President Donald Trump stated his interest in seeing the United States take ownership of the Palestinian territory of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday. At a White House press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump argued that American ownership of Gaza would lead to the Palestinian territory being transformed from a Hamas-dominated dystopia to a place of prosperity and peace.
Asked whether he would order U.S. military forces to secure Gaza, Trump responded, “We’ll do what’s necessary.” The president added that he wanted the U.S. to take a “long-term ownership” interest in Gaza that would see both Palestinians and the “people of the world” living there. Trump reemphasized his plan for most of the Palestinians now living in Gaza to be relocated to neighboring countries.
Trump’s aspirations for a durable Israeli-Palestinian peace are moral. But…
