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Trump proposes 'permanently' displacing Palestinians so U.S. can take over Gaza | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)

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U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he wants his country to take ownership of the Gaza Strip and redevelop it after Palestinians are displaced elsewhere.

"We will own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site," Trump said at the start of a joint news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

"I do see a long-term ownership position," Trump said when asked about the U.S. controlling the territory for an extended period, adding that he is not ruling out sending U.S. troops in to secure Gaza.

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Trump's comments came hours after he suggested that displaced Palestinians in Gaza be "permanently" resettled outside the war-torn territory.

"You can't live in Gaza right now. I think we need another location," Trump said earlier Tuesday.

"I think it should be a location that's going to make people happy. You look over the decades, it's all death in Gaza. This has been happening for years. It's all death. If we can get a beautiful area to resettle people, permanently, in nice homes where they can be happy and not be shot and not be killed and not be knifed to death like what's happening in Gaza."

Trump has previously called on Jordan, Egypt and other Arab countries to take in Palestinians temporarily while Gaza is reconstructed after the devastating war between Hamas and Israel, which was paused in January by a ceasefire. Tuesday was the first time he has publicly floated making that resettlement permanent.

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[–] melp 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Was it though? Was it preventable? I think survival and preservation of life is the goal right? Would you agree?

Past numbers:

800,000 Palestinians are dead under the last administration.
And one of my favorite stats - "According to estimates, capitalist institutions have caused approximately 158 million deaths through wars alone since the Russian Revolution." (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10455752.2021.1875603).
"The rate of fatal police shootings among Black Americans stands at 6.2 fatal shootings per million of the population per year between 2015 and October 2024." (https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/).
"From 2015 to October 2024, approximately 6,600 people were killed by police shootings. This includes 6,303 men and 294 women" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_killings_by_law_enforcement_officers_in_the_United_States.

For some folx... and from their points of view, it wasn't good, it hasn't been good, and it won't be good. Now it's just shitty for everyone. I don't agree with it but if I'm going to shit on anyone for what was inevitable, anyway, it isn't going to be people who genuinely wanted 800,000 people to not be dead. The third party voters didn't tip the scale. The non voters did an asshole thing. The MAGA voters are a whole other discussion. But the wedge thing, it's tired. We should hop over the wedge.

[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yes, Trump trying to take Palestine for the US, possibly with US troops was preventable.

Was all loss of human life preventable? No, because the US Govt does not control Isreal but considers its relationship with Israel critical.

People need to get off their high horses and vote on the spectrum, not on single issues.

I didn't like everything about Kamala but acting like not voting in protest was "the right thing to do" is not a good answer. I hate that our bombs were used on Palestinians, but people need to accept their protest vote moved things one step backwards.

You're doing a lot of talking about "not driving a wedge", but I didn't drive a wedge. I voted for the clearly more qualified candidate, some others decided "I don't like what that candidate has done for Israel, so even though I agree with her on so many other things, I'm not voting for her."

The wedge is these idiotic purity tests the left keeps applying where "if you don't agree on this particular issue, you're not one of us, and you don't get my vote."

It's obnoxious that these folks had the audacity to tell people "if you vote for Kamala you're a horrible person because Palestinians will die." You know who's going to die because of their vote? Lots of people. Climate change and pollution kills. The destruction of the US AID office kills. Disease kills. Between the three, we may see many many more deaths than we can even fathom.