Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., who last month proposed a constitutional amendment to allow President Donald Trump to serve a third term, has introduced legislation building off Trump’s remarks this week about the U.S. taking control of the Gaza Strip.

The bill, dubbed “Make Gaza Great Again,” would impose property and visa blocking sanctions on Middle Eastern nations — excluding Israel — who decline to offer humanitarian entry to Palestinians from Gaza, Breitbart reported Friday. If leaders of those countries do not cooperate with the U.S., the president can suspend any assistance to them.

After meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, Trump suggested Palestinians displaced by the Jewish state’s military operation against Iranian-backed Hamas terrorists in Gaza be “permanently” resettled outside the war-torn territory and proposed the U.S. take “ownership” in redeveloping the strip.

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