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Israelis respond to Trump’s Gaza takeover with shock, dismay, elation and dark humor

JL;DR SUMMARY The recent declaration by U.S. President Donald Trump to have all Palestinians leave Gaza and for the U.S. to assume control triggered a mixed response in Israel, ranging from elation to disbelief. 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 EastPalestiniansDonald TrumpNetanyahuInternational RelationsSocial Media ReactionsRepublicans Overseas Israel

Places mentioned

Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"A large billboard posted by the Ayalon highway in Tel Aviv, in support of U.S. President Donald Trump, Feb. 5, 2025."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"But by the time Israelis embarked on their morning commutes, many of them could guess: Just hours earlier, in Washington, D.C., the president had declared that all Palestinians would leave Gaza and that the United States would take over."
Jaffa, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"said Orian Canetti, sitting in a Jaffa coffee shop across the street from the bilingual Hebrew-Arabic school her children attend."
Jerusalem, Israel
"Matthew Kalman, a Jerusalem-based journalist, described the idea as delusional."
Greenland
"What does it matter anyway? she said. Im moving to Greenland."
Washington, D.C., Washington DC, United States
"But by the time Israelis embarked on their morning commutes, many of them could guess: Just hours earlier, in Washington, D.C., the president had declared that all Palestinians would leave Gaza and that the United States would take over."
Beit Shemesh, Jerusalem, Israel
"We woke up in Israel to wonderful news! said Adalia Citron, from the central Israeli city of Beit Shemesh."
Gush Etzion, Southern District, Israel
"Barak Moore, who hails from the West Bank settlement bloc of Gush Etzion, also had reservations about the plan..."

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