Let Donald Trump make Gaza great again - opinion
The Jerusalem Post by Martin Oliner 01 February 2025

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  • If Trump receives the international support he deserves, President Trump will succeed at making Gaza great again
There has been an international uproar since US President Donald Trump told reporters on Air Force One on a flight from Las Vegas last weekend that he wants Arab countries to absorb the population of Gaza during its reconstruction

Trump merely said, he told Jordanian King Abdullah II that he would like Jordan and Egypt to take in Palestinians temporarily or on a long-term basis and that he would discuss the matter with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

The idea was immediately mocked by Israel’s enemies and the usual naysayers

United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese called it,
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“ethnic cleansing… illegal, immoral and irresponsible”

Hassan Jabareen of the anti-Israel organization Adalah said,
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relocating Gazans “would in fact be a continuation of the war, through the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people”

The Council on American–Islamic Relations called it,
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“delusional and dangerous nonsense

Qatari officials said it crossed a redline