Few things exemplify the depravity of the West than former US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law calling on Israel to ‘clear out’ Gaza’s civilian population to ‘finish the job.’
In a similar vein, German Nazis called for a ‘final solution’ to the Jewish Question. US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield also recently echoed the phrase. Plus, those words appeared in a slide show that the Israel lobby allegedly showed to US political leaders to train them on how to elicit public support.
In this clip, @middleeast_HKS chairperson Tarek Masoud mentioned to Jared Kushner that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wanted to move Palestinians from Rafah into the Negev Desert. Masoud asked if Arabs should be concerned about that being a permanent solution. Kushner replied that the enclave was already destroyed. The 43-year-old real estate developer said a little later, ‘Gaza’s waterfront property, it could be very valuable to, if people would focus on, kind of, building up, um, you know, livelihoods.’
Other bits that hadn’t gone viral deserve mention, including Kushner questioning the legitimacy of Gaza as a Palestinian entity and applauding the Trump administration for brokering ‘normalisation’ agreements between some Arab states and Israel as a solution to the Palestine Question.
His views are not fringe. While the US feigns concern for civilian lives by dropping packages of food throughout the 41-kilometre-long enclave, it has shipped hundreds of aeroplane- and ship-loads of bombs that have been dropped on Palestinians, killing more than 32,000 people and injuring more than 74,000. The United States provides $3.8 billion in annual funding that reinforces Israel’s military. Plus, US veto power on the UN Security Council has prevented a permanent ceasefire.
In recent days, the US has been using rubble from destroyed Palestinian homes to construct an aid-delivery port in Gaza that Israel would control, a dark look into what is to come if the international community stands by.
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