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Not necessarily war, but the equivalent of “ethnic cleansing”, no matter how it happens. There is something called the “$20B deal” that puts this into perspective.

For just $20B, Israel could expel every Palestinian in the Gaza Strip into Egypt, giving each and every man, woman and child the equivalent of three years of the normal Egyptian annual wage. That is, a family of seven would get the equivalent of 21 years of full time work in Egypt, all at once, just to now live in Egypt. This would make most every Palestinian family middle class, by Egyptian standards.

It would not be given to the Palestinian leaders, who regularly steal the money meant for their people, but to the people directly.

And this would leave Gaza empty. But it wouldn’t stay that way. Israel could then move many of the Israeli Arabs to Gaza, giving them all that land for free. Most Israeli Arabs are not unhappy living in Israel, and far prefer it to living in Palestinian lands or another country.

Gaza would be completely absorbed by Israel, but it would be an Arab land. And Israel would then guard the border with Egypt, so no ex Gaza Palestinians could return or smuggle in anything, and no Israeli Arabs to smuggle out anything.

The Gaza Strip would finally be at peace, and the Israelis could have a clean conscience about not doing harm.