President Donald Trump맥스카지노�s top diplomat and his main spokesperson on Wednesday walked back the idea that he wants the permanent relocation of Palestinians from Gaza, after American allies and even Republican lawmakers rebuffed his suggestion that the U.S. take 맥스카지노�ownership맥스카지노� of the territory.Trump on Tuesday had called for 맥스카지노�permanently맥스카지노� resettling Palestinians from war-torn Gaza and left open the door to deploying American troops there as part of a massive rebuilding operation. But Secretary of State Marco Rubio and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said he only sought to move the roughly 1.8 million Gazans temporarily to allow for reconstruction.Even that proposal has drawn criticism from Palestinians, who are worried they may never be allowed back in if they flee, and from the Arab nations that Trump has called on to take them in.Rubio, on his first foreign trip as secretary of state, described Trump맥스카지노�s proposal as a 맥스카지노�very generous맥스카지노� offer to help with debris removal and reconstruction of the enclave following 15 months of fighting between Israel and Hamas.맥스카지노�In the interim, obviously people are going to have to live somewhere while you맥스카지노�re rebuilding it,맥스카지노� Rubio said in a news conference in Guatemala City.Leavitt said in a briefing with reporters in Washington that Gaza is 맥스카지노�a demolition site맥스카지노� and referenced footage of the devastation.맥스카지노�The president has made it clear that they need to be temporarily relocated out of Gaza,맥스카지노� she said, calling it currently 맥스카지노�an uninhabitable place for human beings맥스카지노� and saying it would be 맥스카지노�evil to suggest that people should live in such dire conditions.맥스카지노�Their comments contradicted Trump, who said Tuesday night, 맥스카지노�If we can get a beautiful area to resettle people, permanently, in nice homes where they can be happy and not be shot and not be killed and not be knifed to death like what맥스카지노�s happening in Gaza.맥스카지노� He added that he envisioned 맥스카지노�long-term맥스카지노� U.S. ownership of a redevelopment of the territory, which sits along the Mediterranean Sea.In a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Pentagon on Wednesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the military is 맥스카지노�prepared to look at all options맥스카지노� for rebuilding Gaza.맥스카지노�We look forward to working with our allies, our counterparts, both diplomatically and militarily, to look at all options,맥스카지노� Hegseth said.Egypt, Jordan and other U.S. allies in the Mideast have cautioned Trump that relocating Palestinians from Gaza would threaten Mideast stability, risk expanding the conflict and undermine a decades-long push by the U.S. and its allies for a two-state solution.Saudi Arabia맥스카지노�s foreign ministry issued a sharply worded reaction to Trump, noting its long call for an independent Palestinian state was a 맥스카지노�firm, steadfast and unwavering position.맥스카지노� Saudi Arabia has been in negotiations with the U.S. over a deal to diplomatically recognize Israel in exchange for a security pact and other terms.맥스카지노�The duty of the international community today is to work to alleviate the severe human suffering endured by the Palestinian people, who will remain committed to their land and will not budge from it,맥스카지노� the Saudi statement said.Even Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican and a Trump ally, called it 맥스카지노�problematic.맥스카지노�맥스카지노�The idea of Americans going in on the ground in Gaza is a non starter for every senator,맥스카지노� the South Carolina lawmaker told reporters Wednesday. 맥스카지노�So I would suggest we go back to what we맥스카지노�ve been trying to do which is destroy Hamas and find a way for the Arab world to take over Gaza and the West Bank, in a fashion that would lead to a Palestinian state that Israel can live with.맥스카지노�Rubio insisted that Trump맥스카지노�s position 맥스카지노�was not meant as a hostile move.맥스카지노�맥스카지노�What he맥스카지노�s very generously has offered is the ability of the United States to go in and help with debris removal, help with munitions removal, help with reconstruction, the rebuilding homes and businesses and things of this nature so that then people can move back in,맥스카지노� Rubio said.Still, the White House said Trump was ruling out sending U.S. dollars to aid in the reconstruction of Gaza. But Leavitt, like Trump, refused to rule out sending American troops into Gaza, saying of Trump, 맥스카지노�he wants to preserve that leverage in negotiations.맥스카지노�The Palestinians, Arab nations and others have rejected even a temporary relocation from Gaza, which would run counter to decades of U.S. policy calling for the creation of a Palestinian state with no further displacement of Palestinians from Gaza or the West Bank.The proposals also appear to trash months of negotiations by the Biden administration to draft a 맥스카지노�day after맥스카지노� plan for the reconstruction and governance of Gaza. President Joe Biden had tried to lock in that plan 맥스카지노� which calls for joint governance of the territory by the Palestinian Authority under U.N. stewardship and a multi-national peacekeeping force 맥스카지노� before leaving office by inviting Trump맥스카지노�s main Mideast envoy into final talks over a Gaza ceasefire.___Miller reported from Washington. AP writers Farnoush Amiri, Tara Copp and Rebecca Santana in Washington and Adriana Gomez Licon in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., contributed.