21 minutes agoTrump: Peace deal aims to rebuild Gaza
Periskopi(8 months ago)
(8 months ago)US President Donald Trump has said he hopes a peace agreement signed at the global summit in Egypt will lead to “the reconstruction of Gaza”. The president refused to say it would lead to the creation of a Palestinian state, in response to journalists' questions on board Air Force One, writes [...]
The president refused to say it would lead to the creation of a Palestinian state, in response to journalists' questions on the Air Force One board, writes Sky News.
Returning from Sharma el-Sheik, Egypt, where world leaders gathered yesterday to mark an agreement, he said he had responded to the “of millions of people”.
Asked whether the agreement, the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel and the return of all surviving Israeli hostages could lead to a Palestinian state, Trump said: “We are talking about rebuilding Gaza. I'm not talking about a single country, a double state or two states. We're talking about the reconstruction of Gaza”, Trump said.
A lot of people love a solution with a country. Some people like the two-state solution. We'll see. I didn't comment on this”, he added.
Trump's long-term proposal of 20 points includes a <x0-bord peace” to oversee the creation of a transitional authority for territory, headed by the US president. /Periscope/
