Israel’s Netanyahu signals he’s moving ahead with Trump’s idea to transfer Palestinians from Gaza – The Associated Press
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio is kicking of a Mideast tour in Israel on Sunday as Arab leaders reel from President Donald Trump’s proposal to transfer the Palestinian population of the Gaza Strip to other countries and redevelop it under U.S. ownership.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he kicked of a Mideast tour in Israel on Sunday. It comes as Arab leaders reel from President Donald Trump’s proposal to transfer the Palestinian population of the Gaza Strip to other countries and redevelop it under U.S. ownership.
The Israeli army launched several operations in Jabaliya during the war that started on Oct 2023 following the Hamas attack in Southern Israel.
Marco Rubio and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu both sought to push US President Donald Trump’s proposal to force the Palestinian population out of Gaza and redevelop it under US ownership, AP’s Joe Federman explains.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during a news conference at the Prime Minister’s office in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg,Pool)
An aerial photograph taken by a drone shows tents between the destruction caused by the Israeli air and ground offensive in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip, on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammad Abu Samra)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a joint news conference with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Prime Minister’s office in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio tours Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday Feb. 16, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein, Pool Photo via AP)
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio signs the guest book during his meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday Feb. 16, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein, Pool Photo via AP)
An aerial photograph taken by a drone shows people walking between the destruction caused by the Israeli air and ground offensive in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip, on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammad Abu Samra)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a joint news conference with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Prime Minister’s office in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during a news conference at the Prime Minister’s office in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, front right, lays a wreath before the Eternal Flame at the Hall of Remembrance at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday Feb. 16, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein, Pool Photo via AP)
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, front center, accompanied by Chairman of Yad Vashem Dani Dayan, front right, and Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, left, tours Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday Feb. 16, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein, Pool Photo via AP)
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during a news conference at the Prime Minister’s office in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, centre left, meets with Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday Feb. 16, 2025. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP)
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, shakes hands with Israeli President Isaac Herzog during their meeting in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday Feb. 16, 2025. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP)
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, meets with Israeli president Isaac Herzog, right, in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday Feb. 16, 2025. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP)
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands as they make joint statements to the press at the Prime Minister’s office in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a joint news conference with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Prime Minister’s office in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg,Pool)
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a joint news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister’s office in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, pool)
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday signaled that he was moving ahead with U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to transfer the Palestinian population out of Gaza, calling it “the only viable plan to enable a different fu
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