A leading Republican senator suggests that Israel will not be able to negotiate a satisfactory end to the war in Gaza and will have to take over the Strip.
“I think President Trump has come to believe, and I certainly have come to believe, there’s no way you’re going to negotiate an end of this war with Hamas,” Sen. Lindsey Graham says in an interview on NBC News.
“They’re going to do in Gaza what we did in Tokyo and Berlin, take the place by force and start over again, presenting a better future for the Palestinians, hopefully having the Arabs take over the West Bank and Gaza,” says Graham, a longtime supporter of Israel, frequent visitor to the Jewish state, and friend of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
He also asserts that there may be some Hamas members who “would accept safe passage if they release the hostages,” suggesting that Israel should make such an offer.
Earlier this year, Trump made a surprising proclamation that the US would take over the Gaza Strip, displace its population, and turn the area into a resort, but he appears to have since backed down from the idea.
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