Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Thursday ordered the military to prepare for the "voluntary departure" of Palestinians from Gaza as Israeli officials are hoping to pursue ethnic cleansing following Trump's proposals for the enclave. "I have instructed the IDF...
President Trump on Thursday continued to push his idea of a US takeover of Gaza, claiming Israel would hand over the territory to the US at the "conclusion of fighting" and insisting the occupation wouldn't require US troops. "The Gaza Strip would be turned over to...
Israeli settler leaders have welcomed President Trump's call for Palestinians to be removed from the Gaza Strip, which would amount to ethnic cleansing, and are calling for his plans to be implemented. On Tuesday, Trump had called for Palestinians to be removed from...
On Wednesday, Trump administration officials defended the president's surprise announcement on Tuesday night that he wants the US to "take over" and "own" the Gaza Strip but appeared to walk back some aspects of the plan. Trump made the announcement after calling for...
At least two Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire in the southern Gaza city of Rafah on Wednesday despite the ceasefire, Al Jazeera has reported. An Al Jazeera correspondent said a child was killed by an Israeli sniper, which came a few hours after a...
The online news site Puck has reported that Jared Kushner was involved in crafting President Trump's plan for the US to "take over" Gaza, which involves the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian population. Citing Puck, The Times of Israel reported that Kushner, Trump's...
President Trump said on Tuesday that the US would "take over" the Gaza Strip, a surprise announcement he made while speaking with reporters at the White House during a press conference with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "The US will take over the Gaza Strip, and...
Alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, President Trump said Palestinians should be removed from Gaza on a "permanent" basis. "You look over the decades, it's all death in Gaza. This has been happening for years, it's all death. If we...
A Trump-appointed member of the US Holocaust Memorial Council has called for the collective punishment of all Palestinians in Gaza, saying they're "collectively guilty" and not deserving of any mercy. Writing in The Jerusalem Post, Martin Oliner praised President...
On Sunday, the Israeli military blew up a neighborhood in the Jenin refugee camp as its stepped-up assault on the northern West Bank city continues. According to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, the Israeli military rigged residential buildings in the refugee camp...
