President in effect endorses ethnic cleansing of territory before hosting meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu

Donald Trump has said that Palestinians have “no alternative” but to leave Gaza due to the devastation left by Israel’s war on Hamas, in effect endorsing ethnic cleansing of the territory over the opposition of Palestinians and the neighbouring countries.

Speaking as he prepared to host Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on Tuesday, Trump repeated the suggestion that Gaza’s population should be relocated to Jordan and Egypt – something both countries have firmly rejected.

Trump claimed Palestinians would “love to leave Gaza”, telling reporters: “I would think that they would be thrilled.”

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  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    77·
    5 hours ago

    What specifically have you done to help Palestinians other than not vote for certain people and berate people on the internet?

    • DreamlandLividity@lemmy.worldEnglish
      32·
      3 hours ago

      “Vote for candidate A who supports genocide.”
      “Vote for candidate B who supports genocide.”
      “Don’t vote and be loud about it so that in the next election, the losing party is hopefully forced to have a candidate that doesn’t support genocide to get your vote.”

      Which one of those 3 has at least a theoretical chance of helping (even if it may be too late by then)?

      I am not saying it was worth it, considering how much worse Trump is on most other issues. It probably wasn’t. But if Palestine is the only issue you care about, it makes sense to not vote.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        2 hours ago

        So the answer is nothing. You’ve done nothing.

        Not one phone call, not one form e-mail, let alone actually go somewhere.

        How many Palestinians have you even talked to about their needs and desires?

        • DreamlandLividity@lemmy.worldEnglish
          22·
          2 hours ago

          Ah right, because US politicians care so much about calls and e-mails from Europeans who can’t vote for them.

          • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
            21·
            2 hours ago

            Plenty of European politicians support this war too. How many of them did you contact?

            And you didn’t answer my question about Palestinians. How many have you talked to about their needs and desires?

            • DreamlandLividity@lemmy.worldEnglish
              21·
              2 hours ago

              Oh, right, I forgot I should have checked first if they wanted a bomb dropped on their head or literally anything else.

              Plenty of European politicians support this war too. How many of them did you contact?

              Thankfully in Europe, we have more choices than two genocidal maniacs, so I could just vote for ones that don’t support genocide.

              Not that it changes much, since US is the only country actually sending significant material support to Israel and diplomatically shields them from consequences.