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United States President Donald Trump said Palestinians should be relocated from the Gaza Strip and that the US will “take over the Gaza Strip” during a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington, DC, on February 4.Trump said Palestinians should be relocated from Gaza to other areas and countries in the region, and that “wealthy” neighboring countries would pay for the relocation. Trump said “various domains” should be built “that will ultimately be occupied by the 1.8 million Palestinians living in Gaza.”“The only reason the Palestinians want to go back to Gaza is because they have no alternative,” Trump said.“The US will take over the Gaza Strip and we’ll do a job with it too. We’ll own it, and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site, level the site, and get rid of all the destroyed buildings, level it all out. Create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the people of the area,” Trump said.Trump later clarified his statement by responding to a question from a journalist saying, “I do see long-term ownership” of Gaza by the United States.Trump said he was “hopeful” that the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas “could be the beginning of a larger and more enduring peace that will end the bloodshed and killing once and for all.”Trump also confirmed that the United States withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council, which he described as “antisemitic.” Credit: The White House via Storyful