Displacement is a distraction from the Zionist genocide in Gaza
Middle East Monitor
Dr. Amira Abo el-Fetouh 2/17/25
The displacement of the Palestinians from Gaza and Donald Trump’s diabolical plan to take “ownership” of the Gaza Strip and turn it into the “Riviera of the Middle East” is the current media and political focus for many. This policy is systematic, not improvised. It is an example of the method used to reshape public awareness and push opponents into defensive positions instead of allowing them to move forward. It is a calculated manipulation that depends on creating an imaginary reality so that impossible ideas become open to discussion and unfeasible projects seem like definite scenarios.
This is what has been happening since the bullying US president announced his plan. He has been condemned and criticised all over the world, and the end of the Palestinian cause and legitimate rights has been mourned as if it has already happened. Countless statements have been made, and we have seen Egypt’s president and Jordan’s king squirming as they try to avoid having Palestinian refugees forced across their respective borders, while still taking billions of dollars in aid from Washington.
Trump has made it clear that as far as he is concerned, regardless of their rejection of his plan, it’s payback time, and he is confident that it will happen.
Trump has thus succeeded in distracting the world’s attention from the heinous crimes committed by the Zionist enemy, the genocide against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, and Israel’s inability to eliminate Hamas or return the hostages by force, despite this being its main and oft-stated war aims. Ultimately, after being militarily and economically exhausted, Israel had to agree to Hamas’s conditions for the ceasefire agreement.
Such media hype of the level that we have seen since Trump’s announcement about his “Riviera” in Gaza was not seen after he said calmly that he wants to annex Canada and Greenland, and take control of the Panama Canal. Has anyone wondered why those statements were not taken seriously and why they did not receive such media attention like his statement about Gaza and the displacement of the Palestinians?
There is a political theory called the manufacturing consent theory, which is based on the idea that repetition creates acceptance. Another is the flood theory, whereby the public space and media are flooded with statements regardless of how unrealistic they are in order to gain control of the political narrative through strategic chaos.
This is what Trump is doing, hence his insistence that he will displace the Palestinians from Gaza to Egypt and Jordan, and impose sanctions on Cairo and Amman if they refuse to accept them. This is despite the fact that he knows that this will not happen and that his crazy idea is not feasible.
Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outdid Trump by suggesting that Saudi Arabia should establish a “state of Palestine” in Saudi territory. Former Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, the head of the opposition Future Party in Turkiye, also stepped onto the scene, proposing that the Palestinians migrate to what he said is the legitimate heir of the Ottoman Empire, the last legitimate entity to rule Gaza before the British Mandate. He stressed the need to reconnect the Gaza Strip to Turkiye as an autonomous region.
The funniest suggestion and what I believe was the most appropriate response to Trump, was made by former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson — a strong supporter of the Zionist entity — at the World Government Summit in Dubai. He mocked Trump and suggested moving the residents of Gaza to Trump’s farm in Florida, telling him that it is a wonderful place for settling millions of people.
While such nonsense is filling the airwaves and columns in the media, the chaos makes it easier to make dangerous moves under the public radar.
All of the Arab leaders fell into Trump’s trap. Was this intentional or because they do not understand the implications and context of the hellish strategic game that Trump is playing with them? They will hold an emergency Arab summit next week to discuss Trump’s proposal to displace the Palestinians.
The narrative about displacing the people of Gaza is nothing new, of course. It dates back to when the Zionists usurped the land of Palestine in 1948 and established their entity in the heart of the Arab nation. They have tried repeatedly to displace the Palestinians. In 1956, for example, Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion tried to do so but the people of Gaza’s commitment to their land prevented him from implementing his plan and the project failed, just as Trump’s “Riviera” plan will fail. Another former Prime Minister of the Zionist entity, Yitzhak Rabin, wished that he could wake up and find Gaza drowned in the sea. Rabin was assassinated by another Zionist fanatic, though, and Gaza’s dignity lived on, defying all of its enemies. Likewise, Trump the thug’s presidential term will end, and he will head for the dustbin of history, but Gaza will remain proud, its name written in gold in the history books.
The bottom line is that all of this talk about displacement is a distraction from the Zionist genocide and war crimes in Gaza. Those responsible still need to be brought to account, and the next step is to end the occupation altogether. Free Palestine!
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