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Donald Trump has suggested large numbers of Palestinians should leave Gaza to “just clean out” the whole strip, after ordering the US military to restart shipments of 2,000lb bombs to Israel.

The US president said he wanted Gaza residents to move to neighbouring nations, and that they could be displaced “temporarily or could be long-term”, after a phone call with Jordan’s King Abdullah on Saturday.

“I said to him: I’d love you to take on more because I’m looking at the whole Gaza Strip right now and it’s a mess, it’s a real mess. I’d like him to take people,” Trump said, when asked about the call.

He also suggested Egypt as a destination for Gaza residents, and said he would raise the issue with President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi on Sunday.

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[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 42 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (40 children)

Great fucking job, bothsiders. Now you get Genocide++.

I really hope you’re happy that your conscience is clean now the guy who’s main spokesman said Gaza’s ‘waterfront property could be very valuable’ and who himself declared it ‘could be better than Monaco’, clearly with an eye towards beachfront real estate, has the power to make that happen for his own gain.

This was entirely predictable, and we told you this would happen. Trump told you so himself. The dems weren’t perfect by any stretch, but Kamala absolutely wasn’t looking at the situation as to how she could personally profit through real estate development if the Palestinians were just wiped off the map as quickly as possible. Trump likely had the choicest property mapped out, with property developers already submitting proposals.

If you abstained because of both-sides re Israel, fuck you. You at best were played and at worst helped to play others, and now we ALL get to suffer.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The dems weren’t perfect by any stretch

Totally.

Enthusiastically helping Israel stack bodies for four years was definitely imperfect.

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Of everything I said, that’s the part you decided to focus on?

e: not that trump had said he’d glass the region to build hotels?

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world -3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I could not care less about what Trump says.

I heard Biden, for four years, wring his hands publicly and pretend to give a shit, all while giving WMD's to Israel every single time they demanded it, in full knowledge they were bombing hospitals, schools and kids.

What I care about is what's actually being done, and in the short-term, Trump's actions are improving the situation. I'm sure his reasons for this are some form of self-enrichment, and I doubt that it will last, but that remains to be seen. Right now, things are better than they were a few weeks ago for the people in Gaza.

Biden allowed the genocide to continue literally to his last day in office, despite all the soaring speeches and public statements he made about peace.

[–] Halosheep@lemm.ee 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You're right! If both options are bad, then we SHOULD let the worse one win!

Hurray!

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world -3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

You don't have any objective facts you can point to here to demonstrate that Trump is worse than Biden, and in the short-term, Trump is substantially better. The genocide continued literally up to the last day of Biden's presidency.

That's the point. Calling the Democrats 'imperfect' on Israel isn't just wrong, it's vulgarly and sickeningly euphemistic.

[–] index@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Great fucking job, bothsiders. Now you get Genocide++.

Sound like you still haven't acknowledged the ongoing genocide or understand what is going on in gaza. There's no such thing as genocide or genocide++ the same way there's no holocaust or holocaust++. People who chose not to support any scum with blood on their hands have no guilt, they did the correct thing. Assuming you supported the red and blue parties you have more guilt than everyone else, you gave your vote to murderers. Instead of telling you to go fuck off like you did i'm going encourage you to document yourself on what's going on in gaza and how governments worldwide are allowing it to happen.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The genocide in Ukraine and everything that happens to minorities in the US is your fault if you didn't vote Harris.

Sitting on the sideline with your thumb up your ass wasn't going to somehow give us Mr. Rogers as president.

[–] index@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

The genocide in Ukraine and everything that happens to minorities in the US is your fault if you didn’t vote Harris.

Think with your own head. People didn't got their rights and freedom by supporting the lesser evil ruler. If the choice is between two murderers the correct thing to do is to be against them.

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