Trump doubles down on proposal to move Gazans; insists Egypt and Jordan will agree

[toomuchtime_]

US President Donald Trump dug in his heels Monday over a controversial suggestion that large numbers of Gazans take refuge in Egypt and Jordan, shrugging off wall-to-wall opposition to the proposal from Arab leaders.

Fresh off calls with Egyptian counterpart Abdel-Fatah el-Sissi and Jordan’s King Abdullah, Trump insisted both leaders would take in Palestinians from the war-ravaged territory and said the issue would be discussed with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when the two meet sometime soon, amid speculation in Israel that Trump’s gambit was being coordinated with Jerusalem.

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US President Donald Trump dug in his heels Monday over a controversial suggestion that large numbers of Gazans take refuge in Egypt and Jordan, shrugging off wall-to-wall opposition to the proposal from Arab leaders.
Fresh off calls with Egyptian counterpart Abdel-Fatah el-Sissi and Jordan’s King Abdullah, Trump insisted both leaders would take in Palestinians from the war-ravaged territory and said the issue would be discussed with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when the two meet sometime soon, amid speculation in Israel that Trump’s gambit was being coordinated with Jerusalem.
The US president on Saturday floated the idea to “clean out” Gaza after more than 15 months of war between Israel and Hamas had reduced the Palestinian territory to what he called a “demolition site.”
Asked about those comments, Trump told reporters on Air Force One Monday evening he would “like to get them living in an area where they can live without disruption and revolution and violence so much.”
“When you look at the Gaza Strip, it’s been hell for so many years,” Trump said. “There have been various civilizations on that strip. It didn’t start here. It started thousands of years before, and there’s always been violence associated with it. You could get people living in areas that are a lot safer and maybe a lot better and maybe a lot more comfortable.”

Both Egypt and Jordan have come out strongly against Trump’s idea, saying that Palestinians should be allowed to remain in Gaza and underlining concerns that Palestinians who decamp for safety may never be allowed to return. Members of Israel’s far right have called since the start of the war for reestablishing Isralei settlements there and have advocated for the “voluntary migration” of Palestinians from the enclave.

Albanian premier Edi Rama also denied on Monday an Israeli TV report that his country was in talks to take in as many as 100,000 Gazans.

“Albania has not been asked by anyone, nor can we even consider to take on any such responsibility,” he tweeted. “Albania is not in the Middle East itself, and from the heart of Europe, we cannot do more than any other European country in such a matter.”


Trump had been expected to bring up the issue during a call with Sissi Sunday. Asked how the Egyptian leader received the idea, Trump said Sissi’s “response [was] that he’d like to see peace in the Middle East.”

“I’d like to see peace in the Middle East,” Trump added.

Trump doubles down on proposal to move Gazans; insists Egypt and Jordan will agree

US president brushes aside staunch Arab opposition to idea that Strip's residents leave territory, saying violence is endemic to Gaza; Albanian leader denies his country is in the mix

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My first thought was that it is impossible, but my second thought was, why not? Everyone in the area, Israel, Jordan, Egypt and especially the Palestinian people would benefit from peace in the area of Gaza, but the only way to bring peace to Gaza is to disrupt the culture there that is committed to the destruction of Israel, and the only ways to do that is to either continue this horrible war until the Palestinians are so beaten they cannot mount another attack or to move enough of them somewhere else so they cannot mount another attack. Clearly, moving them out is the kinder solution.

 

[Lisa558]

Better there than here, which is where Biden and Kamala would have settled the Jew-haters.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

The Palestinians are a mentally deranged people that pass their Derangement on generation to generation. They foment revolution wherever they go. They destroyed Lebanon and Jordan. They didn't even bother blaming Jews. No one wants them because of it.

There is no such thing as beating them so badly they cannot mount an attack as a way to peace. There can never be peace. They will merely marinate until the next attack.

 

[toomuchtime_]

The Palestinians are a mentally deranged people that pass their Derangement on generation to generation. They foment revolution wherever they go. They destroyed Lebanon and Jordan. They didn't even bother blaming Jews. No one wants them because of it.

There is no such thing as beating them so badly they cannot mount an attack as a way to peace. There can never be peace. They will merely marinate until the next attack.

Yes and no. The Palestinians will never stop wanting to attack Israel, but as the war morphs into a long term Israeli occupation, their ability to mount attacks will radically diminish.

 

[rightwinger]

Our President once again shows his limited knowledge of global politics
He comes up with these wild ideas on his own and doesn’t have anyone around him to talk him out of it

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Yes and no. The Palestinians will never stop wanting to attack Israel, but as the war morphs into a long term Israeli occupation, their ability to mount attacks will radically diminish.

Then they will simply bide their time. Before Pallys could mount serious attacks they used suicide bombers. There is no end to their crazy.

As these hellspawn have shown in Lebanon and Jordan, they don't really need Jews to act out.

 

[toomuchtime_]

Our President once again shows his limited knowledge of global politics
He comes up with these wild ideas on his own and doesn’t have anyone around him to talk him out of it

It's a bold idea, but hardly wild. Instead of talking nonsense about non existent diplomatic solutions as the Biden administration did, President Trump proposing a real solution to the conflict that would benefit not only Israel and the Palestinian people but also Egypt and Jordan and other countries that participate in the project. President Trump will try to negotiate terms with Egypt and Jordan that will make it advantageous to those countries to participate.

 

[jackflash]

The Palestinians are a mentally deranged people that pass their Derangement on generation to generation. They foment revolution wherever they go. They destroyed Lebanon and Jordan. They didn't even bother blaming Jews. No one wants them because of it.

There is no such thing as beating them so badly they cannot mount an attack as a way to peace. There can never be peace. They will merely marinate until the next attack.

The problem is centered within death cult islam itself.

 

[theHawk]

Our President once again shows his limited knowledge of global politics
He comes up with these wild ideas on his own and doesn’t have anyone around him to talk him out of it

Y’all keep saying that. Yet he walks circles around these people and they bend the knee to him. See Colombia.

Egypt can and should take on the Gaza people. Funny how lefties support Egypt keeping refugees out of their country, but not the US.

The rabble of Gaza and the West Bank have proven they cannot coexist with Israelis. Time to separate them.

 

[Votto]

Our President once again shows his limited knowledge of global politics
He comes up with these wild ideas on his own and doesn’t have anyone around him to talk him out of it

He shows a desire to think outside the box to try and find a better solution, one that no one ever expected Joe Biden would find

I remember when John Kerry said that no peace deals could come about without the Palestinians being in the talks. He said it would be impossible. The next thing you know, Trump signs the Abraham accord as a peace deal with Israel and her Arab neighbors without the Palestinians being involved, showing how stupid John Kerry and company really were.

 

[Votto]

The Palestinians are a mentally deranged people that pass their Derangement on generation to generation. They foment revolution wherever they go. They destroyed Lebanon and Jordan. They didn't even bother blaming Jews. No one wants them because of it.

There is no such thing as beating them so badly they cannot mount an attack as a way to peace. There can never be peace. They will merely marinate until the next attack.

There is no people that have been heavily indoctrinated as much as those who live in that region.

They are literally told to hate Jews since birth.

 

[Zincwarrior]

An issue, the forceful removal of a group of people is generally considered an act of genocide.
I would submit the powers in the region can handle it. Its not our circus, not our monkeys.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Y’all keep saying that. Yet he walks circles around these people and they bend the knee to him. See Colombia.

Egypt can and should take on the Gaza people. Funny how lefties support Egypt keeping refugees out of their country, but not the US.

The rabble of Gaza and the West Bank have proven they cannot coexist with Israelis. Time to separate them.

They are separated.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

An issue, the forceful removal of a group of people is generally considered an act of genocide.
I would submit the powers in the region can handle it. Its not our circus, not our monkeys.

Gaza was never owned by those people. Before 1967, it was part of Egypt.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

This 8s

The problem is centered within death cult islam itself.

This is true

 

[theHawk]

They are separated.

Apparently not enough.

 

[Woodznutz]

Trump has plans for Gaza. Condo's overlooking the sea, maybe a golf course or two. Tha'd be nice.

 

[Blaster]

Trump has plans for Gaza. Condo's overlooking the sea, maybe a golf course or two. Tha'd be nice.

Cool

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

Trump is under orders from the Zionist regime, these are not Trump's ideas, the Zionists have been seeking ways to ethnically cleans the remaining Palestinians (from 1948) so they can "settle" in that area, build hotels and make lots of money.

They already stole Gaza's offshore oil and now they want to create a pretext for forcibly displacing millions from Gaza, why else would the world's most capable intelligence service allow Hamas to attack them on Oct 7th?

Understand, Trump is being subjected to a barrage from the Israelis, they will hound him as they once did Truman, until they get their way.

The US is weak, emasculated when it comes to Israel, why else would a hugely powerful nation like the US give a shit about a bunch of deranged stone age throwbacks? that's all the Israelis are, demonic, evil brutes who are driven by racial superiority.

 

[rightwinger]

It's a bold idea, but hardly wild. Instead of talking nonsense about non existent diplomatic solutions as the Biden administration did, President Trump proposing a real solution to the conflict that would benefit not only Israel and the Palestinian people but also Egypt and Jordan and other countries that participate in the project. President Trump will try to negotiate terms with Egypt and Jordan that will make it advantageous to those countries to participate.

No, relocating a million people is not a sensible solution. It is a solution a child would come up with.
If our President would actually consult with his own experts and consult with other nations being affected, he would quickly be talked out of it before he looks like an idiot

Other nations are laughing at us