History 101

Trump recently proposed to move 1.6 (2.2) million Palestinians from Gaza to places in the Middle East to make the clean-up and rebuilding of Gaza possible. Whether intended to be temporary or permanent, the idea to relocate Palestinians to Egypt and/or Jordan must invoke flashbacks for some of the elderly Palestinians to 1948. To ethnically cleanse Palestinians from their homeland is not new. The Trump proposal is not only immoral and ridiculous, it exposes the lack of understanding that this president has of Middle East history, making him vulnerable to the Israeli and Netanyahu arsenal of lies, deceit, and treachery.

Expropriation 101

For those who have a working knowledge of Israeli and Palestinian history, this plan seems oh so familiar to the Nakba (The Catastrophe). Nakba is the Arabic term used to describe the forced removal of Palestinians from their homes in the newly declared lands of Israel.* In 1948, during the formation of Israel, indigenous Palestinians sought refuge in the lands of Lebanon, Jordan, the West Bank (under the control of Jordan), and Gaza (under the control of Egypt).

The removal of about 750,000 Palestinians from their homes in Israel (with no right to return) was to be the Zionist solution to the Palestinian problem. The relatively newly arrived European Zionists underestimated the determination, resilience, grit, and character of the Palestinians. Today, 75 years later, they are still fighting for their right to their homeland and sovereignty.

Reality 101

The Trump proposal got me thinking. It appears that due to the devastating damage inflicted by the Israeli-US bombs, Gaza is a total rebuild. The second part of this situation is the people of Gaza need to have their lives to return to some sense of normalcy. Their situation is the cause of Israeli war crimes. At the core is the Zionist elite and quest to conquer the lands of Greater Israel. (from the Mediterranean to the Euphrates River) Once acknowledged, a different perspective of Israeli expansion into Gaza, Southern Lebanon, the West Bank, and Syria becomes clear. 

The narrative of poor Israel struggling to survive surrounded by hostile Arab nations is the result of continuous propaganda we receive from the media, Hollywood, and the Israeli lobby-funded Congress. The fact is that the Arab states and Arabs are obstacles in the way of their Greater Israel project of the Zionist revisionist and the current Lukid Party.

Restoritive Justice 101

According to the United Nations, in Gaza, out of a population of 2.2 million people, 1.9 million are displaced from their homes as a result of Israeli brutal retaliation in response to the October 7th Hamas jail-brake killing of 1,200 Israelis. 

Today, roughly 10 percent of the Israeli Jewish population, totaling between 600,000 and 750,000 people, live in about 250 illegal settlements dispersed throughout the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. The state of Israel supports these Israeli settlers in their Jewish-only luxury communities, known as settlements, built on Palestinian-owned land. These settlements were made possible by the fact that Israel has occupied the West Bank since 1967. 

International Law demands several responsibilities from the occupier of land and people under occupation. “Israel’s policy of settling its civilians in occupied Palestinian territory and displacing the local population contravenes fundamental rules of international humanitarian law. Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention states: “The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its civilian population into the territory it occupies.” It also prohibits the “individual or mass forcible transfers, as well as deportations of protected persons from occupied territory.”**

Not So Modest Proposal

This violation of international law is the basis of my solution. Permanently remove the illegal settlers from the West Bank and East Jerusalem to allow the Gaza refugees to inhabit the housing built upon Palestinian land. The refugees will decide whether to stay in temporary housing provided in Gaza or relocate to the settler housing in the West Bank. After the reconstruction of Gaza, the refugees will decide whether to return or not return to Gaza. The collective overflow of housing and property in Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem will compensate the Palestinians who lost their homes and property during the 1948 Nekba.  

The ultimate goal of this proposal is for an independent, sovereign Palestinian state(s) to emerge from the pre-1967 War borders. The new Palestinian state(s) will include the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza. The responsibility of forming the new government(s) will not include Israel.  

*The 1948 ethnic cleansing of Palestine was the result of the brutal actions conducted by the (Eastern European saturated) Zionist forces of the Haganah, Irgun, and LEHI.