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Trump's Plan to Make Gaza Great Again

(Telegraph-UK) Jake Wallis Simons - This morning I awoke to a WhatsApp message from my long-time friend in Gaza, whom I met during my time as a foreign correspondent: "Habibi, make Gaza great again :) Gaza is uninhabitable, so this is a great idea," referring to President Trump's plan. When we spoke by phone, he told me from Gaza City, "We survived the war but we will die from the rubble. This is the best solution for the people. Would you want to wait two-to-five years just for the rubble to be removed so your house can be rebuilt?" "Everybody I know, the people around me, feel the same as me. At least half-a-million will accept to leave, be happy to leave. We suffered for one-year-and-a-half. Also another ten years? Hamas has no support any more. Not like before. They destroyed us for nothing." Trump spoke of creating a "Riviera of the Middle East" and the tragedy is that the Palestinians could have done that for themselves. Gaza lies just 40 miles from Tel Aviv, the most liberal, innovative and wealthiest city in the region. If its citizens had not elected Hamas in 2006, and had chosen instead a path to peace, Gaza would be thriving today, with its extensive beaches and easy access to Israeli technology and support. But they selected the path of jihad and this is where it has left them. At long last, the Middle East has been presented with a bold plan and a bold vision that speaks to the needs of ordinary people rather than the corrupt ideologues who so shamefully lead them and their cheerleaders in the democracies. The writer is editor of the Jewish Chronicle-UK.
2025-02-06 00:00:00
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