Republican US Sen. Lindsey Graham says Arab states are working to come up with a Gaza rehabilitation plan that would allow Palestinians in Gaza to leave the enclave if they’d like, while those who want to stay can remain.
The Arab proposal he reports would be somewhat of a compromise between US President Donald Trump’s Gaza takeover plan that envisions Palestinians being permanently relocated and comments from certain Arab leaders rejecting the idea of removing a single Palestinian from Gaza.
Graham tells reporters in a press conference in Israel yesterday that Arab allies are working “to come up with a plan that would allow Palestinians to leave if they would like, but if they don’t, [to] stay in place while there’s reconstruction.”
“I’m quite optimistic that the Arab world will come up with a plan to show President Trump how to deal with the Palestinian issue without driving them all out,” he says.
It’s unclear though how Palestinians will be allowed to leave, given that Hamas operatives have long sought to prevent Gazans from doing so.
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