Trump’s comment to ‘clean out’ Gaza has thrilled Israel’s far right and infuriated Palestinians [Video]

With Israel facing multiple and potentially escalating crises on its borders, Donald Trump ignited a new one Saturday with comments about permanently relocating the Palestinian population of Gaza to other countries. 

Calling Gaza a “demolition site,” the U.S. president said he raised the issue with the King of Jordan by suggesting Arab countries should take in and build housing for Palestinians so that they could “maybe live in peace for a change.”

“We just clean out that whole thing,” Trump reportedly told reporters on Air Force One.

Whether his words are an indication of an actual change in U.S. policy or simply musings was unclear. Nonetheless, the comment ricocheted around the Middle East Sunday. 

Islamic Jihad — one of the militant groups that participated in the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks that killed more than 1,200 peopleand, and which is still holding Israeli hostages in Gaza — released a statement saying it condemned “in …