Headline Roundup • February 10th, 2025
Trump Says Palestinians Won't Have Right to Return to Gaza, Would Have 'Much Better Housing' Under US Ownership
Summary from the AllSides News Team
President Donald Trump suggested U.S. ownership of Gaza last week. In an interview with Bret Baier set to air on Monday, he was asked if Palestinians in Gaza would have a right to return to the territory. He replied, “No, they wouldn’t, because they’re going to have much better housing.”
Key Quotes: “We’ll build safe communities, a little bit away from where they are, where all of this danger is,” Trump continued. “In the meantime, I would own this. Think of it as a real estate development for the future. It would be a beautiful piece of land. No big money spent.”
For Context: Trump contradicted other officials in his administration who argued he had only called for the temporary relocation of Palestinians. Egypt and Jordan have raised concerns about absorbing many refugees from Gaza. Trump is set to host Jordan’s King Abdullah II at the White House on Tuesday.
How The Media Covered It: The Associated Press (Left bias) noted, “Arab nations have sharply criticized the Trump proposal.” It added that Trump's comments “risked jeopardizing the already tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.” Both the Associated Press and Washington Examiner (Lean Right) included quotes from Hamas officials, but the Examiner framed the Hamas quote as a violent threat and included quotes from Trump's supporters, saying “Many Trump allies remain convinced that the threat of U.S. occupation is intended to jostle Middle Eastern nations into finding a more immediate and agreeable solution,” and did not mention Arab countries' opposition.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said Palestinians would not have the right of return to the Gaza Strip under his proposal to redevelop the enclave, according to excerpts from a Fox News interview.
In a transcript released on Monday, Trump added that he thought he could make a deal with Jordan and Egypt to take the displaced Palestinians, saying the U.S. gives the two countries "billions and billions of dollars a year."
Palestinians will not be guaranteed a right to return to Gaza under President Donald Trump’s reconstruction plan.
Fox News’s Bret Baier directly asked the president about the matter in a Saturday interview that aired on Monday.
“No, they wouldn’t, because they’re going to have much better housing,” Trump said. “Much better.”
He continued, “In other words, I’m talking about building a permanent place for them, because if they have to return now, it’ll be years before you could ever — it’s not habitable. It would be years before it could happen.”
President Donald Trump said Palestinians in Gaza would not have a right to return under his plan for U.S. “ownership” of the war-torn territory, contradicting other officials in his administration who have sought to argue Trump was only calling for the temporary relocation of its population.
Less than a week after he floated his plan for the U.S. to take control of Gaza and turn it into “the Riviera of the Middle East,” Trump, in an interview with FOX News’ Bret Baier that was set to air Monday, said “No, they wouldn’t” when asked if...
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