Trump’s Gaza Takeover Plan May Sound Death Knell for the Two-State Solution

Already unlikely, the prospects for creation of a Palestinian state alongside Israel could vanish altogether if the United States takes over Gaza and displaces the population, as President Trump proposes.

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Trump’s Gaza Plan Complicates Hoped-for Saudi-Israeli Deal

President Trump wants to broker normal ties between Saudi Arabia and Israel, but his proposal to transfer Palestinians out of Gaza just made that a lot harder.
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Trump Digs In on Gaza Takeover and Palestinian Resettlement

Aides had sought to walk back the president’s proposal, which drew condemnations. Israel’s defense minister said its military would draft plans for Gazans who wished to leave.
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Israel begins preparations for Gaza exodus as Egypt lobbies against Trump plan

Israel says it has begun preparations for the departure of large numbers of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip in line with President Donald Trump’s plan for the territory
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Trump’s Gaza Plan Has Many Pitfalls, Hamas Among the Biggest

President Trump’s proposal to “own” Gaza and transfer its population elsewhere has stirred condemnation and sarcasm, but it is an opening bid and could disrupt a tired diplomatic paradigm.
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Trump’s plan to ‘take over’ Gaza Strip confuses GOP lawmakers

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Rebuilding shattered Gaza may require a new Marshall plan

Palestinians face a mammoth task to rebuild homes and infrastructure – and Trump is unlikely to help. In the week that Donald Trump called for what has been described as an “ethnic cleansing” of ...
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Trump's Gaza plan shocks the world but finds support in Israel

President Donald Trump’s plan to seek U.S. ownership of the Gaza Strip and move out its population has found a sympathetic ear in Israel
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