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Related: About this forumHow Arab countries are responding to Trump's 'clean out' Gaza remarks to expel Palestinians - DW News
On Saturday, US President Trump suggested that Palestinians be expelled from the Gaza Strip to "clean out" the territory. Trump called the Gaza Strip a "demolition site" and that ethnically cleansing Palestinians from the enclave could be a temporary or a long-term arrangement. President Trump said he had spoken to Jordanian King Abdullah about Jordan taking in Palestinians, and that he would speak to Egyptian President el-Sissi on Sunday for Egypt to do the same. Trump's "clean out" remarks have stirred controversy, as any forced expulsion of Palestinians would violate international law and jeopardize the creation of a Palestinian state.
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0:00 Palestinian Islamic Jihad announces release of Arbel Yehud
0:40 Joost Hiltermann, MENA Program Director at the International Crisis Group, on Trump's suggestion to 'clean out' Gaza and how Arab countries are responding
Evolve Dammit
(19,606 posts)LiberalArkie
(17,000 posts)COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Jared Kushner, Donald Trumps former White House adviser and his son-in-law, praised the very valuable potential of Gazas waterfront property, suggesting that Israel should remove civilians while it cleans up the area.
Gazas waterfront property, it could be very valuable, if people would focus on building up livelihoods, Kushner said in an interview dated Feb. 15, posted earlier this month on the YouTube channel of the Middle East Initiative, a program of Harvard Universitys Kennedy School of Government, and reported first on Tuesday by The Guardian. If you think about all the money thats gone into this tunnel network and into all the munitions, if that would have gone into education or innovation, what could have been done?
Its a little bit of an unfortunate situation there, but I think from Israels perspective, I would do my best to move the people out and then clean it up, Kushner added. But I dont think that Israel has stated that they dont want the people to move back there afterwards.
https://apnews.com/article/jared-kushner-trump-israel-waterfront-property-901895eeafee867e69d0c4582a4deb47
Evolve Dammit
(19,606 posts)70sEraVet
(4,307 posts)as a protest over the war on Gaza, feel now?
This is where their protest got them.
J_William_Ryan
(2,374 posts)Arab American voters who helped Trump win must feel like damn fools.
An example of the stupidity of voting for Trump.