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Sa’ar responds to Trump plan: Necessary to ‘consider out of the box ideas’ for ‘failed experiment’ of Gaza
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Responding to US President Donald Trump’s call to resettle the residents of the Gaza Strip elsewhere, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar tells lawmakers that it is necessary to “consider out of the box ideas.”
“Gaza in its previous form has no future. Another solution must be found – and that’s what President Trump is trying to do,” he declares from the Knesset plenum.
“As long as migration is carried out of a person’s free will and as long as there is a country that is willing to accept that person, it cannot be said to be immoral or inhumane.”
Sa’ar says that Gaza is full of “hatred for Israel and the desire to destroy it.”
“I believe that together with the American administration led by President Trump, we have an opportunity to at least try to build a better future for ourselves and the entire Middle East,” he continues, dismissing European criticism of the American proposals.
“Therefore, in this spirit, I suggest that we also examine the new ideas put forward by the US President” for the “failed experiment” that is Gaza.
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