The displacement of the Palestinians from Gaza and Donald Trump’s diabolical plan to take “ownership” of the Gaza Strip and turn it into the “Riviera of the Middle East” is the current media and political focus for many. This policy is systematic, not improvised. It is an example of the method used to reshape public awareness and push opponents into defensive positions instead of allowing them to move forward. It is a calculated manipulation that depends on creating an imaginary reality so that impossible ideas become open to discussion and unfeasible projects seem like definite scenarios.

This is what has been happening since the bullying US president announced his plan. He has been condemned and criticised all over the world, and the end of the Palestinian cause and legitimate rights has been mourned as if it has already happened. Countless statements have been made, and we have seen Egypt’s president and Jordan’s king squirming as they try to avoid having Palestinian refugees forced across their respective borders, while still taking billions of dollars in aid from Washington.

Trump has made it clear that as far as he is concerned, regardless of their rejection of his plan, it’s payback time, and he is confident that it will happen.

Trump has thus succeeded in distracting the world’s attention from the heinous crimes committed by the Zionist enemy, the genocide against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, and Israel’s inability........

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