Israel’s Netanyahu signals he’s moving ahead with Trump’s idea to transfer Palestinians from Gaza: Template for endless war; dangerous internationally
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In an interview last week, Rubio indicated that Trump’s Gaza proposal was in part aimed at pressuring Arab states to make their own postwar plan that would be acceptable to Israel.
Rubio also appeared to suggest that Arab countries send troops to combat Hamas.
“If the Arab countries have a better plan, then that’s great,” Rubio said Thursday on the “Clay and Buck Show.”
But “Hamas has guns,” he added. “Someone has to confront those guys. It’s not going to be American soldiers. And if the countries in the region can’t figure that piece out, then Israel is going to have to do it.”
Rubio wasn’t scheduled to meet with Palestinians on his trip.
Arabs have limited options
For Arab leaders, facilitating the mass expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza or battling Palestinian militants on behalf of Israel are nightmare scenarios that would bring fierce domestic criticism and potentially destabilize an already volatile region.
Egypt hosts an Arab summit on Feb. 27 and is working with other countries on a counterproposal that would allow for Gaza’s rebuilding without removing its population. Human rights groups say the expulsion of Palestinians would likely violate international law.
Egypt has warned that any mass influx of Palestinians from Gaza would undermine its nearly half-century peace treaty with Israel, a cornerstone of U.S. influence in the region.
The UAE and Saudi Arabia also have rejected any mass displacement of Palestinians.
The UAE was the driving force behind the 2020 Abraham Accords in which four Arab states — Bahrain, the UAE, Morocco and Sudan — normalized relations with Israel during Trump’s previous term. Trump hopes to expand the accords to include Saudi Arabia, potentially offering closer U.S. defense ties, but the kingdom has said it won’t normalize relations with Israel without a pathway to a Palestinian state.
Rubio won’t be visiting Egypt or Jordan, close U.S. allies at peace with Israel that have refused to accept any influx of Palestinian refugees. Trump has suggested he might slash U.S. aid if they don’t comply, which could be devastating for their economies.
Rubio is also skipping Qatar.
Arab and Muslim countries have conditioned any support for postwar Gaza on a return to Palestinian governance with a pathway to statehood in Gaza, the West Bank and east Jerusalem, territories that Israel seized in the 1967 Mideast war.
Israel has ruled out a Palestinian state and any role in Gaza for the Western-backed Palestinian Authority, whose forces were driven out when Hamas seized power there in 2007.
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Let me make this clear to anyone whom cares to know the facts of life. Having Gazan citizens removed from Gaza as proposed is ethnic cleansing. The Trump plan was aimed at generating Arab proposals acceptable to Israel. Unfortunately Benjamin Netanyahu appears to be all in on a plan to not only to evict the Gazan refugees but to develop the area as a RESORT
Trump appears to have NO understanding of the thousand year old history of Arab-Crusader fights which raged from 1096 AD to past 1260 AD, in wars which to this day are alive in the folklore of Arabic literary history from Beirut all the way to Cairo and beyond . As fresh today in literary retelling as in 1100 AD
It is icing on the cake, in the worst negative way, that 2 MILLION people who have been through hell and high water for decades in terms of being stuck in horrendous conditions would be rendered against their way to SOMALILAND, and other tourist attractions, NOT. Also let me make this clear. Any Arab government who is viewed as COMPLICIT in forced relocation for say future resort properties, would sign their own death warrants.
Finally the outstanding icing on the cake, is that this is ETHNIC cleansing. A MAJOR violation of international law
Anyone whom thinks otherwise, is simply not living in the requote
In an interview last week, Rubio indicated that Trump’s Gaza proposal was in part aimed at pressuring Arab states to make their own postwar plan that would be acceptable to Israel.
Rubio also appeared to suggest that Arab countries send troops to combat Hamas.
“If the Arab countries have a better plan, then that’s great,” Rubio said Thursday on the “Clay and Buck Show.”
But “Hamas has guns,” he added. “Someone has to confront those guys. It’s not going to be American soldiers. And if the countries in the region can’t figure that piece out, then Israel is going to have to do it.”
Rubio wasn’t scheduled to meet with Palestinians on his trip.
Arabs have limited options
For Arab leaders, facilitating the mass expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza or battling Palestinian militants on behalf of Israel are nightmare scenarios that would bring fierce domestic criticism and potentially destabilize an already volatile region.
Egypt hosts an Arab summit on Feb. 27 and is working with other countries on a counterproposal that would allow for Gaza’s rebuilding without removing its population. Human rights groups say the expulsion of Palestinians would likely violate international law.
Egypt has warned that any mass influx of Palestinians from Gaza would undermine its nearly half-century peace treaty with Israel, a cornerstone of U.S. influence in the region.
The UAE and Saudi Arabia also have rejected any mass displacement of Palestinians.
The UAE was the driving force behind the 2020 Abraham Accords in which four Arab states — Bahrain, the UAE, Morocco and Sudan — normalized relations with Israel during Trump’s previous term. Trump hopes to expand the accords to include Saudi Arabia, potentially offering closer U.S. defense ties, but the kingdom has said it won’t normalize relations with Israel without a pathway to a Palestinian state.
Rubio won’t be visiting Egypt or Jordan, close U.S. allies at peace with Israel that have refused to accept any influx of Palestinian refugees. Trump has suggested he might slash U.S. aid if they don’t comply, which could be devastating for their economies.
Rubio is also skipping Qatar.
Arab and Muslim countries have conditioned any support for postwar Gaza on a return to Palestinian governance with a pathway to statehood in Gaza, the West Bank and east Jerusalem, territories that Israel seized in the 1967 Mideast war.
Israel has ruled out a Palestinian state and any role in Gaza for the Western-backed Palestinian Authority, whose forces were driven out when Hamas seized power there in 2007.
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Let me make this clear to anyone whom cares to know the facts of life. Having Gazan citizens removed from Gaza as proposed is ethnic cleansing. The Trump plan was aimed at generating Arab proposals acceptable to Israel. Unfortunately Benjamin Netanyahu appears to be all in on a plan to not only to evict the Gazan refugees but to develop the area as a RESORT
Trump appears to have NO understanding of the thousand year old history of Arab-Crusader fights which raged from 1096 AD to past 1260 AD, in wars which to this day are alive in the folklore of Arabic literary history from Beirut all the way to Cairo and beyond . As fresh today in literary retelling as in 1100 AD
It is icing on the cake, in the worst negative way, that 2 MILLION people who have been through hell and high water for decades in terms of being stuck in horrendous conditions would be rendered against their way to SOMALILAND, and other tourist attractions, NOT. Also let me make this clear. Any Arab government who is viewed as COMPLICIT in forced relocation for say future resort properties, would sign their own death warrants.
Finally the outstanding icing on the cake, is that this is ETHNIC cleansing. A MAJOR violation of international law
Anyone whom thinks otherwise, is simply not living in the real world
Ethnic cleansing as blessed by Benjamin Netanyahu being promoted for a Gaza version of the French Riviera ? Don't get me started. And take this to the bank. Israel will be tarred by guilt by association in the aftermath. Guaranteeing NO peace being possible. EVERal world
Ethnic cleansing as blessed by Benjamin Netanyahu being promoted for a Gaza version of the French Riviera ? Don't get me started. And take this to the bank. Israel will be tarred by guilt by association in the aftermath. Guaranteeing NO peace being possible. EVER
Andrew Beckwith , PhD
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