Trump’s proposal to relocate Palestinians, if it were without their consent, would constitute a war crime.
, to transform it into “the Riviera of the Middle East”. He would permanently relocate Palestinians from Gaza to some “beautiful area with homes and safety”, perhaps Egypt and Jordan. A redeveloped Gaza would be populated with “the world’s people”.It is not clear if the vague plan is a thought-bubble, a wishful real estate scheme, a ploy to extract concessions or the real deal.
In the absence of Palestinian consent, any US “takeover” would be a violation of prohibitions on use of military force under the United Nations Charter, and on the annexation of foreign territory by force. These are the most basic rules of the international community, along with self-determination. Their violation replaces the rule of law – and the peace and stability it offers – with the law of the jungle and the survival of the fittest.
It would accelerate the continuous forced displacement of Palestinians from their homes since 1948, including today through home demolitions, evictions and the criminal building of illegal Israel settlements in the West Bank. Instead, Trump recently banned all funding to the main UN relief agency for Palestine, UNRWA, which the General Assembly, Security Council and UN Secretary-General have insisted is indispensable to humanitarian relief in Gaza. He has also gutted the US development agency, USAID, whose mission to combat global poverty and human rights violations helps to prevent political violence.
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