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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    Do the commenters here really believe the outcome would have been different for the Palestinians if Donald didn’t win? Why?

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      I really believe the outcome for the millions of brown and queer people in America would have been different if Trump didn’t win.

      And my ‘why’ here has been the same why for months- why did that not matter?

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        So, your desired outcome was to keep the genocides in foreign lands going, to maybe slow it down in the US?

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          You seem to think “desired outcome” is the same as “outcome I thought was achievable.” They are completely different.

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            So, what change un outcome did you expect? Because I didn’t expect either candidate to care about dead Palestinians, or exploited workers at home…

            • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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              I expected people to give a shit about brown and queer people in the U.S.

              But they didn’t.

              Including you, apparently.

              • ubergeek@lemmy.today
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                When did voters, or the Dems, actually do anything for brown and Black people in the US?

                More cops doesn’t count…

                • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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                  “Other people didn’t care, so I didn’t either” is not the robust self-defense you think it is.

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                    Worse than “didn’t care”… it’s more like “caring about how to make their lives worse”…

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      Exactly. Kamala isn’t facing AIPAC anymore. She’s not running for office. She faces literally zero downside in publicly condemning the idea. Since she isn’t condemning it now, why would anyone assume she would do it if she were currently president, when the pressures against her would be much higher?

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        “She’s not a public figure anymore, she’s a private citizen, why isn’t she condemning this?” Where? In congress? In the white house? How do you know she’s not being vocal about this?

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            Yes the internet exists, but if she hasn’t been able to make a public statement about every bat shit idea, or if there is no recording of her saying anything of it, it couldn’t be shared.

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      Yes. For one, Israel had already started on their zone idea. For two, Blinken was advocating for a two state solution because that was one of the requirements for Saudi Arabia to establish ties with Israel.

      I can’t imagine the Middle East is going to be content with this occupation, especially if it leads to a new trail of tears.