May 17, reported by Reference News website. According to a May 17 report on NBC News website, five informed sources said that the Trump administration is formulating a plan to relocate up to one million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Libya permanently.
The report said that two people directly familiar with the plan and a former U.S. official stated that the plan is being seriously considered, and the Trump administration has discussed it with Libyan leadership.
The three sources said that as part of the exchange for Palestinian resettlement, the U.S. government may release more than a billion dollars of frozen funds from over ten years ago to Libya.
The three sources also said that no final agreement has been reached, and Israel has been informed of the U.S. government's discussions.
According to the report, before this article was published, the U.S. Department of State and the National Security Council did not respond to multiple requests for comment. After the article was published, a spokesperson said, "These reports are untrue."
A representative of the Israeli government refused to comment.
The report said that it remains unclear how many Palestinians in Gaza would be willing to leave voluntarily and go to live in Libya. A former U.S. official said that one idea discussed by U.S. government officials is to provide economic incentives to Palestinians, such as free housing, or even subsidies.
The specific implementation details of the plan to resettle Palestinians in Libya are still unclear, and efforts to resettle up to one million people there may face significant obstacles. Such efforts could be costly, and it is currently unclear how the Trump administration will raise funds. In the past, the Trump administration has said that Arab countries would assist in rebuilding Gaza after the war, but they have consistently criticized Trump's idea of relocating Palestinians. (Translated by Feng Kang)
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