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state of perpetual emergency. the president of panama denies washington's claim that u.s. ships would be allowed through the canal free of charge. ♪ welcome. good to have you with us. president trump has doubled down on his plan for a u.s. takeover of gaza despite continued criticism from world leaders. he insisted on thursday that no u.s. troops would be needed as part of his proposal for the takeover. claiming that israel would hand over the territory. any a social media post, he wrote this --

donald trump said that his legacy would be that the peacemaker taking credit for reduced hostilities in the region. >> it is just days before taking office. we negotiated a breakthrough cease-fire agreement to stop the bloodshed and killing in the middle east and return the hostages held captive by hamas. as the bible says, blessed are the peacemakers. i hope my greatest legacy when it is all finished is i will be known as a peacemaker and a unifier. i hope that will be clear. anchor: not everyone in the region is on board with the plan for gaza. our correspondent has more from jerusalem. reporter: as donald trump has doubled down on his insistence that somehow gaza can be handed over to the americans at the end of the conflict, there has been

more rejection in a gradual date on the arab side of the conflict. the egyptian government has issued a statement saying this is a dangerous moment for the region. we know egypt has already rejected any suggestions that hundreds of thousands of palestinians should be encouraged or forced to leave gaza. there are concerns they may not be allowed back in gaza. it would upset the demographics in those countries. we have spoken to the israeli foreign minister. he said he had not yet studied the proposal in full. he made it clear that as far as the israeli government is concerned, gaza is a failed experiment and things cannot go back to what they were.

there has been widespread rejection. the cease-fire is due to come to an end. in a couple of weeks. it has been pretty successful. 18 hostages were released. a border crossing was partially reopened, allowing sick people through the border. we could have a return to fighting in gaza. anchor: president trump on

thursday signed an executive order putting sanctions on the international criminal court. they assisted in investigating the u.s. and its allies. neither israel nor the u.s. is a member of the court or recognizes its jurisdiction. in advance of that executive order, the court condemned greece, italy, and france for failing to apprehend netanyahu during his time in transit to the u.s. they reminded all state parties that they are legally obligated to fully cooperate with the icc including by arresting individuals sought by the court.

this extends to their entire territory. to talk more about that, i enjoyed in the studio by our north american correspondent. he appeared to double down on that plan. of the u.s. taking control of gaza. was he clear in how he intends to do that? >> no details. it was vague. it is kind of a paradox. it is worth remembering that the plan breaks international law because it requires israel to forcibly remove people from gaza. it involves the u.s. taking over territory that it has no right to. people have already said this is a nonstarter. we are not getting on board.

he is not offering anything behind the leverage. he said there is no money america will give to reconstruct gaza. the reason why he is not committing to all of that is because he promised his supporters no nationbuilding and no getting involved in foreign conflicts. anchor: of course for arab nations around the world come looking for more detail, particularly when it comes to the idea of palestinians having to leave the area. did he say this displacement will be permanent? >> there has been a rowing back from his own team. that often happens with trump.

he said this is not a hostile move. this is generous. they are offering what they can. we are not clear as to what he wants. anchor: with regards to the america first agenda, out of these things go together? >> i do nothing they do. senator rand paul said this is not what we were promised. thom tillis said there are a couple of kinks in the slinky. josh hawley said he would prefer the money go to rebuilding u.s. communities. but there are republicans who supported. mike johnson has said his vision is bold. anchor: good to have you

reporting. joining the live now is the former prime minister of israel. thank you for being with us. many are charged with being serious. what are you making of it? >> [indiscernible] we cannot do that. we do not own gaza. it is not ours. it is palestinian. as soon we in to the war, which we have to do now, we have to pull out from gaza after all the hostages are returned back to

israel. there will have to be a security force to prevent any further terrorist actions. if america wants to rebuild gaza , it would be very positive.