Trump Vowed, “The U.S. Will Take Over Gaza” and Expel All Palestinians

U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Tuesday, “The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip and permanently displace all the Palestinians from Gaza to other neighboring countries. He made this shocking statement at a press meeting welcoming the Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu—a convicted war criminal with an arrest warrant issued by the ICC. 

Recently, Donald Trump proposed a temporary relocation of the Palestinian population to rebuild Gaza. However, the proposed relocation plan was rejected by the countries where Trump wanted them to be relocated. But probably as part of his talk to Netanyahu, he changed his plan for a more aggressive “annexation plan of Gaza”—a permanent plan of ethnic cleansing.

In response to the journalist’s questioning, he suggested that “the U.S. take over the Gaza Strip” and remove the entire population permanently. He also said, “We’ll own it … get rid of the destroyed buildings, level it out, create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the people of the area”. He also expressed that the U.S. will expel the 2 million people of Gaza to neighboring Jordan and Egypt accepting Gaza’s situation as hellish where they are being shot, knifed, and killed, while Netanyahu, shamelessly smiled with his signature devilish style.

While talking about his plan in his vague words, he suggested the people of Gaza “occupy all of a beautiful area”—refers to Jordan and Egypt— “with homes and safety, and they can live out their lives in peace and harmony, instead of having to go back and do it again.” In literal meaning, Trump just suggested the people of Gaza occupy other places so that Israel can occupy and build settlements for the European and American “Quality Life Settlers” as it has always been since the creation of the Apartheid state of Israel.

In the press conference, Trump said he has spoken to many Arab countries regarding his plan, and in response they “loved the idea.” But until now Jordan and Egypt have rejected it, which means it is just a blatant lie.   When it comes to U.S. involvement, he suggested that the U.S. troops carry out the plan. However, Netanyahu rejected his plan for U.S. troop’s involvement after this press conference, which indicates, they never discussed this plan in detail. In another question from a journalist regarding the right to return of the Palestinians in Gaza, he said “Why would they want to return? The place has been hell.” On the other hand, he remained silent when asked about the two-state solution.

The U.S. administration has always been in support of Israel no matter how illegally they act. But as of now, President Trump’s actions are suggesting he is more pro-Israel than any of his predecessors were. Since he took office he has removed the U.S sanctions on the West Bank settlements and gave a go-ahead as those are legal. He has attacked the International Criminal Court (ICC) for issuing an arrest warrant on Netanyahu, even he has even threatened European nations with gangster-like threats if any country follows ICC ruling.