Middle Eastern countries are entirely right to oppose President Trump’s plan to evacuate the Gaza Strip and resettle the Palestinians in nearby countries.
I don’t say this out of any sympathy for the Gazans. They have more than proven that they have no business running a state, no less a state next to Israel–a country that the vast majority of Palestinians want to see wiped off the face of the Earth.
Trump on Egyptians and Jordanians needing to take in Gazans as refugees (despite their long opposition to it): “I would like to see Jordan and Egypt take some of — the Gaza thing has now worked. It has never worked and I feel very differently about Gaza than a lot of people. I… pic.twitter.com/PreqSHkWRf
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) February 4, 2025
No, the problem is not that evacuating the Palestinians from Gaza is cruel or unfair–although arguably,…
