President Trump said on Wednesday that “nobody is expelling any Palestinians from Gaza.” This is quite different from his plan for the U.S. to “take over the Gaza strip” and for the people there to not “go back.”
A Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem says that they welcome this shift in narrative.
“If US President Trump’s statements represent a retreat from any idea of displacing the people of the Gaza Strip, they are welcomed,” Qassem said in the statement. “We call for this position to be reinforced by obligating the Israeli occupation to implement all the terms of the ceasefire agreements.”
It’s hard to follow the Trump administration’s intentions when it comes to the Palestinian people. Recently, U.S hostage envoy Adam Boehler said that diplomacy with Hamas is going well. He said, “They don’t have horns growing out of their heads. They’re actually pretty nice guys; guys like us and the US is not an agent of Israel.”
The ceasefire did not move into its second stage as planned and Hamas is
