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Trump wants Jordan and Egypt to accept more Palestinian refugees and floats plan to 'clean out' Gaza (apnews.com)
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[โ€“] liyunxiao 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Except they can only do this with us military backing. If the US didn't back Israel when Iran attacked, Palestine would currently be the only country in that territory.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

That is true but it does not change that US behaves as a junior alliance partner vis-a-vis Israel. This could flip and like will once boomers start die off properly but AIPAC lobby is strong so time will tell.