WASHINGTON - A recent survey found that 64 percent of Americans oppose President Donald Trump's proposal that the United States "take over" or "control" the Gaza Strip and turn it into what he calls the "Riviera of the Middle East."Most respondents expressed strong opposition, with 47 percent saying they were "strongly" opposed to the plan and 17 percent saying they were "somewhat" opposed to it, according to the poll by the strategy and polling firm Data for Progress.Among Democratic voters, 85 percent opposed the idea, while 43 percent of Republicans opposed it. Forty-six percent of Republicans supported the proposal.The poll of 1,200 respondents across the United States said the plan would involve the "forcible transfer" of some 1.8 million Palestinians currently living in Gaza to neighboring countries."A majority of voters oppose the United States taking control of Gaza and displacing its Palestinian population," Data for Progress said in its findings.Trump's proposal for forced displacement of Palestinians, which has been widely rejected by Palestinians and the wider Arab and Muslim world, comes amid a ceasefire agreement that came into effect in Gaza on Jan. 19.The truce halted Israel's 15-month offensive that has killed more than 48,200 people and devastated the enclave.Israel has imposed a blockade on Gaza for years, effectively turning it into the world's largest open-air prison.Nearly 2 million of Gaza's 2.3 million residents have been forcibly displaced since the start of the war, which followed an offensive by the Palestinian group Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, while they also face shortages of food, water and medicine