Trump to 'clean out' and own Gaza?
Seyed Mohammad Marandi, Alexander Mercouris & Glenn Diesen
I had a conversation with Alexander Mercouris and Prof. Seyed Mohammad Marandi (advisor to Iran’s nuclear negotiation team) about Trump’s recent comments about ethnically cleansing Gaza and the US seizing ownership over the territory. It is said that Trump should not be taken literally as much of his talk is either a negotiation tactic or he is simply improvising. Trump’s comments could have been aimed to ensure Israeli compliance with the ceasefire, to keep Netanyahu in power, or to have been part of a wider retrenchment strategy as the US must appear strong at a time when it is pulling back and shifting priorities.
“...In connection with the Jewish question I have this to say: it is a shameful spectacle to see how the whole democratic world is oozing sympathy for the poor tormented Jewish people, but remains hard-hearted and obdurate when it comes to helping them which is surely, in view of its attitude, an obvious duty. The arguments that are brought up as an excuse for not helping them actually speak for us Germans and Italians.”. Adolf Hitler, Jan 30 1939
If I were a Palestinian living in Gaza, and through some miracle I along with my family had managed to survive the past couple of years of Israeli bombing…..and I was offered the chance to relocate to somewhere safe, with a newly built apartment, a school for my children, health care and a job, and maybe a few thousand dollars to sweeten the deal…..I would almost certainly say yes, thanks very much, and how soon can I leave.