Trump’s Bold Proposal to End Gaza’s Cycle of Suffering

[Social Media]

 

For decades, the Gaza Strip has functioned less as a place for Palestinians to build a future and more as a perpetual battlefield where they are trapped in a never-ending conflict with Israel. President Donald Trump shocked many with his suggestion to permanently resettle Gazans in nearby countries, not because the idea was inhumane, but because it challenged a long-standing status quo.

 

Few critics dispute that it would improve the lives of displaced Palestinians, allowing them to escape Gaza’s devastation and find peace. The real controversy lies in the idea of prioritizing Palestinian well-being over the political goals that have historically demanded their sacrifice.  

 

On October 19, 2023, Hamas leader Khaled Mashal openly acknowledged that millions of Palestinians might have to die to achieve the ultimate goal of Israel’s destruction and the establishment of an Arab Palestine from the river to the sea. This prospect did not seem to trouble him.

 

Decades earlier, Palestinian leaders such as Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas rejected Israeli offers of statehood—an unprecedented move for a national liberation movement. Their refusal was not unique. From the 1920s through the 1940s, Amin al-Husseini, a Palestinian leader and ally of Hitler, similarly rejected coexistence with a Jewish state, even before Israel’s establishment.

 

Each of these leaders has followed the same strategy: rather than accepting a negotiated peace, they have chosen to prolong the suffering of their people in pursuit of an unattainable goal.  

 

This kind of nationalism, rooted in elimination rather than coexistence, has brought nothing but misery. Arab states have long played along, using the Palestinian cause as a tool while avoiding the responsibility of resettling refugees or engaging in direct military conflicts with Israel. Instead, they have allowed Palestinians to bear the burden, suffering in refugee camps and fighting wars they could never win.

 

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which serves Palestinian refugees, operates unlike any other refugee agency. Rather than resettling those in its care, UNRWA has ensured that Palestinians remain in a state of permanent displacement, extending refugee status through multiple generations. As a result, Gaza has remained overcrowded, impoverished, and primed for conflict.  

 

Palestinians in Gaza have been radicalized in UNRWA-run schools and sustained by international aid rather than encouraged to develop self-sustaining institutions. The very existence of the Gaza Strip, long before Hamas’s reign of terror, has served as a means to keep Palestinians locked in this cycle.

 

Originally carved out by Egypt in 1949, it was never meant to be a viable homeland but rather a way to keep Palestinians at a distance, making them Israel’s problem. With UNRWA providing essential services and preventing long-term development, Gaza has effectively been a prison for its residents, ensuring they remain tools of war rather than individuals with a chance at a better life. Hamas has only entrenched this reality further, turning homes, schools, and hospitals into battle zones.  

 

The real scandal is not the suggestion that Palestinians should have the opportunity to leave Gaza voluntarily, but the fact that they have been forcibly kept there for generations. UNRWA, Egypt, and the broader international community have contributed to this imprisonment, ensuring that Palestinians remain shields for Hamas during conflicts and victims of the destruction that follows. As *The Wall Street Journal*’s editorial board pointed out in March, the liberal position seems to be that only when it harms Israel should Palestinians be kept trapped in war zones.  

 

Even as Arab nations accused Israel of indiscriminate killing, they kept Gaza’s borders shut, ensuring that Palestinians had no escape. Egypt, with international backing, forcibly prevented Gazans from fleeing—a decision that prolonged the war and made it bloodier. President Joe Biden’s support for Egypt’s blockade was one of his administration’s biggest mistakes, exacerbating the suffering rather than alleviating it.  

 

When Donald Trump suggested resettling Palestinians in safe, stable communities where they could build new lives, he was met with accusations of inhumanity. Yet, the alternative—forcing another generation to live in a war zone as permanent refugees—has somehow become the accepted, “humane” approach. Gaza offers no future for its people, only endless suffering and destruction. What many find intolerable about Trump’s idea is not that it would harm Palestinians—it would undeniably help them—but that it challenges the entrenched narrative of Palestinian victimhood.

 

For decades, their suffering has been wielded as a weapon in a larger ideological battle. The war in Gaza, and the terror attacks of October 7, 2023, have only reinforced this grim reality.  

 

Trump’s proposal forces the world to confront a difficult question: should Palestinians be condemned to permanent refugee status and endless war, or should they be given the chance to rebuild their lives in peace? For those invested in the “lost cause” of Palestine as an instrument of conflict, the answer is clear. But for those who truly care about Palestinian lives, the time has come to consider a different path.

 

Based on a report by WSJ 2025-02-07

 

 

[Tailwagsdog]

If Gazanites were smart they could become the Dubai of the eastern mediterranean

[Cryingdick]

1 hour ago, Tailwagsdog said:

If Gazanites were smart they could become the Dubai of the eastern mediterranean

 

well we already know they aren't very smart, let's not rub it in. They basically;ly are being evicted by the HOA because they made their place uninhabitable. They may want to go or maybe they don't but after October 7 they no longer control any of that. 

[Paul Henry]

Australia may send its elite SAS soldiers to Puerto Rico (The floating garbage dump island. Trump campaign 2024) and move all resiidence 5 miles away from any coast line. Australia will then invite its billionaires and their wealthy friends to develop the coastline to internanational resorts for the world citizens.This will clean up the garbage dump and create jobs for the local impoverished people, It is not expected that Donald Trump will contest or critise this wonderfull endeavour by Australia.

He will agree its OK to invade and take over another Soverign Territory as long as he and his family can "assist" in the redevelopment. The alternative is he proposes to the Australian Government is that he and his oligarch friend wil redevelop this dump to asist it poor population and welcome it as a US Territory of which the US could be proud.

[Cryingdick]

4 minutes ago, Paul Henry said:

Australia may send its elite SAS soldiers to Puerto Rico (The floating garbage dump island. Trump campaign 2024) and move all resiidence 5 miles away from any coast line. Australia will then invite its billionaires and their wealthy friends to develop the coastline to internanational resorts for the world citizens.This will clean up the garbage dump and create jobs for the local impoverished people, It is not expected that Donald Trump will contest or critise this wonderfull endeavour by Australia.

He will agree its OK to invade and take over another Soverign Territory as long as he and his family can "assist" in the redevelopment. The alternative is he proposes to the Australian Government is that he and his oligarch friend wil redevelop this dump to asist it poor population and welcome it as a US Territory of which the US could be proud.

Sounds good to me. 

[Searat7]

Trump is using a negotiation ploy to get other countries in the region involved to develop solutions for the (many)  decades old Gaza problem. They (of course) objected to Trump’s proposal so let them come forth with their suggestions.

[Jingthing]

21 minutes ago, Searat7 said:

Trump is using a negotiation ploy to get other countries in the region involved to develop solutions for the (many)  decades old Gaza problem. They (of course) objected to Trump’s proposal so let them come forth with their suggestions.

Sane washing garbage.

His plan will never happen.

This is all a DIVERSION to what's actually happening with the destruction of the American government by Musk.

They told us what they were going to do and now they're doing it. 

Flood the zone with caca plus Project 2025.

[OneMoreFarang]

4 hours ago, Social Media said:

Few critics dispute that it would improve the lives of displaced Palestinians, allowing them to escape Gaza’s devastation and find peace.

Really?

Did you ask any Palestinian about that?

Or is that an idea from someone far away with the finger on the map?

 

How about an article which points out all the illegal activities from Israel and the USA over the last decades?

Like why do Palestinians live in rubble? Who created the rubble?

There wouldn't be any rubble without Israel and the USA.

[scottiejohn]

12 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

There wouldn't be any rubble without Israel and the USA.

And Hamas and Iran etc!

[Cryingdick]

11 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Really?

Did you ask any Palestinian about that?

Or is that an idea from someone far away with the finger on the map?

 

How about an article which points out all the illegal activities from Israel and the USA over the last decades?

Like why do Palestinians live in rubble? Who created the rubble?

There wouldn't be any rubble without Israel and the USA.

Palestinians lost their right to be asked. nobody wants them, I wonder why? Let them stay and fight. I can't imagine the strategy of trading hostages for the next several years will remain viable.

[Tug]

59 minutes ago, Searat7 said:

Trump is using a negotiation ploy to get other countries in the region involved to develop solutions for the (many)  decades old Gaza problem. They (of course) objected to Trump’s proposal so let them come forth with their suggestions.

Naaa he’s just trying to steal someone else’s country and create a distraction as he and musk plunder the country.(both countries USA and the Gaza Strip)

[Social Media]

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[henryford1958]

It certainly needs a radical solution. There will never be peace until every Hamas is killed and buried in their tunnels. But i can't see it happening.

[Cryingdick]

18 minutes ago, henryford1958 said:

It certainly needs a radical solution. There will never be peace until every Hamas is killed and buried in their tunnels. But i can't see it happening.

They are already dead they just don't know it yet.

[JonnyF]

5 hours ago, Social Media said:

When Donald Trump suggested resettling Palestinians in safe, stable communities where they could build new lives, he was met with accusations of inhumanity.

 

The problem with this plan is that the communities they settle in would no longer be safe and stable. 

 

Nobody wants them, except stupid Western Liberal leaders. 

[mfd101]

The reality is there is no solution. 

 

Meantime Trump's creativity will continue to entertain us all. And it might even strike sparks off the Saudis & Egyptians.

 

Alternatively, emigration to The West - spread across 20 or so countries - might be an option, though noone will be offering. The intellectual elites from amongst the Palestinians left for The West two generations ago.

[Chomper Higgot]

1 hour ago, Cryingdick said:

Palestinians lost their right to be asked. nobody wants them, I wonder why? Let them stay and fight. I can't imagine the strategy of trading hostages for the next several years will remain viable.

No they didn’t.

[Cryingdick]

1 hour ago, henryford1958 said:

It certainly needs a radical solution. There will never be peace until every Hamas is killed and buried in their tunnels. But i can't see it happening.

There is a solution.

[AustinRacing]

A simple solution is to withdraw from illegally occupied lands. No country will allow this to happen in their lands. 

[Chomper Higgot]

The solution exists.

 

It’s preceded by the words ‘Two State’.

 

 

[Cryingdick]

1 minute ago, Chomper Higgot said:

No they didn’t.

Oh, yes, they did, girlfriend!

[Eric Loh]

2 hours ago, Cryingdick said:

Sounds good to me. 

Sound like trolling. 

[Cryingdick]

1 minute ago, Chomper Higgot said:

The solution exists.

 

It’s preceded by the words ‘Two State’.

 

 

That is no longer on the table.

[Old Croc]

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

How about an article which points out all the illegal activities from Israel and the USA over the last decades?

Like why do Palestinians live in rubble? Who created the rubble?

There wouldn't be any rubble without Israel and the USA.

 There is ample evidence that Palestinians reaped what they themselves sowed. They have been a terrorist people for many decades, starting with the desert highjacking of aircraft, bomb attacks on schools buses and cafes, the Munich Olympics massacure,  Robert Kennedy's assasination, etc, etc.  I can never understand how some paint them as victims.

Ask why neighboring countries like Egypt, Jordan, Syria , etc  never allowed them statehood or intergration over thousands of years.

See this link detailing mamy of their terrorist activities.

Category:Terrorist attacks attributed to Palestinian militant groups - Wikipedia

[Chomper Higgot]

1 minute ago, Cryingdick said:

That is no longer on the table.

Perhaps you should checkout what regional and governments around the world have to say on the matter.

[Cryingdick]

3 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Perhaps you should checkout what regional and governments around the world have to say on the matter.

The consensus is that nobody will take Palestinians. Gaza is a pile of rubble. they can stay and starve aa they produce nothing. 

[Bkk Brian]

5 hours ago, Social Media said:

On October 19, 2023, Hamas leader Khaled Mashal openly acknowledged that millions of Palestinians might have to die to achieve the ultimate goal of Israel’s destruction and the establishment of an Arab Palestine from the river to the sea. This prospect did not seem to trouble him.

Never be a solution with the terrorists still around and wanting to wipe Israel from the map, or the PA paying terrorists who have been convicted of murder or atrocities "pay for slay"

[Eloquent pilgrim]

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

There wouldn't be any rubble without Israel and the USA.

 

There wouldn't be any rubble without Hamas … fixed it for you

 

 

[Cryingdick]

2 minutes ago, Eloquent pilgrim said:

 

There wouldn't be any rubble without Hamas … fixed it for you

 

 

Some friendly rapes and murders.

[Chomper Higgot]

5 minutes ago, Cryingdick said:

The consensus is that nobody will take Palestinians. Gaza is a pile of rubble. they can stay and starve aa they produce nothing. 

That’s not the consensus.