Middle East

Washington — President Trump hosted Jordan’s King Abdullah II at the White House on Tuesday and renewed his suggestions that Gaza could be emptied of residents, controlled by the U.S....

Israel is withdrawing troops from the corridor that has cut northern Gaza from the southern part of the enclave as part of the cease-fire deal with Hamas, according to media...

U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to displace Palestinians from Gaza is illegal under international law and “amounts to ethnic cleansing,” the United Nations’ top investigator on human rights in Palestine...

National security adviser Mike Waltz said Wednesday that President Trump’s shocking announcement a day earlier that the United States should “take over” the Gaza Strip will push Israel’s Arab neighbors...

LONDON — Prime Minister Keir Starmer distanced the U.K. from U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to take over the Gaza Strip and turn it into the “the Riviera of the...

Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe.  U.S. President Donald Trump wants to take over Gaza and transform it into the “Riviera of the Middle East” where “the world’s...

LONDON — The British government gently pushed back Wednesday at U.S. President Donald Trump’s incendiary pitch to displace Palestinians and turn Gaza into “the Riviera of the Middle East.” U.K....

U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to turn the war-torn Gaza Strip into the “Riviera of the Middle East” met condemnation Wednesday morning in the Arab world.  In an overnight statement,...

President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are holding a joint news conference at the White House after a meeting there Tuesday. It is the first foreign leader visit...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled to Washington on Sunday to discuss Gaza with U.S. President Donald Trump.  The talks, scheduled for Tuesday, will be Trump’s first meeting with a...