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- europeanfederalists
- cross-posted to:
- europeanfederalists
Donald Trump has suggested large numbers of Palestinians should leave Gaza to “just clean out” the whole strip, after ordering the US military to restart shipments of 2,000lb bombs to Israel.
The US president said he wanted Gaza residents to move to neighbouring nations, and that they could be displaced “temporarily or could be long-term”, after a phone call with Jordan’s King Abdullah on Saturday.
“I said to him: I’d love you to take on more because I’m looking at the whole Gaza Strip right now and it’s a mess, it’s a real mess. I’d like him to take people,” Trump said, when asked about the call.
He also suggested Egypt as a destination for Gaza residents, and said he would raise the issue with President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi on Sunday.
Have Egypt annex it?
All that would change is that now Israel periodically raids across the Egyptian border to attack Hamas forces in Gaza.
Israel is going to annex Egypt.
Egypt’s current government is pretty good at suppressing opposition. Generally that’s not a good thing but it does mean that Egypt can probably handle Hamas.
Egypt is a lot harder of a target than Gaza. Also Egypt can’t. By international treaty they have to stay West of the Suez Canal. They tried to shut it down once and the entire world agreed that meant they lost the ability to physically control both banks.