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Why No Arab Government Wants Gaza, the West Bank, or Palestinians

With Israel well on its way to controlling all of Gaza, talk is turning to who will control it after the fighting stops.
Why No Arab Government Wants Gaza, the West Bank, or Palestinians
In this photograph taken near the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip, destroyed buildings of Beit Hanoun in Northern Gaza are seen from Sedorot, Israel, on Nov. 16, 2023. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Patricia Adams
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Lawrence Solomon
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With Israel well on its way to controlling all of Gaza, talk is turning to who will control it after the fighting stops. While Israel may retain control for the foreseeable future, it wants no part of Gaza. Its government left Gaza in 2005, taking with it every Jew residing in Gaza and even every Jew buried there. And Israel isn’t alone.

Patricia Adams is an economist and president of the Energy Probe Research Foundation and Probe International, an independent think tank in Canada and around the world. She is the publisher of internet news services Three Gorges Probe and Odious Debts Online and the author or editor of numerous books. Her books and articles have been translated into Chinese, Spanish, Bengali, Japanese, and Bahasa Indonesia. She can be reached at [email protected]
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