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tetedur

(1,418 posts)
Fri Mar 14, 2025, 07:40 AM Mar 2025

U.S. and Israel want Palestinians resettled in Sudan, Somalia and Somaliland

The U.S. and Israel have reached out to officials of three East African governments to discuss using their territories as potential destinations for resettling Palestinians uprooted from the Gaza Strip under President Donald Trump’s proposed postwar plan, American and Israeli officials told The Associated Press.

The contacts with Sudan, Somalia and the breakaway region of Somalia known as Somaliland reflect the determination by the U.S. and Israel to press ahead with a plan that has been widely condemned and raised serious legal and moral issues. Because all three places are poor, and in some cases wracked by violence, the proposal also casts doubt on Trump’s stated goal of resettling Gaza’s Palestinians in a “beautiful area.”

Officials from Sudan said they have rejected overtures from the U.S., while officials from Somalia and Somaliland told The Associated Press that they were not aware of any contacts.

https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-gaza-trump-somaliland-sudan-somalia-575e03aaa0c487bae2fbadfdef8f5ca3

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U.S. and Israel want Palestinians resettled in Sudan, Somalia and Somaliland (Original Post) tetedur Mar 2025 OP
Wow didn't see that coming mikeysnot Mar 2025 #1
OMG! How awful. sinkingfeeling Mar 2025 #2
Being evicted from their Homeland. no_hypocrisy Mar 2025 #3
That's how they've been treated since 1948. AloeVera Mar 2025 #9
THIS malaise Mar 2025 #12
What ever happened to the 2 State Solution? multigraincracker Mar 2025 #4
Clear the land of regular people to build a high end luxury resort for the rich. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #5
Ethnic cleansing. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2025 #6
Deport 2.3 million people to a war-torn country (Sudan), a recovering failed state (Somalia) Eugene Mar 2025 #7
As long as they start with "S"? Why not Switzerland, Sweden amd Spain? GreenWave Mar 2025 #8
These governments are sick and evil. ratchiweenie Mar 2025 #10
Eff all of these monsters malaise Mar 2025 #11

no_hypocrisy

(54,919 posts)
3. Being evicted from their Homeland.
Fri Mar 14, 2025, 07:47 AM
Mar 2025

Being treated like undocumented migrants without rights.

While Palestinians are not embraced by the other Arab states, their rights may well be defended by other countries.

AloeVera

(4,266 posts)
9. That's how they've been treated since 1948.
Fri Mar 14, 2025, 08:04 AM
Mar 2025

The only thing new is it's out in the open now.

As for Arab states, their monarchs and tyrant rulers are beholden to the US. However their people are on the side of the Palestinians - making for a very turbulent dynamic now in the ME.

multigraincracker

(37,665 posts)
4. What ever happened to the 2 State Solution?
Fri Mar 14, 2025, 07:48 AM
Mar 2025

If not, a Democratic Secular Government. Take religion out of politics.

Eugene

(67,105 posts)
7. Deport 2.3 million people to a war-torn country (Sudan), a recovering failed state (Somalia)
Fri Mar 14, 2025, 07:57 AM
Mar 2025

and an unrecognized state (Somaliland) without the consent of any of the affected parties?

It would further destabilize the target countries, never this being a crime against humanity.

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