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© (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2025.Trump says Israel would hand over Gaza after fighting; no U.S. troops needed
By James Mackenzie and Doina Chiacu JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON©2025 GPlusMedia Inc.
54 Comments
Jim
I hope that President Trump succeeds in his plan to move all the Palestinian people out of Gaza. That will be a deserving slap on the face of all the Arab Americans who voted for him ( Trump got 46 - 48% of Arab votes in certain swing states compared to 34-36% for Harris )! The Arab people need to learn that their idiotic actions have destructive consequences and Trump will teach them a lesson!
TaiwanIsNotChina
No troops, no money, and no destination. Stable genius says it is all at hand!!!
Tamarama
Well, if anyone ever needed clearer evidence of US hegemony and greed, look no further. These are the Emperor's true clothes.
itsonlyrocknroll
Jordan/Egypt along with any proposal for Gaza/west sustainable reconstruction is close to totally dependent on US government aid.
Yesterday I posted UN July 2024 Question of Palestine, unfortunately the PDF download was out of date
I have located the complete page including download, please review at convenience.
FAO Briefing note on OPT: Understanding the status of land rights for sustainable reconstruction of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank
https://www.un.org/unispal/document/briefing-note-fao-30jul24/
Without full US support, keeping in mind US government has withdrawn from a number of key UN Gaza aid programmes, the prospect for any sustainable programme of renewal is hobbled.
‘Worst nightmare’: Egypt and Jordan put in impossible bind by Trump Gaza plan
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/06/egypt-jordan-trump-gaza-plan
TaiwanIsNotChina
It's not actual policy yet. It still exists only in the mind of the deranged.
JJE
This makes Russia's long-term ownership position in certain areas look completely decent by comparison. They wanted the people first and foremost. Next, they rebuilt FOR the local people.
Complete, diametric opposite here! What a contrast. And look at what Netanyahu, and his US sponsors who armed him to the teeth, did to civilian areas - these photos are shocking (especially the bottom two).
sakurasuki
Trust occupier because occupier always kept promises?
Tamarama
TaiwaninnotChyna
It's never been official 'policy', has it. It's practise though, has been for a long time. It's the cake hidden under thick layers of creamy political spin.
bass4funk
You have a better idea for these people?? Of so what is it?
So what would your solution be to help the Gazans?
wallace
Netanyahu has asked the IDF to prepare a plan for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza. The Jews were the last people to suffer mass ethnic cleansing.
wallace
Arab states reject Trump's proposal.
Aly Rustom
Of course they do. If they didn't there would be a second arab uprising.
bass4funk
Then the Gazans will probably be relocated, either that or they can stay and live in Squalor, either way, they don’t have a lot of options, if the Arabs want their brethren to live like that, if you even want to call it that, so be it.
wallace
An important player is Saudi Arabia, which rejects Trump's proposal and will not have an accord with Israel unless there is a two-state solution.
Capuchin
I've demolished your school, your hospital, your place of worship and your home. Now I grant you the freedom to leave. 'Voluntarily' of course.
Vile.
Simon Foston
I wonder if Trump is coming out with all this stuff about Panama, Canada, Greenland and now Gaza to detract attention from how he seems to be doing nothing about jobs, wages, education, healthcare, taxes or living costs.
Ken
Probably from Musk, the Americans who supported Palestine and hoped they have peace and a ceasefire do not want the same Americans who sent Israel all the weapons to do anything more than the damage they already did. The Americans who cried about tax payer money being wasted don't want this either. It sounds like some sick joke all of it is a joke these days
bass4funk
So what other solution is there? The Saudis don’t want to help their brethren Gaza is destroyed so what now? Of you want a two state solution you need to rebuild the area first before that can even be considered.
stormcrow
No troops necessary?!
Only in your most fantastic dreams!
wallace
Israel destroyed Gaza with help from the US in a massive overkill and committed many war crimes with the end game of ethnic cleansing of both Gaza and the West Bank. Netanyahu has stated many times Israel is only for Jews and introduced laws to enforce that claim.
Gaza can be rebuilt by sectors, and people from those areas could move into Israel until the construction work is done.
wallace
There are probably thousands of bodies under the rubble and will need to be removed. Many toxic substances like asbestos will need careful removal. There are hundreds of unexploded bombs and cluster bombs.
The reconstruction will take more than 20 years, and Israel and the US should pay for it.
NB
Where did he state that?
TaiwanIsNotChina
Wouldn't everyone be saved a lot of trouble if Trump's advisors just told him that Gaza has already been added at the 51st state and that they voted for him in the last election?
NB
Cluster bombs? From whence this information?
wallace
Netanyahu has stated many times Israel is only for Jews
Many times. Jerusalem is the capital of the Jews.
https://www.npr.org/2019/03/11/702264118/netanyahu-says-israel-is-nation-state-of-the-jewish-people-and-them-alone
bass4funk
I disagree with most of that.
We are talking about Gaza
Ok, so who’s going to pay for that and more importantly, who will preside over such a massive monumental task?
wallace
Press Release: New study shows Israel air-dropped 2000lb bombs within lethal and damaged ranges of hospitals in Gaza.
https://fxb.harvard.edu/2024/10/10/new-study-shows-israel-air-dropped-2000lb-bombs-within-lethal-and-damage-ranges-of-hospitals-in-gaza/
bass4funk
All the more reason why Trump’s rebuilding proposal is a brilliant.
WoodyLee
If Mr. Trump is genuine about helping the Gazan's live in "beautiful place" Gaza is the place it was beautiful until 2000 pound U.S. made bombs demolished it. BUT it can be rebuilt and Mr. Trump can invest and have his Riviera there too with the help of Palestinians workers.
Palestinians are NOT going anywhere and not after all the killings, Trump can continue to Hallucinate all he wants it Cheap and Free.
bass4funk
So they will live among the ruins??
You are right, just leave things the way they are and let the squalor and desperation of war and destruction continue.
NB
It should be clarified: There are two nations residing in the area between the river Jordan and the Mediterranean sea, namely the Arabic Palestinian nation and the Israeli Jewish nation. The state of Israel resides on a part of this area. The main mission of this state is to serve as a refuge for the Jews and for Judaism, but this state constitutes a home for Jews, Arabs and other ethnical groups. They all enjoy equal civil rights. The rest of the area is mainly populated by Arabs. These territories should contain an Arabic Palestinian state, but such a state must be peaceful and disarmed, and cannot be fully sovereign for security reasons.
GuruMick
Bass...who made the squalor in Gaza...even before the war
Are you blind to the Israeli blockade for decades on Gaza.?
Come on, educate yourself.
gaijintraveller
Why not move the Israelis to Egypt? Isn't that where they were historically until Moses famously moved them to the other side of the Red Sea?
Ok, I know that is a ridiculous suggestion, but it is no more ridiculous than Trump's.
Why are countries like Spain, Ireland, Norway obligated by law to accept the Palestinians? Surely, the US is more obligated as the sponsor of genocide and the provider of weapons of mass destruction?
GuruMick
Israel is at its best when killing unarmed civilians.
The problems here start and end with this fake claim that God gave Israel land and Jews are God,s "besties "
wallace
bass4funk
Netanyahu has stated many times Israel is only for Jews and introduced laws to enforce that claim.
How do you explain Netanyahu's claim both Gaza and the West Bank belong to and are part of Israel?
wallace
The rubble from Gaza can be taken to the sea to increase the land size.
bass4funk
Again, my question is, what other solutions do you guys have to help the Gazans? What solutions? The Arabs won’t help so then what?
NB
Untrue. There are many non-Jewish villages and towns in Israel, as well as many mixed places. Have you ever visited Israel? Have you ever walked the streets of Haifa and Be'er-Sheva? Have you ever visited Nazareth and Rahat?
wallace
bass4funk
How do you explain Netanyahu's claim both Gaza and the West Bank belong to and are part of Israel?
I am not a member of any "you guys." My comments and opinions are my own. Respect that.
wallace
Israeli Arabs do not enjoy the same freedoms and protections as Israeli Jews. The Arabs are living in an Israeli state defined by the Jews. They are not subject to military training.
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/arabs-in-israel/
NOMINATION
First hand account of Netanyahu asking this?
GuruMick
NB...Netanyahu has said 1/allowing Ethiopian Jews to come to Israel risks upsetting the balance between non white Jews and white Jews.
Israel had a policy of deceptively sterilising Ethiopian women with depo provera. Scheme exposed by Israeli journalists.
Netanyahu campaigns on "No Palestinian state while I am PM "
Israel allows Jews from everywhere to migrate....non Jews...hmmm ..not so easy.
Israel is currently an ethno religious fascist apartheid state....it makes a virtue of its sins.
NB
wallace, the source you cited says as follows:
"Israel’s Declaration of Independence guaranteed full equality to all Israeli citizens regardless of religion. And on paper, Israeli Arabas do enjoy the same civil and political rights as Israeli Jews, with the exception that they are not subject to compulsory military service. Israeli Arabs serve in parliament, as Supreme Court judges and foreign envoys. By some measures, Arab citizens of Israel have greater political and civic freedom than most Arabs living in the Middle East, which the nonprofit Freedom House consistently ranks as among the least free regions of the world. Arabs in Israel enjoy a robust free press and can organize and criticize the government with less fear and greater freedom than Arabs elsewhere in the Middle East."
It also says:
"But in practice, Israeli Arabs are subject to a range of discriminatory practices, as attested to not only by local and international human rights groups, but also Israeli government sources."
These problems are being rectified, and will be rectified completely when the Arab-Israeli conflict ends and the land moves toward full normalcy.
If you visit Israeli hospitals, you will see Jewish and Arabic doctors and nurses working shoulder to shoulder, and Jewish and Arabic patients treated together and equally.
gaijintraveller
Bass4funk, I don't think anyone is putting the blame entirely on Israel. The US deserves its fair share of the blame.
sunfunbun
Trump's a juvenile who speaks before thinking. He's an idiot, who won an election, showing just how ridiculously inept at decision making and having a lack of sensibility the American people can be.
This Gaza hoax is not happening. You will see Trump back off his comments, just like backing off the Canadian/Mexico tariffs, or seeing the courts deny his birthright crazy. The coward he is, most of the things he brags on, when push comes to shove, he'll wither away.
The spectator sport of watching a bad administration is quite entertaining, if one skips the consequence. 2 weeks in and the fool is confirming he is one.
The only thing to do is watch his administration implode the next few years, if he lasts that long. People like Arab Americans who voted for him feeling betrayed and saying they're shocked. Duh. Hard to peek into the future when the obvious is in front of your face, fools.
bass4funk
So you have no solutions?
bass4funk
Sure, so then it would be a fantastic idea to take it over, invest in it and deal with it.
lincolnman
And another voting block has buyers regret as Trump tosses them under the bus...
Thank you Donald - for handing the Arab-American vote to the Dems in 2026 and 2028...
https://apnews.com/article/arab-americans-trump-gaza-name-peace-479f6777cac7bac52fb098daa0821cb5
Simon Foston
bass4funkToday 11:54 am JST
And get the same kind of welcome the French Resistance gave the Germans in France during WW2. You must be really looking forward to taking your holidays there when it's a US colony.
wallace
Trump's suggestion of the ethnic cleansing of Gaza would be illegal under international laws. Not since the Jews in Nazi Europe.
The massive destruction and overkill of Gaza lies at the feet of Israel and the US. The Israeli target of eliminating Hamas wasn't achieved even if their top leaders were killed. Members of the Israeli cabinet want to continue with the war once the hostages are all released after the first phase of the truce.
buchailldana
The last world leader who was in favour of forced expulsion of a people was Stalin.
Just saying like
Simon Foston
buchailldanaToday 01:08 pm JST
We might heat some odd and disturbing things if anyone asked Trump what he thought of Stalin.
Simon Foston
bass4funkToday 11:52 am JST
Your "solution" is whatever Donald Trump says. If he said tomorrow that he wanted to expel all the Jews from Israel you'd be acclaiming that as a fantastic idea too.
bass4funk
Wrong, my solution is to fix the problem, everyone else just runs their beeswax
No, that might be for the anti-israeli crowd, but not for me, but nice try.