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Is Trump's proposal for the U.S. to take over Gaza really as ludicrous as it sounds?

JL;DR SUMMARY In a column reflecting on former President Donald Trump's idea of the U.S. managing Gaza, Dan Perry explores the potential implausibility and implications of the proposal. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HamasGazaMiddle EastBenjamin NetanyahuPalestiniansU.S. Foreign PolicyDonald TrumpInternational LawEthnic Cleansing

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Jerusalem, Israel
"Dan Perry is the former chief editor of The Associated Press in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, the former chairman of the Foreign Press Association in Jerusalem, and the author of two books about Israel."
Netivot, Southern District, Israel
"Netanyahu would benefit, along with the Israeli far right that has been threatening to bring down his coalition."
Washington, D.C., Washington DC, United States
"Clearly not Hamas, which might be one reason Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was in Washington, D.C., today to meet with Trump, would get on board."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"President Donald Trumps suggestion Tuesday that the United States should take over management of Gaza as he doubled down on recommending the strips population be relocated to other Arab countries was a breathtaking and puzzling proposal."
Washington DC, United States
"President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference with Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the East Room of the White House on Feb. 4."
Netanya, Central District, Israel
"The idea of returning to the pre-Oct. 7 situation in which Hamas ruled over 2.2 million people, indoctrinating them with extremism, launching rockets at Israel, and profiting off international aid feels intolerable to many in Israel."
Egypt
"But the Arab nations Trump would need as partners to engineer a U.S. takeover in Gaza and mass resettlement of the strips population, including Egypt and Jordan, have flatly rejected the latter idea."
Jordan
"But the Arab nations Trump would need as partners to engineer a U.S. takeover in Gaza and mass resettlement of the strips population, including Egypt and Jordan, have flatly rejected the latter idea."

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