Dons vision for Gazas rebuild: Letters to the Editor Feb. 12, 2025
The Issue: President Trump’s ideas on development and resettlement in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip.President Trump has the right idea in rebuilding Gaza, but it will never flourish as a paradise (“Serious on taking over Gaza Strip,” Feb.7).Face the facts: Palestinians will destroy it before it’s completed.
He offered to relocate them and rebuild it, but they are objecting.Let them live in their bombed-out squalor.The fact that fellow Arab countries refuse to take them in says it all.
They started the war that decimated their country, but maybe they should have thought about this possibility first.Storm DestroBayonne, NJTrump is now stating the obvious: Gaza is not habitable, and almost totally destroyed.He predicts it will take up to 15 years to clean it up and allow rebuilding of any kind.It is a very interesting idea, because Hamas has recently increased in numbers and would most likely want to try to control the Gaza Strip once again if Palestinians are able to return after the war.So if Gaza is not suitable for anyone to live, and the Palestinians find numerous other places to resettle, the new and really interesting question will be: Where will Hamas go when the war ends?David LiptonToms River, NJThankfully, Trump will be reshaping the future of the Gaza Strip.
For far too long it has been used as a weapon of mass propaganda against Israel.The Palestinian people were landlocked to a strip of sand, starved of food and resources.Hamas used their women and children as human shields in the fight against Israel’s right to exist.Trump’s idea of rebuilding the Gaza Strip with a foundation that ensures a bright and compassionate future, without war, is long overdue.Donathan SalkalnManhattanIt has immediately become clear how dangerous Trump is.
After wanting to acquire Greenland, he now has his sights set on Gaza.He will be the biggest settler ever in Palestine if his plan goes through.He wants to turn the Gaza Strip into a large spa, keeping the origina...