The U.S. is supporting ethnic cleansing of Palestinians

Dear Editor,

On July 7, President Donald Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a White House dinner.  Also in attendance was U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, who has stated that "there is no such thing as a Palestinian."

At this dinner, Netanyahu reaffirmed his support for Trump's "brilliant vision," which would cynically allow Palestinians the "free choice" to move to other countries.  No mention was made of Israel reducing Gaza to rubble and destroying all means of sustaining human life. 

This includes the devastation of fields, orchards, greenhouses, water infrastructure, hospitals, bakeries, public utilities, roads, schools, universities and religious and government buildings. 

As U.S. political scientist John Mearsheimer has warned:

“If you don’t want a two-state solution, then what are you going to do?…Israel has turned into an apartheid state… And the Israelis understand that over the long term this is probably not viable… They want to get out of that situation, and the best way to do that, from their point of view, is to ethnically cleanse the Gaza Strip and the West Bank…”

President Trump and his administration seem more than willing to help Israel achieve this goal.

Terry Hansen

Milwaukee, WI