sfdgsdfg wrote:
I'm trying to stay politically neutral here and focus on whether there is a potential way this could be a good idea. I'll lay out a scenario. Comment on that rather than the politics itself or whether you like or hate Trump/Israel/Palestine/etc. This is only addressing Gaza and not the wider issue of Israel/Palestinians/the West Bank/etc.
What if the US took over Gaza in the form of a lease, like Hong Kong before China took it back? Palestinians are temporarily removed to a safe locale (Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, etc). Those that have no skills are trained in industries (tourism, banking, etc) that will prosper in the new Gaza. Investors put their money in. 50% (or whatever makes sense from an investment standpoint) of all money goes into a Gaza wealth fund. The bombed out buildings are razed, ordinance cleared, security re-established. Infrastructure rebuilt, hotels, resorts, airports constructed. Schools and hospitals rebuilt. As hotels and other businesses open, the newly trained workers are brought back and returned to live and work in the newly rebuilt Gaza. Over time, the investors are phased out (typical venture capital expected return is 5:1 on initial investment, depending on timeframe). Eventually everyone is brought back, ownership is shared amongst all the Gazans via the wealth fund which is now 90% Gazan/10% US. The US and foreign investors exit. Upon our exit, we provide security guarantees (logical to protect our 10%) so that the Gazans don't need to have a military, which stops Hamas from attacking Israel.
Sounds a lot better than just leaving Palestinians there amongst the rubble, where nobody will invest, and they'll have to cobble their lives back together on their own while still being engaged in a continued on/off war with Israel.
If the US took over Gaza we would see terrorist attacks against us Americans like we've never seen before.
It is not remotely practical to resettle 2 million people who don't want to leave and that no one wants to take in. There's no way that will be done completely voluntarily and peacefully. It would be seen as an occupation and there would be consequences for us because of that.
This would be worse than our nation building attempts in Iraq and Afghanistan. This would be nation confiscating. Yes, I know Gaza is not a nation, but you get the point.
