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Liberman welcomes Trump proposal to relocate Gazans, backs Saudi normalization ‘but not at the price they are demanding’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
Hawkish opposition politician Avigdor Liberman endorses US President Donald Trump’s proposal to move some of Gaza’s population to Jordan and Egypt, temporarily or permanently.
“I want to thank the US president for his initiative to transfer the population of Gaza to the Sinai Peninsula,” Liberman tells reporters ahead of his Yisrael Beytenu party’s weekly faction meeting in the Knesset.
Both Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and Jordan’s King Abdullah have rejected the proposal by the US president.
This is not the first time that Liberman has endorsed a plan to transfer Palestinians. He has previously proposed transferring jurisdiction of some Arab Israeli towns to a future potential Palestinian state, claiming their residents have never wanted to be part of the Jewish state.
Turning to normalization with Saudi Arabia, Liberman says that he is in favor “but not at the price they are demanding” — establishment of a Palestinian state and assistance with a civilian nuclear program.
The Times of Israel Community.