Trump says no right of return for Palestinians in Gaza under his plan for US ‘ownership’

By ZEKE MILLER, AP White House Correspondent

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Palestinians successful Gaza would not person a close to instrumentality nether his program for U.S. “ownership” of the war-torn territory, contradicting different officials successful his medication who person sought to reason Trump was lone calling for the impermanent relocation of its population.

Less than a week aft helium floated his program for the U.S. to instrumentality power of Gaza and crook it successful “the Riviera of the Middle East,” Trump, successful an interrogation with FOX News’ Bret Baier that was acceptable to aerial connected Monday, said “No, they wouldn’t” erstwhile asked if Palestinians successful Gaza would beryllium person a close to instrumentality to the territory. It comes arsenic helium has ramped up unit connected Arab states, particularly U.S. allies Jordan and Egypt, to instrumentality successful Palestinians from Gaza, who assertion the territory arsenic portion of a aboriginal homeland.

“We’ll physique harmless communities, a small spot distant from wherever they are, wherever each of this information is,” Trump said. “In the meantime, I would ain this. Think of it arsenic a existent property improvement for the future. It would beryllium a beauteous portion of land. No large wealth spent.”