Trump this week raised the idea of voluntary immigration of Gaza Strip residents – and caused a major uproar throughout the Arab world • Oshi Derman examined: How practical is the plan – and brought the resounding outcry of the residents themselves
United States President Donald Trump this week raised the idea of voluntary immigration of Gaza Strip residents – and caused a major uproar throughout the Arab world. How practical is this plan? Which countries would be willing to absorb masses of refugees? In an article broadcast tonight (Friday) on “Cabinet Six”, Oshi Derman delved into the idea of immigration and brought dramatic testimonies from inside the Strip about the anger, frustration and the resounding cry of Gazans – let us escape from here. Without a future, without hope, without a dream – they want to leave, why not let them go
Is Trump’s idea of moving Gaza residents to other places even possible?
Although Jordan and Egypt strongly oppose Trump’s proposal, support the establishment of a Palestinian state and therefore fear that a permanent transfer of the Gaza population would harm the idea of a Palestinian state, can he still force the countries to accept Gazan refugees? Yes, if he imposes economic sanctions on the allied countries, the Wall Street Journal wrote. “Direct sanctions could be devastating for Jordan and Egypt. Both countries receive billions of dollars in American aid every year, and Egypt is already in an economic crisis.”
Trump’s proposal is more reasonable for Egypt than for Jordan, since if the Egyptians allow the Gazans to enter their country and settle in Sinai or the Egyptian desert, they will receive tens of billions of dollars in aid from the United States and the Gulf states – money that Egypt really needs after having lost $7 billion so far from the decline in revenues from the passage of merchant ships through the Suez Canal on their way to the Persian Gulf and the Far East.