Monday, February 10, 2025

Netanyahu: Gaza return to be conditioned on deradicalization



The Israeli prime minister called U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to temporarily resettle Gazans while the coastal enclave is rebuilt as "the first fresh idea in years." Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday night that returning Gazans must “disavow terrorism” as part of U.S. President Trump’s temporary resettlement plan for the war-torn coastal enclave.

“All President Trump is saying is that I’m going to open the gate and give them an option to relocate temporarily while we rebuild the place physically and while we also rebuild it in terms of deradicalization,” Netanyahu said during an interview with “Life, Liberty & Levin” host Mark Levin that aired on Fox News at the end of his week-long trip to Washington, D.C.

“You want to come back? You have to disavow terrorism. But you can come back,” he continued. Netanyahu welcomed Trump’s Gaza proposal as “the first fresh idea in years,” calling it “a novel and correct approach” that should not be dismissed outright. (Read More)