Australia's prime minister criticized Trump's words about taking over the Gaza Strip

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that the country's authorities have not changed their intentions and still support the decision to create two states in the Middle East. This was reported by Reuters on February 5.

The head of the Australian Parliament expressed such an opinion after the statements of US President Donald Trump on plans to seize the Gaza Strip.

"The Australian Government supports on a bipartisan basis the decision to create two states," said Albaniz.

Vague alternatives: in Palestine, a plan for the reconstruction of Gaza has been drawn up

However, Israel is blocking attempts by the NPA authorities to return to the exclave

Prior to that, on Feb. 4, Trump proposed to resettle refugees from the Gaza Strip to more livable places. Trump told reporters that a hypothetical Palestinian resettlement could take place in Egypt or Jordan, two countries that have repeatedly rejected the idea of accepting large numbers of Palestinian refugees, or to "other places" that "could be very beautiful, safe and nice."

On this day, WP revealed details of the upcoming meeting between Netanyahu and Trump. The Israeli prime minister's visit to the US is reportedly to take the form of a "series of business talks" in which he will discuss with top US officials the Gaza ceasefire, as well as a number of other regional conflicts that Trump would like to "resolve or mitigate."

Earlier, on Feb. 1, Netanyahu said he wanted to fly out to meet with Trump. The Israeli prime minister's office indicated that Netanyahu had agreed with Trump's special envoy for the Middle East to begin talks on the second phase of the Gaza deal in the United States on Feb. 3.

The situation in the Middle East escalated on the morning of October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched a massive rocket attack from the Gaza Strip into Israel. On the same day, Israel began retaliatory strikes.