The right answer for the Gaza Strip

THE EDITOR, Madam:

​Donald Trump just may have the right answer for the Gaza Strip. And it’s perfectly legal under international law.

As per the League of Nations’ acceptance of the San Remo Accords, following World War One, and Article 80 of the United Nations Charter, Israel includes Gaza, Judea and Samaria. As a sovereign state, only Israel can decide to dispose of any of its territory.

The Oslo Accords allowed 100,000 Palestinian Authority (PA) members into Israel until such time as a two-state solution could be worked out. The PA occupies about 40 per cent of Judea and Samaria. In 2000, Yasser Arafat, former president of the Palestinian National Authority, betrayed Oslo and launched suicide bombers against his so-called partners, murdering 1,300 and wounding thousands more.

In 2005, Israel removed every Jew from Gaza to see what the PA could create. October 7, 2023 was the answer.

The two-state solution is obviously a failed concept. Israel may develop a series of cantons, where Palestinians can have limited self-governance.

Gaza, which could have become another Singapore, is a thornier issue. One thing is certain: it will never endanger Israeli lives again.

Gaza – the day after – is still an unsolved issue. However, if the US wants it, Israel could, legally, turn it over to them. It’s an idea that sounds better the more one ponders the alternatives.

LEN BENNETT

Ottawa, Canada