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Trump Wants The US to “Take Over” Gaza!

CrossFireArabia
February 5, 2025

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will visit Israel, Gaza, Saudi Arabia and other places in the Middle East.

“I love Israel. I will visit there, and I’ll visit Gaza, and I’ll visit Saudi Arabia, and I’ll visit other places all over the Middle East,” he said during a news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House.

“Why would they want to go back?” Trump says about Palestinians in Gaza while he sits next to the smiling man mostly responsible for the destruction in Gaza.

He called for the U.S. to take over Gaza after “resettling” Palestinians in other countries.

That’s ethnic cleansing. pic.twitter.com/ro9Lcy9FEQ
— Nazanin Nour (@NazaninNour) February 5, 2025

“The Middle East is an incredible place, so vibrant. It’s just one of the really beautiful places and with great people. And I think a lot of bad leadership has taken place in the Middle East that’s allowed this to happen. It’s just terrible,” he said.

“And that includes on the American side, by the way. We should have never gotten in there a long time ago, spent trillions of dollars and created so much death,” he added.

Trump’s remarks came as he hosted Netanyahu at the White House as the first foreign leader since his inauguration.

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Crown Prince, Mohammed Bin Salman calls for Netanyahu to be held criminally responsible for their crimes against Palestinians…

Saudi Prince also called for an end to the illegal occupation and the recognition of the “State of Palestine” with the 1967 border and… pic.twitter.com/ucWBa0VUSj
— Pelham (@Resist_05) February 5, 2025

Netanyahu’s visit came amid a fragile ceasefire in Gaza that took hold on Jan. 19, halting Israel’s war, which has killed more than 47,500 people and left the enclave in ruins since an attack by the Palestinian group Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, according to Gaza’s health authorities.

Nearly 1,200 people were killed in the cross-border attack led by Hamas, according to Israeli figures.

During the news conference, Trump made controversial remarks, saying the US will “take over” the Gaza Strip, which came shortly after he suggested a permanent resettlement of Palestinians outside Gaza according to Anadolu.

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US Protestors Slam Trump For Hosting a ‘War Criminal’

CrossFireArabia
February 5, 2025

Pro-Palestinian groups gathered Tuesday outside the White House in Washington, DC to protest Israel’s war crimes in the Gaza Strip and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with US President Donald Trump.

The demonstration came as Trump hosted Netanyahu in the Oval Office for talks.

Netanyahu’s visit to the US capital comes as a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas continues to hold in Gaza, where more than 47,500 Palestinians have been killed since Oct. 7, 2023.

Waving Palestinian flags, the protestors chanted “Free, free Palestine” and “Stop hosting a war criminal.”

They also held signs saying “Prime Minister of Genocide,” “Netanyahu is a War Criminal” and “Israel Kills.

🪧Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s meeting with US President Trump protested outside the White House in Washington, DC

🗣️ Among the protesters who spoke to Anadolu were religious Jews who called Netanyahu a war criminal and those who complained that their taxes were funding… pic.twitter.com/RO82RSd8zO
— Anadolu English (@anadoluagency) February 5, 2025

The protesters also called for the arrest of Netanyahu, who is facing an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

Netanyahu ‘should be at The Hague’

Matthew Watterman, who protested Netanyahu’s meeting with Trump, told Anadolu that the US has backed 15 months of Israeli genocide in Gaza and decades of Israeli occupation and war crimes against the Palestinian people.

“We believe that Netanyahu coming here, to our city to ask for yet more of our tax money to be used to commit atrocities against the Palestinian people is something that has to be protested, has to be resisted,” he said.

Watterman said Americans do not want their tax dollars used to “commit atrocities.”

“We don’t want our taxes used for genocide. We don’t want them used for occupation. We don’t want them used for colonization,” he added.

Another protester, Dolia C., said Netanyahu is a “war criminal.”

“He shouldn’t really be here. He should be at The Hague,” she told Anadolu.

Palestinians deserve their rights, freedom and their land back, she stressed.

Trump should stop ‘this brutal occupation’

Yitzchok Deutsch, a rabbi, said it is “ridiculous” for “a war criminal” to claim that he is representing the Jewish religion.

“This is totally false. We are standing now after 15 months of a terrible genocide, unimaginable genocide, broadcasted live on TV and social media,” Deutsch told Anadolu.

Netanyahu is using religion to justify “all these crimes,” he added.

“We are here with a message to President Trump: If you would like to be the president of peace in the world, you should stop this movement of Zionism, stop this brutal occupation which has been taking place for over 76 years,” Deutsch said.

Trump said Monday that he cannot guarantee that the ceasefire in Gaza will hold and told reporters in the Oval Office that he has “no assurances” that the truce will remain in force.

“I’ve seen people brutalized. Nobody’s ever seen anything like it. No, I have no guarantees that the peace is going to hold,” he said.

Before meeting with Netanyahu, Trump reiterated his suggestion of moving Palestinians out of the Gaza Strip, saying “I don’t think people should be going back to Gaza.”

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Amnesty Slams White House For Hosting ‘War Criminal’ Netanyahu

CrossFireArabia
February 5, 2025

Amnesty International criticized the US on Tuesday for hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in connection with his army’s genocidal war in Gaza.

“The Biden administration flouted any efforts at international justice for Palestine. Now, by not arresting Netanyahu or subjecting him to US investigations, President Trump is doubling down, welcoming him as the first foreign leader to visit the White House since the inauguration,” said the UK-based organization in a statement on X.

The first six-week phase of the ceasefire agreement took hold in Gaza on Jan. 19, halting Israel’s war that killed more than 47,500 people and left the enclave in ruins according to Anadolu.

The ICC issued arrest warrants last November for Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.

Amnesty emphasized that the US has a legal obligation under the Geneva Conventions to prosecute or extradite individuals accused of war crimes. “There must be no ‘safe haven’ for individuals alleged to have committed war crimes,” the statement read.

The human rights group also condemned the US for supplying weapons used in Israel’s deadly offensive in Gaza, calling it a violation of the obligation to prevent genocide.

Amnesty said compliance with ICC arrest warrants is “crucial” to address Israel’s actions in Gaza and its treatment of Palestinians and to hold those responsible for Israel’s “unlawful occupation and system of apartheid.”

Netanyahu’s visit to the White House, the first by a foreign leader since Donald Trump’s inauguration, comes amid ongoing violence in Gaza and the West Bank. The two leaders are expected to discuss the Gaza conflict, hostages held by Hamas, and regional tensions involving Iran and Lebanon.

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Over 500,000 Return Home in North Gaza

CrossFireArabia
February 4, 2025

The UN on Tuesday reported that “more than 565,000 people have crossed from the south to the north of Gaza since” Jan. 27.

Citing the Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), spokesman Stephane Dujarric reported during a news conference that “more than 45,000 people have been observed moving from the north to the south” of the Gaza Strip.

He stated that the UN and its partners on the ground are “working to mitigate the impact of the widespread destruction of critical water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure that has taken place throughout the Gaza Strip.”

Asked about US President Donald Trump’s impending executive order to withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council and block funding for the UN relief agency for Gaza (UNRWA), Dujarric said: “We will obviously see what is being signed right.”

“But the US will take the decision that it takes. It doesn’t alter our position on the importance of the Human Rights Council,” he said according to Anadolu.

Describing the executive order as “something that’s very new,” Dujarric affirmed that the decision will not change the UN’s ” commitment to supporting UNRWA in its work and in its work of delivering critical services to Palestinians under its jurisdiction, its mandate.”

The US funding to the UNRWA was suspended in 2024 under the Joe Biden administration after Israel accused 12 of UNRWA’s thousands of employees in Gaza of being involved in the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel.

Amid a probe of the claims, at least 16 countries, including the US, paused or suspended funding to the agency, and its aid work for Gaza’s famine-stricken population. But most of the key donors resumed aid after an independent review of UNRWA found that Israel had not provided any evidence to back its claims.

UNRWA was created by the UN General Assembly more than 70 years ago to assist Palestinians who were forcibly displaced from their land

Israel had ordered UNRWA to shut down all operations in East Jerusalem by Thursday, in line with a directive communicated in a letter from Israel’s Permanent Representative to the UN Danny Danon to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Jan. 24.

Following the order, UNRWA evacuated its headquarters in Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem, where it had operated since 1951, as well as a clinic in the Old City and multiple schools, including a vocational training center.

The move came amid growing tensions between Israel and international organizations, as multiple UN bodies continue to raise concerns over the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza and the West Bank.

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US Money Rolls to Israel

CrossFireArabia
February 4, 2025

US President Donald Trump’s administration has requested congressional approval for the transfer of approximately $1 billion in bombs and other military equipment to Israel.

The Wall Street Journal, reported that the proposed arms transfers include 4,700 1,000-pound bombs valued at over $700 million, along with Caterpillar-built armored bulldozers worth more than $300 million.

The report added that the request would be paid from the annual US military aid allocated to Israel, which totals $3.3 billion in foreign military financing.