An expert explained Trump's desire to support Palestinian resettlements

It is important for the Middle East region and the Russian Federation whether US President Donald Trump will support the issue of Palestinian resettlement from Gaza to neighboring countries. Andrei Baklanov, deputy chairman of the Association of Russian Diplomats, professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, told Izvestia.

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"If Trump approves the resettlement, it will be a major, at least psychological victory for Israel. Thus he will support the Israeli prime minister's rather dubious ideas, bail him out, because the original plan was to do just that. So far [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu has failed, as we can see the Jordanians and the Egyptians have closed the borders. We are certainly concerned about that, because depending on that, we will be leading the question of our possible initiatives. Today we were considering whether we should take the initiative to hold a broad international conference on the situation in Gaza and the West Bank," he said.

Russian Federation has repeatedly said it favors the creation of an independent Palestinian state within the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.

Trump and Netanyahu held talks on February 4.

Earlier, Trump spoke in favor of the resettlement of refugees from Gaza. In his opinion, the entire exclave should be demolished and it is not suitable and safe for life.

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