Posted on 01/25/2025 8:28:54 PM PST by ransomnote
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday he’d like to see Jordan, Egypt and other Arab nations increase the number of Palestinian refugees they are accepting from the Gaza Strip — potentially moving out enough of the population to “just clean out” the war-torn area to create a virtual clean slate.
During a 20-minute question-and-answer session with reporters aboard Air Force One on Saturday, Trump also said he’s ended his predecessor’s hold on sending 2,000-pound bombs to Israel. That lifts a pressure point that had been meant to reduce civilian casualties during Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza that is now halted by a tenuous ceasefire.
“We released them today,” Trump said of the bombs. “They’ve been waiting for them for a long time.” Asked why he lifted the ban on those bombs, Trump responded, “Because they bought them.”
Trump has built his political career around being unapologetically pro-Israel.
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“I’d like Egypt to take people,” Trump said. “You’re talking about probably a million and a half people, and we just clean out that whole thing and say, ‘You know, it’s over.’”
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Such a drastic displacement of people would openly contradict Palestinian identity and deep connection to Gaza. Still, Trump said the part of the world that encompasses Gaza, has “had many, many conflicts” over centuries. He said resettling “could be temporary or long term.”
“Something has to happen,” Trump said. “But it’s literally a demolition site right now. Almost everything’s demolished, and people are dying there.” He added: “So, I’d rather get involved with some of the Arab nations, and build housing in a different location, where they can maybe live in peace for a change.”
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I don’t think jordan will agree, last time they took in a bunch the refugees tried to overthrow their government
Everyone hates the Palestinians
....not Trudeau or woke white women.
....not Trudeau or woke white women.
Throw the latter in with the deal and Egypt might be dumb enough to take them both.
Al Jazeera and other Arab news sites are losing their minds over this
Send them all to Libya, San Francisco, and Martha’s Vineyard.
That might be a nice little incentive for Arab countries to chip in land and money to create a country for these folks far far far away from Israel.
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Neither Jordan or especially Egypt will be wanting to absorb any more of those people. Both countries know how disruptive and unmanageable Palestinians can be. Trump may have to sweeten the deal with money or trade in some manner.
How about Crimea?
There’s been worse ideas.
Sometimes you just gotta start over.
Hell, many more Italians left for good to come here, including my grandparents, and it worked out great.
Sometimes a changre of scenery helps :)
No one wants Palestinians. No one has ever for thousands of years wanted them.
Nobody wants Palestinians, they are not even a real nation or race.
My Idea is this make a deal with Russia and move all Palestinians to Siberia and give them free land on China’s border.
Russia can’t defend that border, so let the nasty people do it.
Free land. no rent, it is yours to use.
but subject to Russian law.
What is the down side?
No one can accuse Trump of not thinking big.
100% agree, deport ALL of them
That might make it worth their while. Annex Gaza, move out the Palestinians. Rebuild Gaza with foreign investment.
Or is Egypt supposed to pay for the Palestinians, but Israel gets to annex Gaza?
Or does America pay for everything, no matter who does what?
Jordan and Egypt initially welcomed Palestinians in after the Six Day War, but they caused so many problems...setting up terrorists bases to continue attacks on Israel, that both countries chased them all out. That’s why neither country would take Palestinian refugees after the October 7th attack. Lebanon as well took Palestinians in after the war, but like Egypt and Jordan, eventually kicked them out because of the problems they were causing.
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