There is some crazy stuff going on with regard to the Middle East – specifically Gaza & Israel proper. The surprise of the week was President Trump’s proposal that the US take over Gaza. Behind the plan is Trump’s belief that 2.2 million ‘Palestinians’ be permanently removed from Gaza and resettled elsewhere in the Arab World.[i] To the modern ear, it sounds outside of accepted reality. But it may be that Trump is aware of the ‘secret’ reality of the situation. There actually are Palestinian People. It is a modern invention. Former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir once declared: “There is no such thing as a Palestinian people.”[ii] That was like wow politically incorrect and absolutely historically true. And this is supported by the very Arabs that invented and pushed the lie. In 1977, Zahir Muhsein, a member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization to the Dutch paper Trouw, in which he spilled the beans.
“The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct ‘Palestinian people’ to oppose Zionism. For tactical reasons, Jordan, which is a sovereign state with defined borders, cannot raise claims to Haifa and Jaffa, while as a Palestinian, I can undoubtedly demand Haifa, Jaffa, Beer-Sheva and Jerusalem. However, the moment we reclaim our right to all of Palestine, we will not wait even a minute to unite Palestine and Jordan.”[iii]
Here’s his plan in his own words. “The US will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it, too. We’ll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site. Level the site and get rid of the destroyed buildings. Level it out.”[iv] President Trump believes that this could become “the Riviera of the Middle East.” The EU has already said no. Politicians in the US are somewhat spit. And members of the Knesset – and in early returns, members of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, seem to favor the idea. And here’s where things get interesting.
Adam Berkowitz of Israel 365 News argues, “When considering the future of Gaza concerning Israel, it is essential to understand its role in the Bible and prophecy. Gaza appears 18 times in the Hebrew Bible and is listed in Genesis 10:19 as being included in the southern border of the Promised Land.” Gaza, however, was “one of five Philistine cities on the coastal plain of Israel, remaining as one of the cities that Joshua failed to capture in his lifetime (Joshua 10:41).” So, we are entering into possible prophetic territory.
Now, let’s consider the teaching of the mystical Rabbi Yekutiel Fish, a respected teacher from Jerusalem. [I am neither endorsing nor dismissing his observations.] To some this is a radical proposal, but to Rabbi Fish, this is perhaps of a higher order. “Trump is a successful man and puts together business deals that no one else could manage. For him, this is a deal that all sides benefit.” And here is where Rabbi Fish puts a decidedly prophetic spin on the matter. “Everyone is focused on Gaza, but that is only one part of the end-of-days agenda, which has the Jews living in Israel’s prophesied borders. The Torah explicitly includes Gaza. What Trump is doing is cleaning out Gaza of all the haters of Israel. They cannot be in Israel after the Messiah comes. After the Messiah, the only people who can be in the Biblical borders of Israel are those who believe He is One and His name is One. This will include Gaza, half of Lebanon, and much of Jordan.” Fish is seeing the fall of Syria, Gaza destroyed, Lebanon “half gone.” Rabbi Fish: Donald Trump “is merely carrying out the final tasks needed before Messiah is revealed.”[v] It is a totally radical thought. But perhaps not one totally beyond the pale.
As we go to press, there was a bit of a walk-back. The Trump administration is saying there will be no US troops for Gaza. “Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that Trump’s remarks were not meant as a “hostile move,” but were a “very generous” plan for the U.S. to help rebuild Gaza.” Secretary Rubio went on to cite the dangers to civilians moving back into an area with so much unexploded ordinance.[vi]
[i] Trump plans to ‘permanently resettle’ Palestinians outside Gaza, Yahoo News, February 6, 2025
[ii]Joseph Farah, Palestinian people do not exist, World Net Daily, July 11, 2002
[iii] Interview with Zahir Mushein, as recorded by Trouw (Netherlands), March 31, 1977, as quoted in Farah, Palestinian people do not exist, World Net Daily, July 11, 2002
[iv] Israeli politicians welcome Trump’s proposal for US ‘take over’ of Gaza, All Israel News, February 5, 2025
[v] Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Trump’s Gaza Plan is “The Final task before Messiah”, Israel 365 News, February 5, 2025
[vi] Donald Trump Is Already in Reverse, NEWSWEEK, February 7, 2025
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