will bring moved masses.
Egypt, who forced the effort to submit an alternative plan for the gas that does not involve the displacement of the Palestinians, welcomed the change in the tone of the Trump.
“Egypt expresses gratitude for the statements made by US President Donald Trump … Regarding the residents of the Gaza Strip,” the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday. “Egypt claims that this position reflects the understanding of the importance of avoiding the further deterioration of the humanitarian situation and the need to work on finding fair and sustainable decisions of the Palestinian case.”
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Hamas, the USA and the Israeli terrorist organization, which caused the war in Gaza with its fierce attack on October 7, 2023 on Israel, also cautiously welcomed the shift in Mr. Trump's rhetoric.
“If Trump's statements are a retreat from the idea of Palestinian movement, they are welcome,” the group's press secretary said.
Mr. Trump's comments took place on Wednesday after his senior Messenger Steve Witcoof met with Foreign Affairs Ministers in Qatar to discuss the post -war future of Gaza. This future, no matter what the reconstruction plan is eventually implemented, can only begin after the official end of the war.
The gentle truce between Israel and Hamas has largely retained the world since January 19, but both sides have not yet agreed whether it is necessary to expand the first stage of the agreement or move to the second stage, as provided initially. Dos Dze, Qatar, involving delegations from the nation of the host, as well as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Jordan and the US, aimed at promoting the process forward and silent.
Five Arab countries pushed the Egyptian alternative to the proposal of Mr. Trump “Riviera of the Middle East” in his negotiations with US officials.
Arabic plan, rude outline from which Officials shared with CBS News Earlier this month there is a price tag of $ 53 billion and provides all the residents of the enclave remaining in Gaza for many years of reconstruction. Initially, the Trump administration rejected the plan, and the US National Security Council press Brian Hugz issued a statement saying that it was not possible to “turn to the reality that the non -residential gas and residents could not live on the territory covered by garbage and unrestrained affairs.”
“President Trump stands for his vision to restore Gas from Hamas,” Hugz said at the time, “We look forward to further negotiations to bring peace and well -being to the region.”
On Wednesday, Mr Trump's comments appeared in the White House that these further talks with the regional partners of America may have convinced the White House that the supply of the entire Gaza population is not a suitable proposal.
“Arab foreign ministers presented a gas reconstruction plan approved at the Arab Summit, which took place in Cairo on March 4, 2025,” said five Arab countries that met in Doha a joint statement Share on Wednesday. “They also agreed with the US envoy to continue consulting and coordinating as a basis for the efforts to restore this sector.”
This Egyptian plan was adopted by a broad group of Muslim solidarity from 57 countries known as Islamic Cooperation Organization. It stipulates that the gas strip eventually manages the Palestinian administration, which currently runs the parts of the Western shore of the Israeli western shore, not by Hamas.
This is probably a permanent dispute, as it has little support among the Palestinians and will be rejected as a potential future Gaza Administrator Benjamin Netanyahu, showing that many more negotiations are ahead if Mr. Trump will make good on his promises to end the crisis in the heart.