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Trump's Plan for Gaza Makes Perfect Sense


(Ynet News) Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Giora Eiland - An educated alien diplomat arriving from another galaxy and introduced to the "two-state solution" would be baffled. "Why cram 15 million Jews and Palestinians into a narrow strip between the Jordan River and the sea, splitting it into two states? To the east, there's Jordan, a mostly uninhabited desert. To the southwest, the Sinai, three times Israel's size with only 600,000 people. South of Eilat, there's the vast Saudi desert." 75% of Gaza's residents hold UN refugee cards, meaning they claim to be living there temporarily. This contradicts Palestinian claims that Gaza is their land and that they will never leave. During the Ukraine war, over two million civilians temporarily relocated to Poland and Moldova. Why is this approach considered logical in Europe but not in the Middle East? The writer is a former head of Israel's National Security Council.
2025-02-09 00:00:00
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