President Donald Trump’s call for the United States to take “ownership” of the Gaza Strip combines “common sense, sanity, and a deep sense of realism,” Shahar Azan, a former spokesperson for the Israeli consulate in New York City, told Newsmax Wednesday. 

“At the end of the day… all of the older attempts, the usual ones, the customary ones, the orthodox ones have been tried time and time and time again,” Azan said on “National Report.” “Maybe it’s time to apply a different kind of thinking to a complex problem that the Gaza Strip represents.”

Trump on Tuesday suggested that displaced Palestinians in the war-torn territory be “permanently” resettled elsewhere while the U.S. takes “ownership” and redevelops the area.

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