Overview

• The Trump administration is actively exploring a plan to permanently relocate up to one million Palestinians from Gaza to Libya as part of a postwar reconstruction vision.
• Negotiations with Libya’s rival governments include potentially releasing billions in frozen U.S. funds in exchange for hosting the resettlement effort.
• The plan faces significant logistical and financial hurdles, including transporting large populations across air, land, or sea without established infrastructure in Gaza.
• Palestinian leaders and Arab nations have expressed strong opposition, citing concerns over forced displacement and the rights of Palestinians to remain in their homeland.
• Syria, under new leadership following the ouster of Bashar al-Assad, is also being considered as an alternative resettlement location, though discussions remain preliminary.