Trump Selena Gomez Deportation Situation Is Crazy, Deepseek AI Breakthrough Sparks Panic, & More
PDS Published 01/27/2025
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Trump has been in office for one week, and he’s already upset that there haven't been enough deportations.
And, as a result, Trump officials have directed Immigration and Customs Enforcement to aggressively increase the number of people they arrest each day, according to four sources who spoke to The Washington Post.
Specifically, The Post reported that ICE is now being asked to increase the number of arrests they make each day from a couple hundred to at LEAST 1,200 to 1,500.
With the sources saying that managers will be held accountable for missing those quotas.
And that officers should cancel personal leave because Trump expects arrest operations to take place around-the-clock.
Right, and this is absolutely massive for a few different reasons.
First of all, it appears to go against the promises of White House “border czar” Tom Homan, who has been saying for weeks that ICE WOULDN’T be doing mass roundups.
Instead prioritizing undocumented immigrants with criminal records and who are gang members.
But, as The Post explains:
“the quotas issued this weekend would place ICE officers under more pressure to seize a wider range of potential deportees to avoid reprimand, including immigrants who have not committed crimes.”
Now, with this, an ICE official who wasn’t authorized to discuss the matter said the list of criminal suspects was long enough that ICE officials could meet quotas.
But Paul Hunker, a former ICE chief counsel in Dallas, argued that arresting serious offenders takes a lot of planning time and staff resources to track them down — more time and resources than quotas might allow.
With him explaining:
“Quotas will incentivize ICE officers to arrest the easiest people to arrest, rather than the people that are dangerous noncitizens.”
What’s more, experts have also warned that broad roundups are unsafe and counterproductive because they create panic in immigrant communities and draw public backlash.
And with that, another concern too with these sweeping raids are that the wrong people will be detained or arrested.
And we’ve ALREADY been seeing reports of that in the first week of Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts even before these quotas.
Numerous reports have been circulating about members of the Navajo Nation being wrongfully detained in immigration sweeps.
And the mayor of Newark, New Jersey also accused ICE of detaining multiple U.S. citizens — including a military veteran — during raids on the city.
Right, and this comes as ICE raids have already been scaled up significantly during Trump’s first week in office even before this quota business.
Raids have been reported in numerous cities and states across the country,
With one of the most high-profile efforts taking place in Chicago, where ICE explicitly releasing a statement announcing that it had “began conducting enhanced targeted operations” in the city on Sunday at the objections of top Democratic leaders.
And nationwide, ICE has reported high numbers of detentions and arrests.
This including more than 500 arrests and around 400 detentions on BOTH Thursday and Friday.[][]
But yesterday, those numbers jumped dramatically, with ICE reporting that it arrested 956 people and detained another 554.[]
So already that’s a big increase from the Biden administration, which saw about 300 average daily arrests last year.[]
Right, and with this, we’ve seen kind of the general range of responses you’d expect — people on the left condemning the raids, and people on the right applauding them.
And among the notable reactions here, you had Selena Gomez going viral for posting an Instagram story of herself crying about the general situation in regards to immigrants:
“I just wanted to say that I’m so sorry. All my people are getting attacked. The children. I don’t understand. I’m so sorry I wish I could do something but I can’t. I don’t know what to do. I’ll try everything, I promise.” 00:01 - 00:32
Right, and so that got a ton of attention on X, trending super high this morning and getting a lot of mixed reactions.
On one side, you had a lot of people condemning Selena and the video, accusing her of trying to get attention, saying that celebrities shouldn’t weigh in on these matters.[][][]
In fact, the video got so much backlash that Selena ended up deleting it, posting another story with the text: “Apparently it’s not ok to show empathy for people”[][]
Though it also looks like she deleted that too.
But, on the other side, there were also plenty of people defending her.
Arguing that it’s important for celebrities to speak out and that we encourage them to do that so we shouldn’t tear them down when they do.[][]
But beyond all that, we’ve also seen a lot of people slamming the Trump administration’s decision to allow ICE raids in so-called “sensitive” locations like churches, hospitals, and schools.
This very notably including top clergy leaders like the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops — USCCB — which issued a statement saying:
“Turning places of care, healing, and solace into places of fear and uncertainty for those in need, while endangering the trust between pastors, providers, educators and the people they serve, will not make our communities safer.”[]
But that statement also attracted backlash from Vice President JD Vance, who slammed the remark.
Accusing Catholic bishops of only caring about money, saying:
“As a practicing Catholic, I was actually heartbroken by that statement and I think that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops needs to actually look in the mirror a little bit and recognize that when they receive over $100 million to help resettle illegal immigrants, are they worried about humanitarian concerns? Or are they actually worried about their bottom line?”
And adding, “I think the US Conference of Catholic Bishops has, frankly, not been a good partner in common sense immigration enforcement that the American people voted for, and I hope, again, as a devout Catholic, that they’ll do better.”
Now, very notably here, you had a lot of experts pointing out that Vance seems to be referring to the fact that the USCCB has a massive refugee resettlement agency — and refugees aren’t illegal immigrants.[]
With the organization itself also echoing that point in a statement responding to Vance’s comments.
Noting that the funding they receive from the U.S. federal government goes towards refugees — all of whom are “vetted and approved for the program by the federal government while outside of the United States.”
And also hitting back at Vance by emphasizing that their efforts are in line with Catholic religious values, saying:
“Faithful to the teaching of Jesus Christ, the Catholic Church has a long history of serving refugees.”
But, on that note, that’s where I’m going to end this one.
And with all this, I’d really love to know what you think about anything we covered here.
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This weekend saw the Trump administration start its first large-scale deportation flights of migrants, and it’s been dramatic.
The situation has hurt relations with multiple Latin American countries, nearly sparked a trade war, and possibly led to a unique deal with El Salvador.
The biggest headlines are surrounding the drama with Colombia.
Yesterday morning, some military planes filled with would-be deportees were supposed to leave from San Diego to Colombia. []
However, that plan had to be scrapped after Colombia denied the plane's entry.
Things QUICKLY progressed from here, because just after the news broke that Colombia wasn’t going to play ball, Trump wrote on Truth Social:
“I was just informed that two repatriation flights from the United States, with a large number of Illegal Criminals, were not allowed to land in Colombia. This order was given by Colombia’s Socialist President Gustavo Petro, who is already very unpopular amongst his people. Petro’s denial of these flights has jeopardized the National Security and Public Safety of the United States, so I have directed my Administration to immediately take the following urgent and decisive retaliatory measures.” []
He went on to threaten some serious penalties on Colombia for this move, such as a 25% tariff that was set to start ASAP followed by a 50% tariff if things didn’t change within a week.
On top of that, there would be a travel ban on Colombian officials and a revocation of their visas alongside that of their “allies and supporters.”
(It’s very unclear who would be included in that category).
Other threats included “Visa Sanctions on all Party Members, Family Members, and Supporters of the Colombian Government.
-Enhanced Customs and Border Protection Inspections of all Colombian Nationals and Cargo on national security grounds.
-IEEPA Treasury, Banking and Financial Sanctions to be fully imposed.”
In response, Colombian President Gustavo Petro wrote a very long post on X.
I won’t get into everything said since this isn’t an audio book, but the main points are that he was defiant of Trump.
Petro called himself stubborn and warned that Trump wouldn’t be able to strongarm him into a policy and writing:
“You can try to carry out a coup with your economic strength and your arrogance like with what happened to Ah-yen-deh… I resisted torture and I resist you.”
(He’s not being dramatic about resisting torture. He used to be a leftist rebel in Colombia before being imprisoned and tortured). []
He also accused Trump of being racist and thinking Colombians were “inferior.”
He also added that:
“I am informed that you impose a 50% tariff on the fruits of our human labor to enter the United States, and I do the same.”
In addition to this -- and possibly a sign of what will come if Trump imposes such sanctions on other countries -- Petro warned that Colombia would just turn to other countries across the globe for trade and relations.
And there it is… the Trump administration ALMOST had its first official trade war.
…Except a crisis was avoided because the White House announced last night that Colombia “has agreed to all of President Trump’s terms,” including to accept military flights of deportees.
We’ll have to wait and see how that plays out in the long term, but Trump did say that the threats would be held “in reserve.”
If such tit-for-tat tariffs were imposed, it would mean that we’d be paying way more for coffee as that’s one of Colombia’s biggest exports to the US.
Colombia’s foreign minister seconded that some kind of deal was in place, saying in a televised address that “We have overcome the impasse with the United States government.”
One of the issues seems to have been HOW the Trump administration was deporting people.
Right, Colombian officials felt their citizens weren’t being treated with dignity by being thrown onto military planes -- which aren’t exactly known for their comfort.[]
Because of this, Petro announced that the Presidential plane would be available to pick up deportees.
The use of military planes to conduct these flights seems to be a controversial one as it wasn’t just Colombia that denied the flight.
Mexico similarly denied such a flight this weekend, although that’s been overshadowed by a looming trade war and troops along the border to stop the so-called migrant invasion.
That’s not to say that all such flights were denied.
Right, reportedly Guatemala took in the flights on Friday without any issues.
But even in situations where commercial planes were used for otherwise-routine deportation flights there were still problems. []
Like on Saturday, when Brazil was outraged after 88 deportees who agreed to go back to Brazil arrived in handcuffs.
One person on the flight was a 31-year-old computer technician who claimed that:
“On the plane they didn’t give us water, we were tied hands and feet, they wouldn’t even let us go to the bathroom.”
Another said that “Things have already changed (with Trump), immigrants are treated as criminals.” []
Another issue throughout all of this is how to deal with asylum seekers.
Trump tried to announce that he was reinstating the “Remain in Mexico” policy, which pretty much meant Asylum seekers would have to sit around in Mexico while their case was processed.
However, Mexico’s president pointed out that even reinstating the policy would need a bilateral agreement and they haven’t given that.
Which is possibly why the Trump administration is exploring a unique asylum agreement with El Salvador.
Pretty much instead of accepting refugees ourselves, we’d send them to a “Safe, third country….” in this case, El Salvador.
One thing bolstering this plan is the fact that unlike the last time Trump was in office, El Salvador is a VASTLY more safe country.
That arguably came at the cost of a lot of civil rights, but the fact remains that crime overall has plummeted.
So much so that it went from the murder capital of the world to having the fewest in the western hemisphere.
The details of such a plan are still in the works so we’ll have to wait and see how that goes.
But I want to hear from you.
Deportation flights or a relatively normal thing,
What I want to know is whether you think using military planes to conduct them is “undignified” considering how sparse their accommodations are.
Additionally, should the people who voluntarily chose to go back to their countries rather than fight deportation cases be sent back in cuffs?
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It’s been a bad few days to be in the AI business if you’re an American or European, with the software and hardware companies underpinning the industry losing at least $1 trillion in valuation after a group of Chinese researchers released DeepSeek.
The company behind DeepSeek first released it in late December before getting its most recent “R1” update on January 20th.
Since then independent researchers have been testing it and finding that it’s far more efficient and powerful than ChatGPT -- which used to be considered the premier large-language AI.[]
It has a bunch of other features that are unique and interesting for AI-nerds.
One is that it apparently is more transparent about HOW it gets an answer and delivers a “train of thought” that helps people see how it deduced an answer.
The Company behind the model hopes that this transparency will help increase how accurate it can be in the long run as users point out issues.
It also touts itself as Open-source, which is often considered a huge plus in the tech community.
Although some have pointed out that may not be completely true since it’s difficult to verify some things with the budget and hardware constraints of an everyday person.[]
Regardless, it’s completely shaken up the industry… especially because of how little money was allegedly spent on it and how quickly it was made.
The company claims it took just TWO months to develop, cost less than $6 million, and runs on far worse hardware than other models -- meaning it’s far more efficient.[]
That’s a FAR, FAR cry from the tens of millions to billions that other companies have reportedly spent.
For example, two years ago OpenAI claimed that it cost them $700,000 a DAY to keep ChatGPT running.
That accounts for server costs and access to the super computers that actually run the AI.
Now sure, they have paid users to offset those costs… but it still amounts to hundreds of millions a year in just maintenance costs even if you account for pricing going down as tech gets better.
And that shows in the recent pledge OpenAI and other tech companies made when they promised to spend $500 billion to build out the US’ AI infrastructure.
As a final cherry on top, DeepSeek is CHEAP for people wanting to get more than what the free features offer.
ChatGPT costs $20 a month whereas DeepSeek is closer to a few bucks at most.[][]
That being said… Some have doubted DeepSeeks’s overall numbers and feel they're being dishonest about how much it actually costs to develop.
But for investors that doesn’t seem to matter because they were quick to start selling off AI stocks.
As of recording, Oracle’s stock dropped nearly 13% and the European company ASML fell about 7.5%. [][]
While Nvidia, which touted itself as the premier AI company as much of the industry relies on their chips, lost over 16%. []
That’s like $465 million, making it the single biggest individual drop in the market’s history.
And the NASDAQ as a whole -- which tracks far more than just these hyper-specific tech stocks -- even felt the pressure and dropped 3% as of this morning.[]
It’s harder to tell how much this will hurt OpenAI since they aren’t a publicly traded company.
But it’s probably a bad sign for them that DeepSeek is now topping things like the App Store.
There’s also been a lot of talk about the LACK of a response from figures like Sam Altman, who is the CEO of OpenAI.
Right, he’s been silent about DeepSeek despite tweeting about his own company’s new releases.
And many felt like the silence itself was damning.
We’ll keep an eye on this over the coming days and weeks as more and more groups actually test out the new AI.
But if it lives up to the hype it can mean that American and European companies have a lot of work to do… not to mention that we might see the first AI stock bubble begin to pop.
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If you’re in Southern California, I’ve got a bit of good news, some bad news, even more bad news, and a little more bad news for ya.
So let’s start with the good news, which is that the wildfires appear to be pretty much under control now. [B roll, 00:03]
With authorities reporting that all three major infernos—Palisades, Eaton and Hughes—were between 90 and 98% contained as of Sunday. [Quote, find “98” and “95” and B roll, 01:41]
With fire crews getting some much needed relief the same day as rainfall doused some areas and was expected to continue in scattered bursts over the following days. [B roll, 00:10]
Though as we discussed last week, the rain also brought fears of flash floods and mudslides that could create toxic debris flows. [B roll, 00:59]
Right, because you’ve got tons of ash from incinerated cars, electronics, batteries, building materials, paints, furniture, everything that burned—and it carries pesticides, asbestos, plastics and lead, among other pollutants. [Same B roll and Quote, find “batteries”]
But as these wildfires simmer down, survivors are facing a different, less natural threat: their fellow humans. [B roll, 01:05]
With The Washington Post reporting that in Los Angeles County, median rents surged 20% from their already high levels before the fires. [Graph]
Which, by the way, is definitely illegal.
Because after the fires broke out, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order capping price increases for hotels, housing, gas and other goods at 10%. [Quote, find “10 percent”]
Yet in nearly 30 cities within the county, according to the Post, rents shot up well past that limit, and in some places it’s fucking insane. [Image]
With the Encino and Glendora neighborhoods, for example, reportedly seeing prices go up as much as 150%. [Graph]
And if you narrow it down to specific zip codes, the picture gets even worse.
With parts of Sherman Oaks and Valley Village, among other neighborhoods, watching their rents more than triple. [Graph]
So naturally the Post reached out to some landlords for an explanation; you know, maybe they’ve got something to say.
But when a reporter called the real estate firm that listed a two-bed, two-bath rental whose price apparently rose nearly 40%, [Quote, find “40 percent”]
The person who answered the phone reportedly said, “Do yourself a favor and jump in the lake,” followed by an expletive. [Same quote]
But even if they don’t wanna talk to a journalist, they may have to answer to the police.
Because the California attorney general’s office is reportedly investigating tips of rent gouging, and they’ve reportedly issued over 500 warning letters to hotels and landlords so far. [Quote, find “500”]
With the AG saying at a press briefing a week ago: [Lead B roll into clip]
[Clip, 02:47 - 02:52; Clip, 03:22 - 03:42] Caption: “These predators are looking at the disaster with dollar signs in their eyes. … Be it landlords, short-term rentals or hotels, price gouging evacuees, or predatory buyers swooping in with lowball property offers, whether it be scams or looting, you can be sure we will hold you accountable.”
But for people who left their homes, price gouging isn’t the only thing they have to worry about. [B roll, 01:17]
Because you have CBS News reporting that insurance companies like State Farm and Allstate dropped thousands of existing California policies and/or stopped underwriting new ones in the months before the wildfires. [Headline and same B roll]
With many people either going uninsured or switching to the FAIR Plan, California’s publically organized, privately run insurer of last resort. [Same B roll]
In fact, roughly 1,400 of Palisade’s 9,000 homes were reportedly covered by the plan in 2024. [Quote same link, find “1,400”]
More than quadruple the number in 2020. [Same quote]
So now, those who are covered by insurance have to file claims and wrangle with insurance adjusters over how much they’re owed. [B roll, 00:03]
Because as we’ve seen with previous natural disasters, homeowners often get way less than the actual cost of damages and spend years trying to squeeze the rest out of their insurers. [Same B roll]
And that goes for the FAIR Plan as well, not just normal plans. [Same B roll]
Though fortunately for anyone who was completely displaced, insurers are legally required to immediately pay one-third of the estimated value of their belongings and a minimum of four months' rent. [Quote, find “four months”]
But even after the dust settles on this wildfire season, policy makers are concerned about the permanent effects on California’s insurance market when the next one comes.
Because Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo estimated a couple of weeks ago that the wildfires would cost insurers as much as 30 billion dollars, a record for the state. [Headline]
With the total cost, including non-insured damages, estimated to reach 40 billion. [Quote same link, find “40”]
Which, as high as it is, pales in comparison to the 150 billion dollar estimate released by AccuWeather earlier this month. [Headline]
But of course, climate change doesn’t discriminate, so this problem’s not unique to California.
Which is why we’ve seen other states like Florida and Louisiana struggle to manage their insurance markets in recent years too.
With the situation just getting worse and worse after each successive disaster, from Hurricane Ian to Hurricane Helene to Hurricane Milton.
But just know that even as the world crumbles into a churning hellscape of fire and wind, you can always watch it happen right here on the Philip DeFranco Show.
Links:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/25/la-county-rent-gouging-wildfires/
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In international news, the ceasefire deals involving Israel, Hamas, and Hezbollah have barely survived the weekend.
And even though they did, that doesn’t mean more people haven’t been killed.
And on that note, let’s start in Lebanon, where Israeli troops reportedly killed 24 people yesterday.
Right, because connected to that? Yesterday? It was the deadline set in the November ceasefire deal for the full withdrawal of Israeli troops.
And in turn, Hezbollah would end its armed presence in southern Lebanon.
With the Lebanese army essentially taking its place to prevent it and other armed groups from conducting combat operations against Israel.
But in recent days, Israeli officials accused Lebanon and Hezbollah of failing to uphold their end of the agreement.
The Lebanese government, for its part, has said that it can’t send its forces into areas until Israeli troops have withdrawn.
And Hezbollah? It’s warned that it would basically consider the ceasefire null and void if Israel failed to meet the deadline[]
And with that, Israel? It has reportedly withdrawn from southern Lebanon’s western sector and several other positions in the center and the east.
But on Friday, it confirmed that it wouldn’t meet the deadline for getting out all of its troops.[]
With this leading to the White House calling for “a short, temporary ceasefire extension.”
But while those negotiations began, yesterday, hundreds of people ignored warnings from the Lebanese and Israeli militaries and moved to return home –
Marching back toward their still Israeli-occupied villages along the border.
Notably, with this coming as Hezbollah's TV station appeared to encourage people to return south.
With, in some places, convoys arriving waving the yellow and green flag of the group.[]
And so the Israeli military?
It reportedly opened fire several times, killing those 24 I mentioned, as well as wounding more than 130 according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry.
With an Israeli spokesperson claiming that Hezbollah had sent “agitators” to southern Lebanon to inflame tensions.
And the IDF saying in a statement it fired, quote, “warning shots” at, quote, “suspects” who approached its troops.[]
And despite all that, by late last night, Israel and Lebanon agreed to extend the deadline for Israeli forces to pull out.
And specifically, according to a statement from the White House, “the arrangement between Lebanon and Israel, monitored by the United States, will continue to be in effect until February 18, 2025.”
With that statement also saying negotiations would begin for the return of Lebanese prisoners captured after October 7th, 2023. []
And of course, we’ll have to wait and see how that plays out.
But in the meantime, we now gotta turn our attention to the Israel-Hamas ceasefire – and how it also almost all fell apart this weekend.
Right, going back to Saturday, Hamas freed four female Israeli soldiers, and Israel?
But the Israeli government claimed there was another female civilian hostage that should have been released first: a woman by the name of Arbel Yehoud (Ar-bell Yah-who’d).
And that’s because the ceasefire agreement had stipulated that civilian women should be returned before female soldiers []
And with that, you also had Israel accusing Hamas of failing to provide details on the conditions of hostages set to be freed in the remaining five weeks of the ceasefire’s first phase.[]
So then, yesterday, we saw the Israeli military blocking thousands of displaced Palestinians from traveling back to their homes in the northern parts of the Gaza Strip.
Which, notably, is another of the main promises of the first phase of the ceasefire.
And like in Lebanon, Israeli soldiers reportedly fired on the crowds several times – killing two people according to Gazan health officials.
With the Israeli military defending itself by claiming it identified "several gatherings of dozens of suspects" who had advanced toward Israeli forces and "posed a threat to them" –
With this leading to them firing warning shots. []
But again, despite that, the deal has survived for now.
WIth Hamas reportedly now agreeing to release three hostages, including Yah-who’d, on Thursday —
Notably, slightly ahead of the previously agreed-upon release day for a further three hostages.[]
And with that, early this morning,the checkpoints opened up, and tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians began returning home to northern Gaza. (BROLL: 2:01:22)
But of course, they’re largely returning home to ruins.
Not to mention, the second and far more difficult phase of the ceasefire deal hasn’t yet been negotiated.
Right, Hamas says it will not release the remaining 60 or so hostages unless Israel ends the war,...
But Netanyahu says he is still committed to destroying the group and ending its nearly 18-year rule over Gaza.[]
So, really, we’re far from knowing how this really is all gonna end.
And of course, as we’ve talked about many times, Donald Trump as president?
That’s just a whole other wild card in the mix.
And that’s something we saw this weekend too.
Right, with Trump speaking to reporters on Air Force One after a meeting with the King of Jordan, and saying this about Gaza:
“I mean, you’re talking about probably a million and a half people, and we just clean out that whole thing.” (AUDIO: 0:27-0:35).
And with that, Trump specifically suggested Palestinians leave Gaza and be taken into Jordan and Egypt “temporarily” or “long-term”, also saying:
“Almost everything’s demolished and people are dying there, so I’d rather get involved with some of the Arab Nations and build housing in a different location where they can maybe live in peace for a change.”
And with all that, it isn’t clear whether Trump’s comment indicates an actual change in American policy.
But notably, under Biden, as well as other recent presidents besides Trump, the official US position has been in support of Palestinian statehood.
And no recent White House has suggested the “long-term” departure of Palestinians from Gaza, which most American presidents have seen as a part of an eventual Palestinian state.[]
But it’s still sparking a lot of conversation because to a lot of people, what Trump’s suggesting there?
It sounds a lot like ethnic cleansing,
With director of one Palestinian rights group saying:
“To ‘clean’ Gaza immediately after the war would in fact be a continuation of the war, through the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people.”
And now, in response, you have one senior Trump administration official saying:
“You cannot demand that people remain in an uninhabitable place for political reasons.”
Also adding the Palestinians might be provided with an assurance they could eventually return. []
But of course, as reported by The Guardian, there would be little trust in any offer of temporary relocation outside Gaza to allow reconstruction –
Especially given the history of repeated displacements starting with the initial expulsion of roughly 700,000 Palestinians after the creation of Israel.
Right, at that time, many reportedly thought they were just leaving temporarily, and for decades held on to the keys for homes they hoped to reclaim.[]
Not to mention, far-right Israeli politicians?
They welcomed Trump’s proposal but didn’t give any indication they saw it as only a temporary solution. .
One, for example, writing on X that “the idea of helping them find other places to start a new, good life is a great idea.”
And going on to say he’d work closely to “ensure that there is an operational plan to implement this as soon as possible.”[]
And then, another similarly vow1ing to work with the government on a plan, and saying:
““When the president of the world’s greatest superpower, Trump, personally brings up this idea, it is worth the Israeli government implementing it — promote emigration now!” []
And now with all that, Jordan and Egypt have firmly rejected the idea that they’d take in refugees from Gaza.
And many Palestinians? They have no interest in leaving.
One returning to the north today telling The Guardian, for example:
“Whether the ceasefire succeeds or not, we will never leave Gaza City and the north again, even if Israel would sent a tank for each one of us. No more displacement.” []
But with that, all that’s left to do for now is keep an eye on the situation, both the ceasefire deals and then potentially shifting US policy in the region.
And ultimately, who knows where this all ends up.
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