Members of Congress from both parties were stunned late Tuesday after President Trump announced plans for the US to “take over the Gaza Strip,” with lawmakers expressing skepticism about the unprecedented call for direct intervention in the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Elder Republican statesmen in particular criticized Trump’s desire to “see a long-term ownership position” in the region, with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) telling NBC News the proposal was “problematic at many, many levels.”
“We’ll see what the Arab world says,” he added.
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