Episode description

In a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump said the United States would “take over the Gaza strip”, “level it out” and turn it into the “Riviera of the Middle East”.

He made the comments during Netanyahu’s visit to the White House, the first foreign leader to visit since the inauguration.

Trump also said that Palestinians should be permanently settled somewhere outside of Gaza – an idea Arab nations including Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, as well as Palestinian leaders, have rejected.

Today, Middle East correspondent for The Economist Gregg Carlstrom on what Trump’s plan for Gaza means for the next phase of the ceasefire.

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Guest: Middle East correspondent for The Economist, Gregg Carlstrom.

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