Trump's Gaza plan will be seen as flying in face of international law

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Summary

Trump has proposed permanently resettling Palestinians out of Gaza, calling it a "demolition site" and suggesting the U.S. take over and rebuild the territory.

His plan, seen as violating international law, has been rejected by Arab nations, who warn it could destabilize the region.

The proposal aligns with Israeli ultranationalists pushing for Palestinian expulsion.

Critics say it would eliminate hopes for a two-state solution and amount to mass displacement.

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It is hard for me to believe a president would fly in the face of international law, or just the law, or basic human decency, or sanity - but here we do be.

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As opposed to... you know, the perfectly legal genocide, or...?

Hey, apropos of nothing, where are the "can't bring myself to vote for Biden/Harris" crew? I shouldn't even ask, should I? I don't even want to know what mental gymnastics are happening at this point, let alone in the next however many years.

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The "mental gymnastics" here are simple: This is straight up impossible. This isn't another one of Israel's wars in Gaza or their expansion in the West Bank; this will have a real effect on Israel's neighbors, whose cooperation and silence are necessary for the Apartheid regime to continue existing.

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Let me go check and see if Trump gives a shit about international law.

I might be some time.

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I think both Trump and Netanyahu have a (final) solution in mind in case they can't move Palestinians to other countries.

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Not so impossible. Jordan already said it would consider dumping Palestinians over its border to be an act of war - a war it says it would lose but would fight anyway.

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Not me.

Clinton came up with the term 'peacekeeping action' to rebrand his wars. Bush roped us into wars that lasted two decades, killed hundreds of thousands, and displaced millions AND started the US torture program. Obama destabilized multiple countries, was bombing seven countries at once when he left office, reclassified the term 'enemy combatant' to mask civilian kills, and made said torture legally permissible. Trump I arguably colluded with (or at least stood aside) while Russia escalated its military campaign against Ukraine. (Though I give him some credit for negotiating US withdrawal from Afghanistan and getting us out of Syria) Biden, like Obama, allowed the bombing of multiple countries throughout his presidency and, despite widespread reporting of Israeli atrocities, always made sure they got their WMD's courtesy of the US taxpayer.

All this is to say: They're all assholes, even if they give great speeches, and that's especially true with regard to support of Israel.

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I saw one yesterday (on another platform, not Lemmy). He just reiterated the same points, then gave a shrug emoji and stopped replying.

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Then arrest him and try him.... I'm requesting you guys do this cuz apparently over here and we just let him break laws and don't penalize him.

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Some of them are doing the incredibly offensive thing (right here on Lemmy) of arguing that ethnic cleansing isn't genocide and what Harris wanted was genocide, which is worse.

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Would be cool if that actually meant anything and someone would do something. But get ready for that Trump tower in Gaza.

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i think he wants a war so he can flex some made-up wartime powers.

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You mean a convicted felon?

Surely a convicted felon would never do something like break international laws.

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Though I give him some credit for negotiating US withdrawal from Afghanistan

He negotiated with the Taliban and didn't include the actual Afghan government in the discussion. He setup an intentional clusterfuck to take place after the election in the event of his loss. No credit is deserved for this.

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I disagree.

That was a two-decade war that, had any other politician been elected, would have continued in perpetuity. I frankly couldn't care less if the withdrawal was botched. That was better than the alternative.

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And Jordan is the "nice" neighbor of Israel.

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I'm sure that's part of it.

America loves wartime presidents.

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Setting aside Trump, if Netanyahu could do that he wouldn't have waited for so long.

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Man that's some fucking weasel wording. Will be seen as flying in the face of international law? That would be because it blatantly does.

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Trump's Gaza plan will be seen as flying in face of international law