Palestinians would have no right to return to Gaza under Trump’s proposal, US president says

US President Donald Trump said that Palestinians would not have the right to return to the Gaza Strip under his proposal to “take over” the enclave, according to excerpts from a Fox News interview.

“I’m talking about building a permanent place for them because if they have to return now, it’ll be years before you could ever - it’s not habitable. It would be years before it could happen”, a transcript from the interview released on Monday reads.

Asked if Palestinians would have the right to return, Trump told Fox: “No, they wouldn’t because they’re going to have much better housing,” the transcript said.

Trump also said he thought he could make a deal with Jordan and Egypt to take the displaced Palestinians, saying, “We give them billions and billions of dollars a year.”

In a shock announcement last week, Trump proposed to displace the population of Gaza permanently.