Author: Patrick Kingsley
Published on: 05/02/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:
Trump’s plan to transfer millions of people out of Gaza was hailed by the Israeli right. Some experts say it may be a negotiating tactic. For some experts, the idea felt so unlikely — would Mr. Trump really risk American troops in another intractable battle against militant Islamists? Legal experts say forced deportation would be a crime against humanity. Past population transfers on this scale have often exacerbated social and political problems instead of solving them. The displacement of roughly 20 million people during the partition of India in 1947. Saudi Arabia is being prodded to give up its insistence on Palestinian statehood. Saudi Arabia swiftly rejected Mr. Trump’s plan on Wednesday. Some still think the Saudi position could change. Israel Ziv, a former general in the Israeli Army, described the announcement as a "diplomatic terror attack that will push us very far backward" Mr. Ziv said the move would anger Israel’s neighbors, who do not want responsibility for such a large and potentially disruptive population. Netanyahu seems to be nudging the country. The two leaders oversee administrations that are unusually favorable to the annexation of the West Bank. "You’d have to make a choice between demography and democracy," a former Israeli ambassador says.
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