Trump says 'nobody is expelling Palestinians,' weeks after saying they should be moved to Arab states [View all]
Source: CNN
Trump says ‘nobody is expelling Palestinians,’ weeks after saying they should be moved to Arab states
By Rob Picheta, Ibrahim Dahman and Kareem El Damanhoury, CNN
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Updated 10:51 PM EDT, Thu March 13, 2025
(CNN) — US President Donald Trump’s plans for the future of Gaza were further shrouded in confusion on Wednesday when he told reporters that “nobody is expelling any Palestinians” from the enclave – an apparent climbdown from his previous proclamations that its population should be relocated.
Trump has repeatedly offered conflicting visions for Gaza’s future. He said in recent weeks that its 2.1 million Palestinians should be moved to Arab states like Egypt and Jordan following Israel’s war with Hamas, controversially proposing that the US take control of the Strip and turn it into a Middle Eastern “Riviera.”
“We’re moving them to a beautiful location where they have new homes, where they can live safely, where they’ll have doctors and medical and all of those things,” he said during a meeting with King Abdullah of Jordan last month. “And I think it’s going to be great.”
But during a Wednesday meeting with Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin, Trump responded to a reporter’s question about his plan by saying: “Nobody’s expelling any Palestinians.”
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Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/13/middleeast/trump-gaza-relocation-comments-intl/index.html
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