There is no word to designate Trump’s plan for Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could not hide his euphoria in front of a Donald Trump who went to the front of the wildest desires in the Israeli supremacist.
Trump did not hesitate to propose to empty Gaza of its population and to build on this coastal strip what he called the Riviera of the Middle East.
“It could be many sites or it could be a large site. But people could live in comfort and peace, and we will make sure that something spectacular is done, “said the American president.
But who is the “people” of which Trump speaks and who will have the chance to take advantage of the delights of this new paradise on earth? “People around the world”, in other words rich in search of a nice corner in the sun. But the Palestinians are not planned on the program since Trump decided for them that it is better that they leave the enclave.
To leave where? Trump did not specify it. A week ago, he suggested that Egypt and Jordan should accommodate part of these forced Palestinians at the exodus. But faced with the refusal of these two countries, Trump does not despair of seeing them change their minds and said that otherwise other countries, which he has not appointed, will accept to welcome the Palestinians.
After having videos of its population, Trump plans to get his hands on the enclave to carry out his project of a large tourist site which he promises “better than Monaco”. We do not know if it is the president of the greatest world power or it is the former real estate magnate that speaks. About a year ago, his son -in -law and advisor, Jared Kushner, had a similar speech and did not hide his desire to transform Gaza into a seaside resort.
Trump couldn’t be clearer: ” The United States will take control of the Gaza Strip ». And to clearly specify the private nature of the project, he did not hesitate to speak of a “Long -term property situation”
“We will own it and be responsible for the dismantling of all the dangerous bombs that have not exploded and all weapons” for“Plage the area and get rid of destroyed buildings” To rebuild instead which will be the new Monaco of the Middle East, open to all the rich in the world except to the Palestinians.
We can hardly imagine the bitterness and anger of the Palestinians of Gaza who have not finished healing the wounds and the 15 -month trauma of a devastating war. Trump’s words confirm the intentions of the Israeli government and its allies of the Jewish supremacist far-right who does not despair of chasing the Palestinians of West Bank and Gaza of their land to realize the dream of Great Israel.
The words of Trump unfortunately augur in dark days for Palestinians both from Gaza and the West Bank, a third of which is in the process of outright annexation with in perspective – there also – the massive expulsion of several hundred thousands of inhabitants .
The only consolation that remains to Palestinians is paradoxically the fact that Trump’s plan is so crazy and excessive that it risks for this reason to butter on incompressible demographic, political and diplomatic realities.
In the current state of things, it is difficult to see how to carry out the exodus of nearly 2 million Palestinians from Gaza, not to mention those who will be expelled from the West Bank, without a disproportionate use of the military force and without the risk of perpetrating a A frightful genocide which cannot be provided for the destabilizing consequences throughout the region.
Saudi Arabia on which Trump and Netanyahu are visibly counting to lay the foundations for their “new Middle East” does not seem enthusiastic about the idea of participating in such a crazy plan which cannot be without consequences on its own internal stability.
In his hot reaction to Trump’s statements, the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs wanted to distance himself from this plan: “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs claims that the position of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the creation of a Palestinian State is a firm and unshakeable position. “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia also repeats its previous declaration of absolute rejection of any attack on the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, whether through Israeli colonization policies, the annexation of Palestinian land or attempts to move The Palestinian people of their landsspecifies the press release.
Among the major powers, China was the first to reject Trump’s plan. “China has always argued that a Palestinian governance on Palestinians was the basic principle of Gaza’s post-war governance and we are opposed to the forced transfer of its inhabitants”said Lin Jian, the spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry of Foreign Ministry on Wednesday, at a press conference.
There is no doubt that Russia and the European Union will follow suit in Beijing and reject Trump’s plan. But how far can they go in their opposition to an American president who has not finished surprising and shocking, including his allies? A president motivated by the bait of gain, intoxicated by force and inhabited by a religious messianism with the apocalyptic hints which risks referring humanity to the dark ages which was believed forever.