Trump's 'Palestinian Administrator' Agrees to Push Gaza into Sea
Al-Monitor highlights Ali Shaath, a former Palestinian official, chosen to administer Gaza under a new U.S.-backed plan, who aims to literally push Gaza's rubble into the Mediterranean. While framed as an 'ambitious plan to rebuild,' it glosses over the crucial detail that this 'rebuilding' is contingent on a previous, unprecedented level of destruction. This 'solution' echoes decades of Israeli
proposals to depopulate or permanently disfigure Palestinian land, from the Nakba in 1948 to more recent proposals by prominent Israeli figures for 'transfer' or creating 'uninhabitable' conditions. The media celebrates a 'Palestinian' figure amenable to erasing the physical evidence of war crimes, presenting it as a forward-thinking solution. One might wonder if such a plan would be lauded for
any other devastated region, or if the rubble itself is seen as an inconvenient reminder of who caused it. How many times must land be 'cleared' for 'peace' when that peace always seems to benefit the aggressor?