Public opinion is overwhelmingly critical of the U.S. proposal for Gaza's post-war reconstruction, viewing it as unethical, reminiscent of historical atrocities, and a form of ethnic cleansing. Many commenters express outrage over the implications of forcibly relocating Gazans, equating it to further oppression and garnering disgust over attempts to capitalize on human suffering. A few pro-Israeli remarks are present, but they are far outnumbered by sentiments against the plan.

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Pro-Israeli Advocates

This is a really stupid idea that will only inflame anti-American sentiment in the Muslim world and furthermore this American run Gaza will be subject to endless terrorist attacks. It will require a huge garrison to defend. And then what? We annex Gaza? We give it to Israel?

Something I've noticed about Trump 2.0 is that he's obsessed with annexation and taking over places. It's like he read a book about McKinley and took it as a challenge to annex more places than he did.

ChrisF1987

Hard pass, that sounds like another nation building nightmare. Why on earth would DJT of all people go for that, its a bad deal. 

Magicalsandwichpress

This will need to be a united effort on all ends of the spectrum. I'd like to see Egypt and Jordan involved in the mix. It is in their interests and Israel's to make sure that a Hamas insurgency is suppressed and the PA is strong-armed so that we can finally come to a resolution here. 

The reconstruction plan that Egypt put forward seems very promising. I am not sure if that is the direction that Trump had in mind. He seemed to be signaling towards the process of ethnic cleansing and building beach properties for himself.

fuggitdude22

It’s so not practical. The plan itself isn’t intrinsically bad. The idea of helping rebuild Gaza is good but the US can’t do it alone. The Arab world, Israel, and Europe would all have to work together. However all that’ll happen is Hamas will start shooting at American troops.

SpartanNation053

Because it worked so well in Afghanistan and Iraq it will definitely work out well in Gaza!

Rosemoorstreet

Submission Statement: The United States is considering a plan to occupy and repair Gaza over the course of a decade. The plan includes 5000 USD for each Gazaan to live off of in exchange for rights to rebuild and redevelop the territory. The population will be held either in refugee camps inside the territory or outside the territory. The end goal is to turn Gaza into a regional manufacturing hub. the Trump Admin declined to comment when asked about the plan.

colepercy120

I can’t see the US actually doing this, especially not for 10 years. As soon as US troops get hit by a suicide bomber we’ll leave. It isn’t a US war, and very few Americans feel like we’ve any responsibility to Gaza. Especially on the heels of Iraq and Afghanistan, this will be very unpopular.

The truth is no one but Israel wants to do anything about Gaza. The rest of us will happily commentate from afar about how poorly they’re doing, but no one wants to spend blood and treasure on behalf of the Palestinians. At least no one that isn’t also interested in killing Israelis. 

This probably is a plan Palestinian activists should try to get behind though, at least some version of it. Their options are foreign occupation or Israeli occupation—there’s no going back to the status before 10/7, and Israel isn’t going to allow a Palestinian state under these circumstances. Smart money is to take the lesser of evils at this point.

EqualContact

What a horrific idea. The American military can win the war-military part of a conflict but as has been made obvious, occupations simply do not work. Sure, if you're willing to literally go Ghengis Khan and kill *everyone* who opposes you (and their families, and friends, and people they said hi to once) you can pull it off. But that's not happening in the modern world (thank god).

Why in anyone's name would we sign up for an occupation? And especially, an occupation in friggin Palestine?

SparseSpartan

So what about sovereignty ?? That’s what this whole issue is about

karateguzman

This must be exactly what Trump suppers were voting for.

pandapornotaku

This would be idiotic 

And there’s no scenario where we annex Gaza

If Trump wants to larp McKinley he’ll buy Greenland

ttown2011

Wow. I am amazed that it manages to combine concentration camps, land stealing, and cryptocurrency in one plan. I want to wait for more details but I have a hard time picturing they will just come in with a smile, pour thousands into reconstruction, and then hand that land back to the owner no strings attached.

Sageblue32

This is an abomination. Aside from being literal genocide, this gives huge fuel to anti American sentiment in any Muslim nation, even more than Bush’s wars.

smp501

Nation building nonsense AGAIN...3 times the charm, I guess?

Jealous_Land9614

First tested there, then exported around the world and into the US. 

&gt;into restricted areas within the territory during reconstruction.

Ah, an American sponsored Polish ghetto. Great idea.

Mt548

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IMO: This plan is about the best that can reasonably be hoped for. Like it or not, Gaza never had the economy to repair itself after the war, and temporary occupation by a foreign power is preferable to Israeli ethnic cleansing or warlords controlling the region. I don't see any other option that would actually see Gaza recover from this in less time. From a moral perspective, it is, of course, less preferable to Gaza being run by its own people in a free and fair system, but that ideal world isn't the one we live in. So we are left to pick the best of the bad options

China is really hoping that Trump is dumb enough to do this.

Professional-Pin5125

And who will grant the troops to garrison the place? Israel?

Zestyclose_Jello6192

I am pretty sure plan might be "circulating" and same way pretty sure it will not go anywhere, No US government would want a piece of this mess neither American public.

vovap_vovap

I have a plan. Hamas ends terror and releases the hostages. Israel removes all illegal settlements, ends the blockade of Gaza withdraws its troops and pays for reconstruction of the civilian infrastructure it destroyed.
This is better than Trump's plan.

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Apprehensive-Ad9523

Guys, it's fine they are given the choice of being moved and shot or be shot and moved.


Israel has the most humane military in the entire world.

Round_Ambassador_684

&gt;Israel, Netanyahu has said, is “talking to several countries” about taking relocated Gazans. Libya, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Indonesia and Somaliland have been mentioned as potential options. All except Indonesia — which previously has said it would temporarily admit a few thousand Palestinians seeking work or medical treatment — are in Africa and in the midst of their own conflicts and civilian deprivation.

So, we're just casually discussing where to disperse an ethnically cleansed population like it’s a logistics issue and not a crime against humanity?

crawling-alreadygirl

As described - this is ethnic cleansing. 

Once upon a time that was illegal under international law.

CanuckCmdr

&gt; A postwar plan for Gaza circulating within the Trump administration, modeled on President Donald Trump’s vow to “take over” the enclave, would turn it into a trusteeship administered by the United States for at least 10 years while it is transformed into a gleaming tourism resort and high-tech manufacturing and technology hub.

&gt; The 38-page prospectus seen by The Washington Post envisions at least a temporary relocation of all of Gaza’s more than 2 million population, either through what it calls “voluntary” departures to another country or into restricted, secured zones inside the enclave during reconstruction.

Visions of Old Man Crybaby screeching, "_If I can't have Greenland, how about Gaza?  I want my own country ... waa!_"

drtolmn69

You can read an archived copy of the article here:

[https://archive.is/Kv4L8](https://archive.is/Kv4L8)

edit: typo

ChaskaChanhassen

Is this the same way that Native Americans "voluntarily" moved onto reservations?

BlueRFR3100

You volunteer to move, or you volunteer to starve to death or be blown up or shot trying to get food or or or or….

Blurred_Background

“Voluntary”, pfft.

“Russia attacked Ukraine, you could end this war today Ukraine if you just bent over and let Russia do whatever they want!!! Why haven’t you thanked Trump and nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize?!?”

Turns into:

“People from Gaza, if you just ‘voluntarily’ leave your homes and go elsewhere, this war could end! And Trump and the other rich folks could get rich! It’s a win-win!”

Disgusting

Initial-Toe-9512

Lol - "voluntary"! Ethnic cleansing by any other name, is still ethnic cleansing. The sooner Netanyahu and his cohorts (e.g., Smotrich and Ben-Gvir) as well as Hamas get out of power, the sooner there can be some pathway to peace.

KrR_TX-7424

😳

I’m shocked to read this in a major newspaper. This would not happen without the total sellout of every government that purportedly supported the Palestinian cause all these years.

marlinspike

xXBassHero99Xx

should probably voluntarily resettle the israelis back to 1948 borders.

Syrairc

Killing and starving them until they MUST leave, is not voluntary.

MrPantsyFlants

Bibi expects all Palestinians to voluntarily jump into the mass grave pits?

Caraes_Naur

It's voluntary for those willing to go and compulsory for everyone else.

AcanthisittaNo6653

When everything is bombed into gravel, etc.; then yeah, relocating is voluntary.

Maybe they could relocate to.... (blindfoldedly throws a dart at a map) Israel; it's right next door!

ON THE OTHER HAND: I hear that there are some nice tents in Florida which may be available real soon.

/s

Catspaw129

Is that possible when over a million are starving to death the past month?

Seagoon_Memoirs

'gasps in shock'.  Do you mean to tell me this was always about stealing more land!?!

WebbityWebbs

This wouldn’t be happening if Harris were President.

NewMidwest

I was told this wouldn’t happen if Trump won

/s

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“Those who own land would be offered a digital token by the trust in exchange for rights to redevelop their property, to be used to finance a new life elsewhere or eventually redeemed for an apartment in one of six to eight new “AI-powered, smart cities” to be built in Gaza.”

I can already hear this fucking buzzword pitch  in my head. Beyond the appalling human rights issues, this sounds like some kind of Las Vegas timeshare offer. 

Who knew that absurdity could reach such heights?

yeatsbaby

MoreRopePlease

If you want to blame the US for this….

This is on the people that voted for Trump, didn’t vote, or protest voted.

Own it.

gexckodude

“We had to send a message”. This is what you voted for.

Oceanbreeze871

We need leaders like AOC to push for a Palestinian state but maintain good relations with Israel since they’re the only pro-lgbtq in the Middle East

-deadlite-

Severe_Distance574

sierrabravo1984

doesnt trump wanna make gaza a fucking tourist attraction

Rainbow_Chaos020612

Responsible_Big2495

Not only are they evil, corrupt as hell, they're also just so fucking tacky. What's with all the awful cringe worthy names for things and just God awful taste in everything. Say what you will about the tenets of national socialism but at least they had some level of sophistication. 

Mundane_Opening3831

AkimahenkaCat

He wants to build a Gaza Atlantic city with a golf course just like he said.

Harleydiclarke

We have homeless people in every city in the US and we are paying to house Palestinian's and rebuild their land? Why not provided housing for our people and take away weapons from Israel so they don't keep smashing everything in Gaza?

jmessi1

Trump can’t fix the USA cause he’d have to get rid of 340,000,000 Americans (that leaves 10million folks who get stuck with the Trump Regime for ever)…340million is  too many to hide…so he decided to let RFK do the extermination job for him…Trump wishes to be a God/King, so when he saw an unpopulated strip of sea-side real estate, he knew this was his chance to build whatever he wants…using US military, US tax money, US bully pulpit, &amp; US economic engine Trump will bully everyone, every nation, every religion, every sycophant, &amp; every sucker into wasting time, money, and humanity for this trojan horse. 

Trump won’t fix our broken infrastructure nor a teetering healthcare system at home, so he bamboozled religious oligarch’s in the Middle East into de-homing the Palestine people.

llogrande

Imagine what we could do with free housing, $5,000, and food here in America. 

America first! /s

ObiWanPepperoni28

FrostyDucks879

 37 trillion dollar deficit so who's funding this idea

BAJones89

God, they are just so stupid. It’s not just him, it’s *all* of them.

BuzzBadpants

Yeah will do nothing for the rest of his term and blame the guy who takes over when it fails.

Ok_Set4063

Many-Efficiency-594

RadiantHC

I’m never going to get student loan assistance

-averagecadaver-

Tribbulation

This likely would not do much of anything. For many years there have been parts of Palestinian territory where billionaires have offered millions to each family that relocated to NYC, and help doing so, and I don’t think anyone has ever taken them up on it. The region in mind is not Gaza, it’s near I think an ancient tomb of Jesus? I forget but anyways it’s gonna be the same with Gaza. The reason people refused is not solely because of personal beliefs, but because of how they would be shunned by their own community should they accept the deal. Even before this invasion Palestinians pretty much did not have anywhere close to free speech rights, creating an illusion where it looks to them like no one else in their community would ever justify such a thing as taking money to move. Finally, you have to add that starving parentless children in Gaza will have no clue what’s going on or how any of that works, and a lot of people are probably too sick at this point to survive leaving. Not many would think of leaving their sick relatives to die alone.

premedhasquestions

After which, they would be given property in Gaza, and welcomed back with open arms. Right?

Pack_That

Over Jill Stein's cryogenically frozen body he will!

josurprise

That’s the dumbest thing I’ve heard out of this administration since yesterday.

Most-Artichoke6184

Tribes have been squabbling over that arid fucking sand for millenia. Of course, this brain-dead dipshit thinks it can be solved by offering them rebate checks.

Carribean-Diver

stillkicking59

WokeWitch23

Where are the folks who said he'd resolve the conflict day 1? It took a few months but he did it. Not sure if this was the result y'all been aiming for though.

ShoulderIllustrious

I’m sure the Israeli government will grind up the bones of all the children they exterminated to make the  concrete.

WM45

Both sides right? We couldn't vote for Harris because she ~~was a woman~~ she would have done worse?

ironroad18

Because if anyone has credibility on rebuilding war-torn countries in the Middle East, it’s Tony Blair.

ScotTheDuck

Wasn’t Kushner supposed to solve the Middle East in Trump’s first term?

irishnugget

waterdaemon

BWAHAHAHA All those fools who wouldn't support Harris. Take a bow.

Passionpet

Well the war to depose Saddam was largely on Israel’s behalf so it’s no surprise one of its architects is back to help Israel 😠

mrstenmeister

Sage_P_80

Isn't the plan to kill everyone and turn it into Atlantic City?

hughdint1

aa3_3aa3

Fullfullhar

Ok-Trick8384

Where did all the post about the Minneapolis shooting go?

Nab1439

This reminds me of Trump's take in 2016 about how easy it would be to replace Obamacare, then him lamenting that 'nobody knew how hard healthcare was' when all his plans turned into failures.

Trump is going to make the Bush attempt to rebuild Iraq look positively competent.

dnext

Submission statement: The US has secured isreali agreement to take over aid distribution in Gaza. Trump is seeking additional funding from partner countries and doesnt want to actively get involved in the fighting. The representatives of the us government spoken to say that trump wants to dramatically increase aid volumes and thinks the united states is the only power capable of achieving that. Isreal has already agreed to the plan.

Damn, Bibi. Did he really manage to fob off responsibility for the colossally incompetent and politically toxic GHF aid distribution onto the Americans? Onto Trump, who never in his life agreed to a deal that wasn't well in his favor and preferably with a free private jet thrown in. How is anyone *that* good at negotiating?

clydewoodforest

theWireFan1983

I have said this before but one of the better outcomes here would be the US just to occupy Gaza. 

But I feel skeptical this aid plan is going to go through, it’s not clear that Trump even has any experts left outside the us armed forces to run it with all his firings and Netanyahu’s moronic and pointless idea of expanding the war might make near impossible to implement.

spinosaurs70

Imo: the us definitely has the experience and reach to supply 2 million people with food in a war zone. If this goes through however I am going to be watching signs of trump building infrastructure to stick around long term. Netanyahu has already offered him the territory as part of a post war reconstruction deal. And while that would be an improvement on the status quo it wouldn't be ideal for the people of Gaza. I will be watching this closely to see just how imperial trump is looking to be.

I for one am all for it...getting real sick of the leaders of gaza, sitting in massive compounds in Dubai or UAE, dressing thier dogs in Armani and making billions off the free aid, by selling it back to the people it is supposed to be free for...sick of it and goddamnit it is time america took over and put all that money in trumps accounts so he can buy another compound somewhere and use the extra proceeds to build the worlds second largest gold toilet(loose dude in India owns the biggest one)..America first and that means Trump as the leader of america should get his cut, not some billionaire in UAE dressing his dongs in Armani.......its what is best for the Gazan's.

littleredpinto

A controversial proposal for relocating Gazans under U.S. trusteeship aims to transform the area, sparking accusations of ethnic cleansing.

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