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Gaza 2 years from now -will the Palestinians ultimately emigrate?

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mids2019 · 17/11/2024 06:05

I think one thing that is looking increasingly inevitable is that Gaza is soon to become uninhabitable from the point of a view of people having the prospect of something akin to a comfortable healthy life with prospects for future generations. The infrastructure looks like it is beyond the reasonable prospect of repair in a time frame less than decades.

From a simply humanitarian point of view will there be moved to emigrate Palestinians as the reality is simply none would want to live or being up children in a wasteland? With he Trump team seeming to to be supportive of some of the ambitions of Israel will there become a real politik of mass displacement of people in the future and the abandonment of Gaza as a habitable piece of land?

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Farmgoose · 17/11/2024 07:00

The Palestinian people have a huge martyrdom philosophy that leaves many of them more willing to die than give up land.

Why would they be any more inclined to give it up when this particular phase of the long war dies down?

Whatsinanamehey · 17/11/2024 07:00

mids2019 · 17/11/2024 06:57

I think there is a prospect of Gaza being uninhabitable depending on the length of the war. Possibly you may have a reconstruction effort at some point but (maybe I am wrong) but that could be some time off.

I believe the Israeli right in government were pleased with Trumps win and it will be interesting to see if there is a change in dynamic in terms of Israel US relations.

This doesn't answer what ambitions you were referring to.

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mids2019 · 17/11/2024 06:57

I think there is a prospect of Gaza being uninhabitable depending on the length of the war. Possibly you may have a reconstruction effort at some point but (maybe I am wrong) but that could be some time off.

I believe the Israeli right in government were pleased with Trumps win and it will be interesting to see if there is a change in dynamic in terms of Israel US relations.

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RosieLeaf · 17/11/2024 06:56

Where would they go? No one will take Gazans, not that they want to leave anyway.

Whatsinanamehey · 17/11/2024 06:54

extremely poor health care.

there wasn't prior to the war, there is now because of Israel routinely bombing the hospitals and kidnapping, torturing and killing medical staff.

Whatsinanamehey · 17/11/2024 06:51

@mids2019 how do you feel that a piece of land which is home to over a million children has been bombed by Israel to the point of being uninhabitable?

Whatsinanamehey · 17/11/2024 06:45

What ambitions of Israel are you referring to that you believe Trump is supportive of that relates to Gazans leaving Gaza?

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mids2019 · 17/11/2024 06:28

Interesting perspective but I do wonder if Gaza will reach a tipping point where there is a slow exodus of some manner. Granted populations have sustained bombing campaigns historically but we are talking about a region with no economy as such and extremely poor health care.

So you think birth rates may fall due to the conflict or is expanding family size an act of defiance in itself? It's amazing how many people in the UK so not have children because of financial reasons but Gaza has a high birth rate.

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Farmgoose · 17/11/2024 06:13

No. They are passionately attached to it. There are millions of them. They have one of the highest birth rates in the world.
Likely to be huge numbers - as in hundreds of thousands leaving to claim asylum as happened with Iraq and Syria and Afghanistan.
I believe Qatar is their main source of funding so hopefully will help with the rebuilding.
The Middle East has been bombing each other to pieces for ever with help from the West and populations don’t shrink. Humans are resilient.