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Summary
Trump has proposed permanently resettling Palestinians out of Gaza, calling it a “demolition site” and suggesting the U.S. take over and rebuild the territory.
His plan, seen as violating international law, has been rejected by Arab nations, who warn it could destabilize the region.
The proposal aligns with Israeli ultranationalists pushing for Palestinian expulsion.
Critics say it would eliminate hopes for a two-state solution and amount to mass displacement.
The “mental gymnastics” here are simple: This is straight up impossible. This isn’t another one of Israel’s wars in Gaza or their expansion in the West Bank; this will have a real effect on Israel’s neighbors, whose cooperation and silence are necessary for the Apartheid regime to continue existing.
Not so impossible. Jordan already said it would consider dumping Palestinians over its border to be an act of war - a war it says it would lose but would fight anyway.
And Jordan is the “nice” neighbor of Israel.
Yes, that’s exactly why I said it’s impossible. Again, the whole Israeli Apartheid project requires the consent and cooperation of Israel’s Arab neighbors. America also needs the consent and cooperation of those Arab nations to maintain its hegemony in the Middle East. While it’s not physically impossible to force the issue, it’d be geopolitical suicide for Israel and there’s no way they’re going to jeopardize the naturalization treaties they’ve painstakingly crafted for decades to make Trump and his donors real estate money.
I think both Trump and Netanyahu have a (final) solution in mind in case they can’t move Palestinians to other countries.
Setting aside Trump, if Netanyahu could do that he wouldn’t have waited for so long.
I doubt he’s able to, but he would also have an interest in prolonging conflict because that helps secure his own position.