President Donald Trump justifies the idea of America taking ownership of Gaza based on the logic of trying something new or different, as opposed to repeating what already has not worked. Unfortunately for President Trump, he apparently doesn’t realize that America taking ownership of Gaza is not new it would be a repeat of what already has not worked, it would be a repeat of what will never work.
Putting aside the fact that there is only one legal and ethical way America could take ownership of Gaza, America would have to be granted ownership by the same authority that granted the state of Israel ownership of its territory, which was not based on the authority of the United States of America, it was based on the authority of the international organization created to achieve international cooperation, maintain international peace and security, and develop friendly relations among all the world’s countries the United Nations (UN). President Trump’s idea that America taking ownership of Gaza is something new is akin to saying that old wine in a new bottle is new wine. In fact, President Trump’s supposedly new idea of taking ownership of Gaza is a repeat of the original idea of taking ownership of the land where Palestinians live, evacuating them so others may live on the evacuated land.
After centuries of historic worldwide Jewish persecution, discrimination, and Adolf Hitler’s attempt to exterminate all people of the Jewish faith, in 1947 the UN correctly adopted United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181, also known as the Partition Resolution, which divided the territory that was known at the time as Palestine into a Jewish state and an Arab state. The main emphasis for adopting Resolution 181 was to create a nation-state that would be majority populated by people of the Jewish faith, guaranteeing a safe space where Jews would no longer have to live in fear of persecution, discrimination, or extermination.
The real-life consequence of the UN’s correct adoption of Resolution 181 was that the Palestinians living on the land designated by 181 for the Jewish state were evacuated, to enable Jews to take ownership of the land. For the Palestinians living on land designated for the Jewish state being evacuated was a painful and involuntary sacrifice of land they culturally owned, but for the sake of security, peace, and human rights for historically persecuted people of the Jewish faith it was a necessary and correct sacrifice. It’s understandable that the Palestinians who were required to be evacuated for the state of Israel, or their now-living descendants, would feel their past sacrifice was neither necessary nor just. In fact, Palestinians refer to the necessary sacrifice that created the state of Israel as the Nakba, an ethnic cleansing of Palestinian Arabs from their historical homeland.
Unfortunately for the Palestinian people their Palestinian leadership at the time, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, and no other middle-eastern country encouraged Palestinians to follow the Jew’s example of first occupying the land designated to them and establishing a Jewish nation, the state of Israel, and arguing about claims for more territory after their Jewish nation-state was a reality. The Palestinian leadership at the time and their allies focused on preventing or eliminating the new Jewish nation-state instead of first establishing an Arab state, and arguing about claims for more territory after a state of Palestine was a reality.
None of these Middle East Heads of State support President Trump’s plan to evacuate Palestinians from Gaza
As UN Resolution 181 envisioned most Palestinians evacuated from the territory designated for a Jewish state ended up in the territory designated for an Arab state, but tragically since no official Palestinian nation-state was established to prevent the Arab territory from becoming a hot-bed of attack against the security of Israel, the 1967 Six-Day War occurred creating today’s 2025 reality and what Palestinians refer to as the Naksa, Israel’s 1967 occupation of and displacement of around 280,000 to 325,000 Palestinians from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Clearly, President Trump’s idea to evacuate Palestinians from Gaza is not a new idea it is a repeat of what already has not worked, something President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio both claim they are trying to avoid.
If President Trump is truly looking to try something new there is something both new and not tried before, President Trump should send 5,000 American troops to secure the border between Israel and the UN’s designated territory for the state of Palestine. Instead of just giving Israel money and weapons to defend itself, part of the money we give can be used to fund American troop presence on Israel’s border, adding the third element of fighting troops to the money and weapons support currently guaranteeing Israel’s peace and security. After American troops have established their presence on Israel’s border Israel would withdraw all Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops from all land designated for the state of Palestine. Israel’s last negotiating partner for peace and the recognized legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), would be empowered with American and international technical help to establish a new democratic state of Palestine on the previously occupied land.
The PLO would be free to establish a Palestinian democracy with all the same rights and privileges as any other free democratic state. This would include a democratic Palestinian Constitution with consistent mandatory one-person-one-vote-counted elections for Palestinian citizens, the first to be held within 18 months of forming the new Palestinian state, Palestinian control of airports for planes, and Palestinian control of seaports of entry for shipping, a Palestinian justice system to administer the rule of Palestinian constitutional law, Palestinian police forces for domestic security and Palestinian armed forces for self-defense. The number 1 rule would be don’t F*CK with Israel!!! American troop presence on Israel’s border would guarantee no one would, including Hezbollah, Hamas, and Iran.
With American troops on the border between Israel and Palestine, Israeli fear of Hamas rocket fire or of living next door to people hostile to their existence can end immediately. Israel would be able to return to its prosperous growth trajectory in peace and security, while America with the help of the international community can sponsor the creation of a new Palestinian democratic society where citizens are free to experience life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
An independent self-determining democratic state of Palestine with an economy that provides jobs for its citizens, and has its own intelligence and police capabilities to identify, pursue, and subdue terrorist elements like Hamas and Hezbollah within a new independent Palestinian state is the best and most reliable way to secure long-term peace and security for the state of Israel. Once a new Palestinian state is established and Palestinians can live the same life of self-determination and freedom as Israelis are living, it will no longer be in their best interest to be at war with Israel, or to allow terrorist elements to exist within the Palestinian state that would launch missiles against Israel, and after the new Palestinian state creates peace and security for the state of Israel American troops stationed on Israel’s border will be free to return home.
Now is the time for America and President Trump to make real America’s long-stated policy of TWO INDEPENDENT states living together side by side in peace. President Trump should send 5,000 on-the-ground American troops to Israel’s border, and demand that both sides move IMMEDIATELY to create the new state of Palestine. 5,000 American troops on Israel’s border would end the insanity of Israel conducting apartheid-like occupation on land designated for a Palestinian state, because they justifiably fear the people that live next door, and it would end Israel taking steps to prevent the creation of a Palestinian state out of fear the new country would attack it. Any threat to the peace and security of Israel is eliminated as soon as American troops land on the Israeli border.
This is the opportunity for President Trump to win the Nobel Peace Prize he is rumored to seek, all that’s required is 5,000 American troops on Israel’s border, which will give Palestinians the freedom to form an independent democratic Palestinian state and guarantee Israel the peace and security needed for its continued growth and development.