Published: 7 February 2025
Last updated: 7 February 2025
How do we make sense of President Trump’s announcement that the United States would take over Gaza, and its inhabitants should move elsewhere?
Trump’s defenders claim this is an example of his strategy of making extraordinary demands in order to move towards an agreement on his terms. Trump, after all, boasts that he is the greatest dealmaker of all times.
It is also the case that Trump’s announcement shook up the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians in ways that few foresaw. Already Administration spokespeople are walking it back: “That does not mean boots on the ground in Gaza. That does not mean American taxpayers will be funding this effort.” said his Press Secretary.
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David david7 February at 08:25 am
If you want to make sense of what trump said why not start by calling it by what it is, ethnic cleansing. The forced removal of Palestinians from their homeland is clearly and absolutely ethnic cleansing. Forced population transfers are a war crime and a crime against humanity. Ethnic cleansing is always wrong, doesn’t matter if its the nazis or the Israeli state or trump who is carrying it out. Evil prevails when good men do nothing, thankfully Spain Norway, Ireland and others are willing to call out the destruction of gaza and the Palestinians for what it is.