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Even if Trump disregards international law, it’s crucial to remind Israelis that the forced expulsion or transfer of civilians violates international humanitarian law, constitutes a war crime and amounts to a crime against humanity,
The fact that it has been laid on the table, ... opens the door for such a clear crime to become legitimate.”
said Israeli historian Tom Segev, The actual idea of allowing first Gazans who want to leave, to leave. I mean, what’s wrong with that?”
It was a fringe idea in Israel before Oct. 7 and in some cases it was an illegitimate idea,
Rosner said of Trump's plan Why on earth would we abandon decades of well-established humanitarian programs around the world, and now launch into one of the world’s greatest humanitarian challenges?”
It's been made very clear to the president that the United States needs to be involved in this rebuilding effort, to ensure stability in the region for all people,
Leavitt told reporters at the White House It was not meant as a hostile move,
Rubio said during his visit to Guatemala Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results,
In the interim, obviously people are going to have to live somewhere while you’re rebuilding it,
On the day that I will see American soldiers coming in great numbers to Gaza, I will then make up my mind how serious it is,
It is utterly unrealistic, and it reflects a total lack of understanding of the historical process of where these Palestinians come from, what is their collective identity,
former Israeli foreign minister Shlomo Ben-Ami told NPR Does Hamas? Are they going to agree? What about the Palestinian Authority?”
Is it only in self defense, or if [a U.S. soldier] sees the guy about to shoot or identify as hostile, he takes action,
Clark told NewsNation’s CUOMO You have to take what President Trump says seriously,
General Wesley Clark, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, told Bloomberg Television The Jordanians have said they don't want them. Egyptians said they don't want them,
At this point, we have about 440,000 in the Army. We're stretched from the Pacific into Europe. And now we're going to put we have a couple of thousand, maybe, in the Middle East? Now we're going to put what in Gaza to make sure this works — 20,000, 40,000? And then rotate them so you have to have three times the number that are deployed?”
I think most South Carolinians would probably not be excited about sending Americans to take over Gaza. I think that might be problematic, but I’ll keep an open mind,
We have a famous saying: ‘He who leaves his home, loses his dignity’. We are a resilient people, and this will not happen, even in Trump’s dreams. We will stay here and not give up an inch of our land.”
Walid al-Munayya, who was displaced six times in the war, said We would rather die here than leave this land,
[Israel] bombed Gaza with all kinds of bombs and missiles. Despite all this, they couldn’t control Gaza. So how can they force us to leave?”