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#ZOHA editorial

Dangerous imperialist illusion

Trump's words express a return of the U.S. to the concept of colonial imperialism of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Alongside Greenland, Canada, and the Panama Canal, Trump now seeks to also take control of the Gaza Strip. Particularly worrying is the proposal to station American soldiers in Gaza. It is true that there are American bases in #Israel, but this is not an American military occupation. The question arises: are the American mercenaries currently stationed in #Gaza the vanguard of the occupying force that President Trump spoke about?

The illusion that it is possible to reach agreements with additional Arab countries – and especially with Saudi Arabia – without providing a solution to the Palestinian national issue and while carrying out a transfer of millions of Gaza residents – is a dangerous illusion that will quickly backfire. Even America's close allies in the region, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Jordan, have clearly stated their refusal of this plan. Immediately after the Trump and #Netanyahu press conference, the Foreign Ministry in Riyadh published a statement saying that no normalization is possible without the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital.

Netanyahu can continue to promote his outdated claims that it is possible in the current situation to normalize relations with Saudi Arabia, but the facts are stubborn. Netanyahu's desire to serve U.S. interests in the region and the world is limitless. "A victory for Israel is a victory for the U.S.," declared the American citizen Nithai, as he is known in his second homeland, after the press conference. Contrary to what significant portions of the protest against the judicial overhaul and for the release of the hostages believed, Trump is not the solution – Trump is the problem.

https://zoha.org.il/135198/

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