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Trump should champion legal migration from West Bank and Gaza

By David Singer - posted Friday, 5 July 2019

Unemployment in Gaza reached 52 percent - an increase of almost eight percent since 2017
Unemployment among young people in Gaza aged 15-29 was 69%.
The unemployment rate in the West Bank was 17.6 percent

Gaza's civilian population has paid a heavy price for the indiscriminate targeting of Israeli population centres with thousands of missiles and incendiary balloons.

Hamas and the PLO - still fighting between themselves for control of the johnny-come-lately "Palestinian people" - seem extremely unlikely to allow the respective constituencies they have ruled for the last 12 years to have any say in the future political and economic direction of Gaza and the West Bank.

US$16.5 billion proposed for projects in Jordan and Egypt - coupled with Trumps' US$6.5 billion unexpended in Gaza - constitute a humanitarian lifeline for Gazan and West Bank Arabs to migrate and enjoy far better lives than they currently have.

If Gazan and West Bank Arabs cannot vote in election booths - then Trump should help them vote with their feet.

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About the Author

David Singer is an Australian Lawyer, a Foundation Member of the International Analyst Network and Convenor of Jordan is Palestine International - an organisation calling for sovereignty of the West Bank and Gaza to be allocated between Israel and Jordan as the two successor States to the Mandate for Palestine. Previous articles written by him can be found at www.jordanispalestine.blogspot.com.