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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has backed US President Donald Trump’s proposal to “take over” Gaza, as Israel’s army was ordered to prepare plans for large numbers of Palestinians to leave the territory.
Trump’s plan triggered an enormous backlash, with leaders from the Middle East and beyond rejecting it as unworkable and illegal.
But Netanyahu insisted the plan – which Trump said would involve sending Gaza’s residents to neighboring countries and taking “long-term ownership” of the enclave – was a “remarkable idea.”
“The actual idea of allowing first Gazans who want to leave to leave, I mean, what is…
