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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    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?

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      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.

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        Got it. You know what is best for the little Palestinians and you don’t have to do any hard work, just vote.

        Also, this is just a lie:

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

        I mean let’s just start with Germany… https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/scholz-says-germany-will-supply-israel-with-weapons-defend-itself-2024-10-17/

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            Yeah, it’s almost as if people claiming they vote or not vote as something that counts as effort and helping a situation is some virtue signalling bullshit. Congratulations on missing the entire fucking point.

            And yes, I do go out of my way to talk to Palestinians. It really isn’t hard to do. You just apparently think you know better than them what their needs and desires are, so you don’t bother.

            Anything but make the slightest bit of effort, apparently.

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              3 hours ago

              You are the only one missing the point.

              But continue, tell us what you did (on the advice from the Palestinians) that made anywhere near the difference voting can.

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                Do tell me the point.

                I vote and do other things. I also care about people in dire situations enough to talk and listen to them rather than think I know what’s best for them.

                You only vote and you seem to think you know what’s best for them. That’s the difference between us.

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                  3 hours ago

                  Yes, the mysterious other things.

                  The point is, who did you vote for if you say it helped Palestinians? Because the only option that has even a miniscule chance to help is not voting.

                  But I am guessing that is not what you did. You voted for the party you liked and then pretended listening to Palestinians and making effort with negligible or nonexistent results was helping.

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                    My voting is not what helped Palestinians because who I voted for had nothing to do with them.

                    Because the only option that has even a miniscule chance to help is not voting.

                    You literally said you helped things by voting. Make up your mind.