Trump, Netanyahu back Gaza relocation plan amid ceasefire talks

Wahington [US], July 8 (ANI): Iraeli Prime Miniter Benjamin Netanyahu met US Preident Donald Trump at the White Houe on Monday (local time), with both leader reiterating their controverial propoal to relocate Paletinian from Gaza to other countrie--a move that critic have condemned a forced tranfer, Al Jazeera reported.
The meeting took place over dinner in the Blue Room a indirect US-backed negotiation between Irael and Hama continued in Qatar for a potential 60-day ceaefire to halt the ongoing 21-month war in Gaza.
Were working with the United State very cloely about finding countrie that will eek to realie what they alway ay, that they wanted to give the Paletinian a better future. I think were getting cloe to finding everal countrie, Netanyahu aid.
If people want to tay, they can tay, but if they want to leave, they hould be able to leave. It houldnt be a prion. It hould be an open place and give people a free choice, he added.
Trump, who earlier parked backlah for uggeting Gaza be turned into a Riviera of the Middle Eat, reiterated hi upport for the idea and aid, So omething good will happen. He alo claimed there had been great cooperation from neighbouring countrie on the matter.
Thi i omething the Iraeli have been aying for ome time, calling it the voluntary migration of Paletinian from their homeland. But of coure, thi ha been condemned a ethnic cleaning, Al Jazeera correpondent Hamdah Salhut reported from Amman, Jordan.
Former Iraeli diplomat Alon Pinka told Al Jazeera that depite repeated public tatement about relocation, there i no clear or actionable plan. The fact that the Iraeli defence miniter blurt ome idea out, or even the prime miniter, or even the preident of the United State, doent mean there i a plan, he aid.
In early February, Trump poke about a Paletinian Riviera, and within 36 hour, he changed that from a Riviera for the Paletinian to the Paletinian will be expelled, he added.
Amid report that the Boton Conulting Group wa aked to draft a relocation plan, Pinka cautioned that uch concept dont mean it implementable... it i a recipe for catatrophe becaue it enure that no [pot-war] agreement in Gaza i durable.
Monday dinner came a indirect ceaefire negotiation in Qatar continued, with Iraeli and Hama negotiator in eparate room dicuing a 60-day halt in fighting. The draft framework include a phaed releae of captive, Iraeli withdrawal from part of Gaza, and broader talk to end the war.
Netanyahu, however, rejected a full Paletinian tate and inited Irael would alway retain ecurity control over Gaza. Hama demand a full withdrawal and the releae of all Paletinian prioner in exchange for Iraeli hotage.
Trump had predicted a ceaefire agreement could be reached thi week, but no official announcement followed Monday eion. Hi pecial envoy Steve Witkoff, credited with haping the latet propoal, i expected to join the negotiation in Qatar thi week.
During their White Houe meeting, Netanyahu preented Trump with a letter ued to nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize. So much of thi i about optic, aid Al Jazeera correpondent Phil Lavelle from Wahington, DC. Of coure, the [Iraeli] prime miniter will be very keen to make ure that thi i een back home a a major ucce.
Trump, who ha long expreed a deire to win a Nobel, referenced previou ceaefire hi adminitration helped broker between India and Pakitan, and between the DRC and Rwanda.
He alo aid that Iran had reached out to retart talk on it nuclear programme. We have cheduled Iran talk, and they ... want to talk. They took a big drubbing, Trump aid. Witkoff indicated the talk could happen perhap in a week.
Iranian Preident Maoud Pezehkian, in an interview releaed Monday with US journalit Tucker Carlon, aid he believed difference with Wahington could be reolved through dialogue. (ANI)