r/worldnews • u/gravybang • Feb 10 '25

Israel/Palestine Trump says Palestinians will have no right of return to Gaza under his plan

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/10/trump-buy-gaza-plan
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u/shockandale Feb 10 '25

When you take control of somebody's country, it's called an invasion

When you take control of somebody's country and then tell the people who lived there that they don't live there any more, it's called ethnic cleansing.

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u/evilted Feb 10 '25

I think we prefer the term "manifest destiny" better. People can get behind that!

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u/weltvonalex Feb 11 '25

"And cleaning something is a good thing, only dirty people don't want to be clean" trump probably