In an exclusive interview with Morning Wire, former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman discussed President Trump’s plan to have the United States take control of Gaza, saying it could become a “permanent monument to the failure of radical Islamism” if executed correctly.
“Why not now take this extraordinarily valuable property in the hands of decent people, make it what it could be,” Friedman told Daily Wire editor-in-chief John Bickley. “Let’s create a permanent monument to the failure of radical Islamism. Because that’s what this will become.”
During a Tuesday press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump announced his plans to relocate all Gazans out of the area and to rebuild the strip into a U.S.-owned-development zone.
Friedman said the effort could be funded by the new American Sovereign Wealth Fund, a government-owned investment…
