Wall Street Journal: Trump’s plan for Gaza is a futile idea

According to RCO News Agency, the new proposal of the new American President Donald Trump that the Palestinians evacuate the devastated Gaza shows a great difference with the view of the President Joe Biden before him and a new controversial initiative in the field of his diplomatic programs. It has been introduced for West Asia.

Trump’s new idea for post-war Gaza; A significant change in the perspective of American governments

The Wall Street Journal wrote in a report with this introduction: Trump said the transfer of Palestinians from Gaza “may be temporary or long-term.” His statements indicate a significant change in the American policy towards the Palestinians in the policies of both parties in this country. None of the recent administrations in the White House have proposed the “long-term” departure of Palestinians from Gaza, which most American presidents have considered part of a Palestinian state, which has been emphasized on the necessity of its formation.

Trump said about Gaza, “Right now, this place is really a shambles. Therefore, I prefer to cooperate with some Arab countries and start the phase of building residential houses in another place so that they can live there in peace and to bring about transformation.”

But last Sunday, Trump administration officials suggested that the United States and regional partners might be able to offer guarantees so that the Palestinians could eventually return; Bringing up the issue of guarantees seems to be done with the intention of making it look more favorable for the Arab countries.

However, officials have yet to determine the main criteria for the proposed plan, including what it would look like to resettle the more than two million Palestinians and whether they would ultimately achieve their demands for full control of their land. have not done

Referring to Gaza, Trump said: We are talking about one and a half million people and we are ignoring this whole issue. Over the centuries, many conflicts have occurred in it. Something really has to happen.

Meanwhile, Jordan, which Trump asked to temporarily and long-term settle Gaza refugees, has rejected this idea. Also, the Palestinian Authority, which is in charge of the administration of the West Bank, and the Hamas movement have also rejected it.

In a statement, Hamas said: We ask the US government to stop making such proposals, which are in line with Israel’s plans and against the rights and free will of our nation.

But “Itamar Ben Guer”, the extreme right politician of the Zionist regime, who called for the “voluntary migration” of Palestinians from Gaza and supports the settlement of this regime there, has welcomed this idea.

The lack of a clear road map in the new Trump administration for the continuation of the ceasefire in Gaza

The Wall Street Journal continued to write: Trump has not presented a specific road map to ensure peace in Gaza in case of extending the ceasefire agreement for a period beyond the initial 42 days. In the meantime, he is seeking to normalize relations between Saudi Arabia and the Zionist regime.

Trump’s activity in the field of peace in West Asia is carried out at a critical time when Israel’s cease-fire with Gaza and Lebanon’s Hezbollah in southern Lebanon seems more fragile than ever, and Trump’s special envoy Steve Whitkoff is scheduled to leave for the region.

John Alterman, an analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, says about this idea of ​​the new Trump administration: “It is an interesting first step, but it is difficult to imagine that it will progress as an idea.” Certainly, it raises serious concerns in Egypt and Jordan, their other Arab allies, and European governments, who, in addition to their views on Palestinian rights, desire stability in Egypt and Jordan.

The violent war in Gaza following the “Al-Aqsa Storm” operation, which was launched by the Hamas movement on October 7, 2023 against the occupied territories, has faced Washington with a serious problem in foreign policy, which Trump said may be beyond the power of the United States to end.

Last week, he confirmed that he was not sure the current ceasefire agreement would last. Trump told reporters that “this is not our war; It is their war.”

The new American president quickly attributed to himself the agreement reached with the mediation of the United States, Egypt and Qatar for the ceasefire in the Gaza war and the exchange of prisoners between the Hamas movement and the Zionist regime. Even former US government officials say that Trump and Witkoff played a vital role in finalizing this agreement.

However, negotiating an end to the Gaza war presents a more difficult challenge for Trump and his team.

Displacing Palestinians from Gaza disrupts existing diplomatic processes for the reconstruction of Gaza and the formation of a Palestinian state

It is further stated in this article: “Anthony Blinken”, Secretary of State of the Biden administration, in the last days of his service, raised the issue of a plan for the post-war era, which will end Israel’s military presence in Gaza and create a new governance structure led by the self-governing organizations, which will This process will be subject to reforms and its control will go beyond the West Bank. An Arab security force will also help the administration of Gaza with the advice of the US, without its direct military presence in the region.

This will create the ground for the reconstruction of Gaza and finally, it will start a process for the normalization of relations between the Zionist regime and Saudi Arabia.

But Trump’s proposal that the Palestinians leave the Gaza Strip for its reconstruction disrupts the carefully coordinated diplomatic process. On the other hand, it will not be clear that the Palestinian people will be able to build their own country in the end.

In his phone call last Saturday with King Abdullah II of Jordan, Trump asked him to accept Palestinian refugees and refugees. He also said that he intends to make a similar request in his telephone conversation with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

Responding to questions about his plans, Trump administration officials said Sunday that they see Gaza as a wasteland of rubble and unexploded ordnance whose reconstruction will be largely facilitated by the relocation of its residents.

A senior Trump administration official said: We cannot ask people to stay in an uninhabitable place for political reasons.

He stated that the Palestinians must be guaranteed that they will eventually return to the region after negotiations with regional partners.

Gordon Sundland, Trump’s ambassador to the European Union during the first term of his presidency, stated in an interview that during the negotiations of the “Ibrahim Agreement” to normalize relations between Arab countries and the Zionist regime, he witnessed plans to modernize the infrastructure of this region.

As long as there are strong guarantees to assure Palestinians that they will be returned to their homes in Gaza, Trump’s proposal is a “very good idea,” he believes.

The impracticality of Trump’s idea for a post-war Gaza according to his closest allies

Referring to the fact that some of Trump’s most serious political allies say, “This plan is not possible,” the Wall Street Journal quoted: Republican Senator Lindsey Graham told CNN, “The idea that all the Palestinians (Gaza) ) to leave and go somewhere else, in my opinion, in general, it is not pragmatic.”

Egypt and Jordan have long opposed it because of the security and economic burden of accommodating such a large number of Palestinian citizens. Another concern is that if the Zionist regime prevents the Palestinians from returning, they will be accused of collaborating with this regime to annex Gaza.

Frank Lowenstein, one of the former Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiators at the US State Department, says, “Encouraging the “voluntary migration” of civilians from Gaza has long been the dream of many extremists in Israel.”

One of them is Ben Guer, who resigned from his position as Minister of Internal Security in Netanyahu’s cabinet after the ceasefire agreement and prisoner exchange in Gaza. He welcomed Trump’s plan and asked Netanyahu to support it. In a message on X social network, Ben Goyer wrote about this: Encourage immigration now.

Meanwhile, according to former officials, the decision of the extreme right wing of the Zionist regime to support Trump’s proposal has made it more difficult to get Arab support for this initiative.

A former senior American official said: The idea of ​​accepting a significant number of Palestinians from Gaza by Jordan and Egypt is a futile thought. This issue was the red line of both countries even before the Gaza crisis, and now it has become even more important.

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