{"id":2398667,"date":"2025-02-04T11:35:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T16:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-calls-gaza-a-demolition-site-ahead-of-netanyahu-meeting\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T11:35:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T16:35:53","slug":"white-house-calls-gaza-a-demolition-site-ahead-of-netanyahu-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-calls-gaza-a-demolition-site-ahead-of-netanyahu-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"White House calls Gaza a &#8216;demolition site&#8217; ahead of Netanyahu meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-calls-gaza-a-demolition-site-ahead-of-netanyahu-meeting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2398667&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent meeting between President Donald Trump and\u2064 Israeli prime\u200d Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, \u2062the White House referred to the Gaza Strip as a &#8220;demolition site,&#8221; highlighting the extensive destruction and the long timeframe required for reconstruction\u2014predicted to take at least 10 to 15 years. The discussions come <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-outlets-ignore-biden-again-ditching-d-c-for-delaware-amid-afghanistan-crisis\/\" title=\"Media Outlets Ignore Biden Again Ditching D.C. For Dela...e Amid Afghanistan Crisis\">amid intense pressure<\/a> on \u2062Netanyahu from hard-right factions in\u2063 his government to resume hostilities in Gaza. As part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harvard-gets-more-bad-news-as-another-billionaire-cuts-ties-over-pro-hamas-remarks\/\" title=\"Harvard faces more trouble as another billionaire severs ties due to pro-Hamas comments.\">ongoing peace efforts<\/a>,\u2064 the current phase of negotiations includes the release of hostages \u200band humanitarian aid, with future phases \u200baimed at further stabilizing the area.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s \u200cgovernance emphasizes the need to resettle Palestinians possibly in\u2064 neighboring countries like Egypt and Jordan, seeing the current conditions in\u200c Gaza as untenable for habitation due to dangers like unexploded ordnance. additionally, Trump&#8217;s\u2062 special envoy \u2062to the Middle East recently made the first\u200b U.S. \u2064visit to Gaza in years, assessing \u200cthe dire state of living\u2062 conditions there. As the administration seeks to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">develop multi-national solutions<\/a> to the rebuilding efforts, it is \u2062indeed also critically reviewing U.S.policies that\u200d may have extended the conflict, signaling a proactive approach in promoting peace in the region.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">White House calls Gaza a &lsquo;demolition site&rsquo; ahead of Netanyahu meeting<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1975637\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">White House<\/a> official called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Gaza<\/a> a &ldquo;demolition site&rdquo; ahead of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s meeting with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Israeli<\/a>&nbsp;Prime Minister&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a>, predicting it will take more than a decade to rebuild the land.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>When pressed on Trump&rsquo;s proposal that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/palestinian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Palestinians<\/a> be resettled in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/egypt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Egypt<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jordan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Jordan<\/a>, the White House official told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>that the president&rsquo;s priority is ensuring the return of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Hamas<\/a>-held hostages and that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/terrorism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">terrorist organization<\/a> &ldquo;cannot continue to govern and is out of power.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Beyond that, I think the administration will be looking toward building on the end of the Gaza war, ultimately to promote regional normalization, but that&rsquo;s as far as I&rsquo;m able to go in terms of how we&rsquo;re seeing the peace process,&rdquo; a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/miles-anonymous-taylor-accidentally-exposes-the-fraudulence-of-the-mainstream-media\/\" title=\"Miles &#039;Anonymous&#039; Taylor Accidentally Exposes the Fraudulence of the Mainstream Media\">senior administration official<\/a> said Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;On the relocation, I think President Trump looks at the Gaza Strip and sees it as a demolition site, sees it as impractical for it to be rebuilt within three to five years, believes it will take at least 10 to 15, and thinks it&rsquo;s inhumane to force people to live in an uninhabitable plot of land with unexploded ordnance and rubble,&rdquo; the official added.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was also &ldquo;looking for solutions for helping the people of Gaza have normal lives while the Gaza Strip is ultimately being rebuilt and is trying to look at this in a realistic way,&rdquo; the official said.<\/p>\n<p>A second administration official added that Trump&rsquo;s special envoy to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/middle-east\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Middle East<\/a>, Steve Witkoff, last week became the first U.S. official in 15 years to travel to Gaza. Witkoff told <em>Axios<\/em> at the time that reconstruction of Gaza is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3306898\/trump-envoy-witkoff-gaza-needs-10-to-15-year-rebuilding-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">&ldquo;a 10- to 15-year rebuilding plan.&rdquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;ll need things like a geotechnical survey,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s no utility, there&rsquo;s disease, there&rsquo;s standing water. You couldn&rsquo;t get an ambulance through there if you wanted to right now. So, it really is quite uninhabitable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That official additionally underscored a meeting this week between the United States and its Arab partners in which the U.S. implored them to &ldquo;come together for creative solutions to this challenge.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is not going to be something that the United States is going to solve alone and that we&rsquo;re going to impose on Arab and Israel, but rather, we&rsquo;re asking our friends, and partners, and allies to come together as we look for what solutions we can provide that would be humane and would provide dignity for the Palestinian people,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>White House officials sidestepped questions about whether Trump would pressure Netanyahu to enter the second phase of the ceasefire deal.<\/p>\n<p>The first phase, poised to end on Feb. 18, includes the release of 33 Israeli hostages and more&nbsp;Palestinian&nbsp;prisoners, in addition to Israel withdrawing from most of&nbsp;Gaza&nbsp;and an increase in humanitarian aid.<\/p>\n<p>The second stage is supposed to include the release of younger Israeli male hostages and Israel agreeing to end the war. The third phrase would mark the end of the war, with bodies being exchanged, Israel withdrawing from Gaza entirely, and the reconstruction of the enclave starting.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve had a year and a half of policies toward Israel that, I think, only prolonged this war and made it something that went on much longer than it should have been,&rdquo; the second official said. &ldquo;That will be corrected right away and is being corrected by this meeting, where you see the very first head of state coming here to the White House, of course, is the prime minister of Israel. And of course, the first phone call that President Trump made was to the crown prince of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/saudi-arabia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Saudi Arabia<\/a>,&rdquo; Mohammed bin Salman.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump will sit down with Netanyahu on Tuesday afternoon before the two leaders participate in an expanded bilateral meeting, press conference, and dinner.<\/p>\n<p>The two men have a relationship strengthened by decisions Trump made during his first administration, including recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and moving the U.S. Embassy there in 2018. 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