India, Feb. 22 -- US President Donald Trump told Fox News in an interview on Friday that he is not "forcing" his plan to depopulate, take over and redevelop the Gaza Strip as a solution to tensions between Israel and the Palestinians.

However, the Republican continued to assert that his idea was the "best approach" and wondered why Israel had abandoned the same idea.

Speaking to Fox News, Trump said, "I'll tell you the way to do it is my plan. I think that's the plan that works. But I'm not forcing it. I'm just going to sit back and recommend it. And then the US would own the site, there'd be no Hamas. And they'd be developed and you'd start all over again with a clean slate."

Arab states, including Egypt and Jordan, have rejected Trum...