Tel Aviv, Israel (AP) – President Donald Trump’s plan Retracting the population seeking our ownership of the Gaza Strip It infuriated the Arab world. It was amazed by American allies and other global forces, as well as members of Trump’s own party. Israel’s reaction was completely different.
The idea of removing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from Gaza was once relegated to the edge of the country’s political discourse – found fertile ground The Israeli people have been traumatized By October 7, 2023, Hamas will grasp the attack and how to feel safe again after the most lethal attack in its country’s history.
Jewish Israeli politicians across the spectrum either embraced the idea wholeheartedly or expressed openness to it. The newspaper column praised its audacity, and television commentators discussed how ideas actually got into motion. The country’s Minister of Defense Ordered the military to plan For final implementation.
Whether the plan will become reality or not – I’m suffering from obstaclesnot to mention moral, legal and practical implications, mere declarations by the world’s most powerful leaders sparked enthusiasm for ideas once thought to be beyond the pale part of Israel’s mainstream.
“The fact that it was placed on the table,” said Israeli historian Tom Segev, “opened the door for such a clear crime to become legal.”
Certainly, many of those who expressed openness to the plan said it seemed unfeasible for a number of legal and logistical reasons. And they say that the resignation should be voluntary and perhaps the approval of critics’ claims.
And many others, including liberal Israelis and Palestinian citizens of Israel, opposed it. The liberal Daily Harletz urged Israelis to “oppose the transfer” in an editorial on Thursday.
“Even if Trump ignores international law, it is important to remind Israelis that forced expulsion or transfer of civilians violates international humanitarian law, constitutes war crimes and is responsible for crimes against humanity. “The editor said.
At a Washington joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, Trump said he imagined the US taking control of the Gaza Strip and that its people would move elsewhere and rebuild. War-covered coastal enclave To the “Middle Eastern Riviera.”
The proposal sparked rage in the Middle East, including Egypt and Jordan.
Meanwhile, Netanyahu called Trump’s plans “surprising” and “first good idea” he heard.
“The real idea of allowing the first Gazan to leave, want to leave. So, what’s the problem?” Netanyahu told Fox News. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz went a step further and asked the military to develop a potential departure plan. Katz gives little details about how such a plan works.
Even Netanyahu’s rivals showed openness.
Former defense minister and centristic opposition figure Benny Gantz said Trump’s proposals showed “creative, original and intriguing thinking.” Yair Lapid, an opposition leader who is also a centre, told Israeli Army Radio that it was “generally good.” Both said the details and practical possibilities of the plan are complex and need to be studied, and they urged Trump and Netanyahu to focus on releasing the remaining hostages in Gaza.
For Palestinians, the Trump declaration was triggered Painful memories The expulsion or flight from their homes in today’s Israel during the war of 1948 led to its creation. It also resurfaced the further exhaust trauma brought about by the 1967 Middle East War, when Israel occupied the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Staying immobilized on their land is a key component of Palestinian identity. In fact, many Palestinian refugees dream of returning to the lands of Israel where they were originally replaced. What Israel says is a threat to the existence of Jews as a majority nation.
Segev says that the concept of ousting people out of their land is not alien to Israeli consciousness. He says that Israel’s founding leaders felt it was necessary to drive Palestinians out of the land to ensure the security and stability of the nation.
However, in modern Israel, this idea is only promoted by the element of fringe, most notably the killed radical rabimeyakhane. The view of American-born Kahane led him to be expelled from the Israeli Congress and led the United States to ban his group, the Jewish Defense Federation.
But now it is the original position of Kahane. It is the mainstay of far-right parties.including what it leads His apprenticethat was the key to Netanyahu’s rules. They were excited to give birth to someone as powerful as Trump would adopt his ideas. They are called “voluntary immigrants.” The Palestinians say it is an e-music representation of forced transfers. Trump’s support will likely spark these hardliners.
When Hamas attacked on October 7th, Israelis had already shifted from support for the Palestinian state to a years-long shift, many adopting the Netanyahu-facilitated approach, and conflicts were unable to be resolved and sporadic. It could only be managed through wars and military operations.
The shock of Hamas attacks – extremists killed 1,200 people, took about 250 hostages, paraded crowds through Gaza – bringing the Palestinian issue back to the forefront and more fundamental ideas in Israel It encouraged more radical ideas as long as it helped to open up and restore the senses. Security.
Sefi Ovadia, the broadcaster of the popular Israeli talk radio morning show, made an “moral reservation” to audiences on Thursday by October 7th, but since the attack, he has no longer done so. He said he wasn’t there. Widely read columnist Ben Caspit wrote in Maarib Daily, “all Israelis should welcome this initiative except for the most delusional ones on the left.”
Trauma from Hamas’ attacks has prompted many Israelis to believe that the way to end the Palestinian-Israel conflict was to “remove Gaza from the equation.”
“It was the idea of fringe in Israel before October 7th, and in some cases it was an illegal idea,” Rossner said of Trump’s plan. “Everything has been changed on October 7th.”
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This story is compiled to make it clear that many Israelis who have expressed openness to the plan say that their departure should be voluntary.
