The Israeli prime minister has called President Trump’s proposal to transfer the Palestinian population out of Gaza «the only viable plan to enable a different future» for the region.
Benjamin Netanyahu has suggested moving ahead with Donald Trump’s plan to clear out Palestinians from Gaza, as Israel received a previously blocked shipment of heavy bombs.
President Trump’s proposal to transfer the Palestinian population out of Gaza and redevelop it under US ownership has been criticised by Palestinians, human rights groups, regional powers and US allies, but Mr Netanyahu said on Sunday it is «the only viable plan to enable a different future».
The Israeli prime minister also denied claims it was ethnic cleansing.
Ever since the UN General Assembly voted for Palestine to be split into an Arab state and a Jewish state, against significant opposition in 1947, the issue of land, and who it belongs to, has been one of the most divisive in the region.
Mr Netanyahu said that any emigration from Gaza should be «voluntary» but rights groups and critics warned the plan amounted to coercion given Israel had razed the enclave.
The Israeli PM said he and Mr Trump had a «common strategy» for Gaza and that the US president’s plan was «right on the dot».
Speaking to reporters in Florida on Sunday, Mr Trump said: «I told Bibi [Benjamin Netanyahu] you do whatever you want.
