The dismantling of the Palestinian State continues. Recently President Trump asked Jordan, Egypt and other Middle Eastern Nations to take the Palestinian exiles from Gaza. The Palestinian People are being forced to separate from their homes, their homeland, their nationhood, and their aspirations and dreams to live within regions controlled by other tribes and peoples. Palestinians have done such things previously, with hundreds of thousands flowing into Jordan, with their leaders creating a misadventure of near civil war between Jordanian Troops and the PLO under the leadership of Arafat. Why in God’s name would Jordan take this chance once again? Palestinians are desperate yet firmly set upon the return to their homelands no matter what needs to be done. Most Middle Eastern Nations know this, and sympathize with their plight but fear Palestinian ambitions and the wrath of the Israeli-American Power Block. If Palestinians move to North Africa, Jordan and Egypt their lot will be one of secure encampments for decades to come.
The Trump Administration supports Netanyahu and his national movement toward the establishment of a “Greater Israel”. This will not change unless another superpower takes the Palestinians under its wings, but that is unlikely. Russia is stuck in a war of its own making, slowly going bankrupt, Britain and France Kow-tow to America, while China is satisfied selling weapons to Palestinian Opposition Groups throughout the globe. Saudis don’t want the Palestinians, as do most other Middle Eastern Nations. What to do? Palestinians who have had the opportunity to migrate to the Free World have done well for themselves, establishing businesses that employ many. The Canadian and Latin American regions to accept these folks, perhaps, but with the possibility of a major backlash from Israeli and Conservative forces within these nations. Palestinians face the growing image and perception of trouble makers, with violent tendencies.
Palestine is a shithole of the Middle East, but perhaps with a trillion dollars investment another Israel.
The possibilities are endless, yet all concerned remain grounded in old traditional methods of problem-solving…War, War and more War. Great for the armaments industry, but horrifying for the average person living there.
Steven Kaszab
Bradford, Ontario
