Hi AC,

Trump may be able to sell the idea if he can make it economically enticing for the surrounding nations. It is a beautiful part of the world, so transforming it from a headache and hell hole to expensive real estate attracting the tourist dollar for its owners might sway some opinions. Look what Lebanon used to be.

Hi Fester
I don’t think the Kuwaiti expulsions are a good comparison. The Palestinians had a long history in Kuwait, but they were not Kuwaiti citizens (most had Jordanian passports) and mostly supported the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.

Given the extent of destruction in Gaza, and the money and time it will take to rebuild, it is conceivable that the best outcome for Gazans would be to settle elsewhere. But that ignores the implausibility of it actually happening, for many reasons.

First, if the USA forces Gazans to leave Gaza it will be “ethnic cleansing”, which is a serious war crime. “Ethnic cleansing” can entail murder, but more often it is forcibly removing a population from their homes because of their race. The expulsion of Greeks from Turkey, and Croats from Serbia are examples.

Second, many Palestinians consider themselves refugees who were forcibly expelled from their homeland and illegally prevented from returning. The historical and legal veracity of this account is fiercely debated, but it has led to a deep attachment to the land and intense focus on the injustice of forced resettlement. They will not want to go, and will probably resist violently.

Third, no-one will want them. Israel’s neighbours – Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria – all have serious economic and, in two cases, political and security problems. Lebanon and Syrian already have large populations of Palestinian “refugees” who are mostly the grandchildren and great-grandchildren of people who actually left Palestine. If these countries refuse to allow these populations to assimilate as full citizens, why on earth think they’ll do it for Gazans? And the Gazans are desperate, impoverished and mostly unskilled, and many are indoctrinated with a murderous Islamofascist ideology that endorses violent overthrow of the governments of their proposed host countries. Not exactly ideal migrants.

Hi Rhian,

"I don’t think the Kuwaiti expulsions are a good comparison. The Palestinians had a long history in Kuwait, but they were not Kuwaiti citizens (most had Jordanian passports) and mostly supported the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait."

Do you know why they welcomed Saddam? Maybe, like Saudi Arabia and Qatar they were second class labourers similar to those under apartheid, and Saddam brought them the promise of equal citizenship?

As for for Greece, I have a work colleague whose great grandfather was murdered by the Turks, but that was a different age. For the Palestinians the hatred never dies, their society dedicated to the genocide of Israel, as this Palestinian explains:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR_W7W1E6Lc

While the hatred burns I cannot see a two state solution ever succeeding, but relocating the population might in time extinguish the hatred. The dysphemism of relocation as the war crime of ethnic cleansing will only serve to keep the Palestinians in their hateful mindset.

It is their land that is being stolen. That is why all the hatred.
Now the orange fool wants to steal their land.
If everyone stops stealing the palestinians land maybe they would stop resisting.

Hi Mik,

"It is their land that is being stolen. That is why all the hatred."

What land was stolen? Who stole it? Is a genocidal hatred of a people and their descendants not your own choice? Do Australians have a duty to murder German and Japanese people in perpetuity because we were once at war with them, or do we move on?

The plight of Palestinians is a monster made of their own hatred.

Hi Fester,
"Trump may be able to sell the idea if he can make it economically enticing for the surrounding nations."

Saudi Arabia have stated there will be no normalisation of ties with Israel without a Palestinian State, I'm sure Trump will try to restart his Abraham Accords, not sure how successful he would be.

King Abdullah (Jordan) and El Sisi (Egypt) have both stated they will not house Palestinians removed forcibly from Gaza, and then you have the Palestinians themselves, who probably won't leave even if forced to go anyway.

Finally, I'm not sure Gaza, a place where all these women and kids have been slaughtered, is any place for a tourism destination, despite the good location.

The idea of Trump doing real estate speculation is not in good taste, but I think he's trying to think outside the box, not sure it's a realistic plan with a workable positive outcome though.