Good thing their policy towards the subject was so morally and logically consistent then.
https://reason.com/2025/01/27/trump-revives-bidens-failed-proposal-to-remove-palestinians-from-gaza/
Comment on US would control Gaza, displace all its people under new plan: report
sittinonatoilet@sopuli.xyz 4 days agoUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the Biden administration does not support proposals to mass-relocate Palestinians outside of Gaza as Israel broadens its military campaign against Hamas in the Strip.
NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 4 days ago
WoodScientist@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Exactly. Behind the scenes they were pressuring Israel to open up “temporary” refugee camps in the Sinai to accept large numbers of Gazans. Israel would inevitably close the border after the Gazans were expelled. The Biden admin got the ball rolling on ethnic cleansing; they just tried to portray it as a humanitarian operation.
NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 4 days ago
I think you mean they pressured Egypt, not Israel.
WoodScientist@lemmy.world 4 days ago
The Biden admin was speaking out of both sides of its mouth.
reuters.com/…/egypt-discussing-plans-provide-aid-…
mondoweiss.net/…/plan-to-force-palestinians-to-si…
middleeasteye.net/…/israel-palestine-war-white-ho…
Again, like I said, they proposed it in a way that was much less trashy than the Trump administration. The Biden admin didn’t propose forcibly relocating the Gaza population. Rather, they pressured Egypt to open up “humanitarian corridors” to accept large numbers of Gazan refugees. The plan was that Israel would drive the population of Gaza into the Sinai, into “temporary” refugee areas. Then they would inevitably close the border behind them and prevent them from returning. Israel has used this exact MO numerous times in the past.
The main difference between them is that Trump practices vice signalling while Biden practiced virtue signalling. Trump revels in being performatively cruel, while Biden portrayed his ethic cleansing plan as a humanitarian mission.