Netanyahu reiterates that Palestinians should be given choice to leave Gaza

17/2/2025 6:15

Israeli Prime Minister

Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Palestinians should be

given the choice to leave Gaza.



Speaking to Jewish American organizations gathered in

Jerusalem, Netanyahu again praised U.S. President Donald Trump's

plan to resettle Palestinians from Gaza.



"Give them a choice. Not forcible eviction. Not ethnic

cleansing," he said.



Trump's call for Palestinians to emigrate from Gaza,

including to Egypt and Jordan, has been widely condemned with

some critics saying that it amounted to "ethnic cleansing".



Trump has said that he wants the U.S. to take ownership of

Gaza and rebuild it into the "Riviera of the Middle East".



U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio earlier



met in Israel



with Netanyahu.