'Just ridiculous': Internet opposes Joe Biden's government for proposing to resettle Palestinians in US

WASHINGTON, DC: Joe Biden's government is reportedly making imminent plans for the resettlement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to the United States, but the alleged development has sparked warnings from experts about the potential for terrorism and failed assimilation. 

"We are constantly evaluating policy proposals to further support Palestinians who are family members of American citizens and may want to come to the United States," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced in early May, according to Fox News.

Gaza has been a bastion for Hamas militants

Hamas invaded Israel on October 7, claiming the lives of nearly 1200 people, which included over 30 Americans. Several video clips showed Gazans cheering and voicing support for Hamas as they returned with over 250 kidnapped people from southern Israel. The Palestinian locals also debased the bodies of dead Israelis and Europeans.

According to experts, Palestinians in the war-torn Gaza Strip have been steeped in Hamas’ radical ideology since 2007. The US-designated terrorist organization has embedded a dangerous mix of antisemitic, anti-Christian, and anti-American thinking into the minds of over 2 million Gazans.

Veteran Arab affairs analyst, Pinhas Inbari, offers insights into the incident 

Pinhas Inbari, a veteran Arab affairs analyst and correspondent in Israel who spent over 14 years covering the West Bank and Gaza, told the outlet, "I think that the core issue is whether all Gaza is Hamas or as Biden tries to convince us that there is a difference between Hamas and the Gazans, and we have to treat them differently."

He added, "I cannot say all Gazans are Hamas, but you can say they are brainwashed by Hamas. Muslims are indoctrinated with Islam and jihad [in Gaza]. You can’t take them as they are now and plant them in the U.S. Biden has to see Europe to understand."'

Inbari pointed to the late April march of over 1,000 radical Islamists in the northern German city of Hamburg. The Islamists announced that "Caliphate is the solution." A Caliphate is an Islamic state where Sharia law governs all walks of life. It "will take years of education to teach them not to be jihadi Muslims," he added.

He compared Biden’s plan to "taking al-Qaeda to the U.S. They are educated to hate America and Christians. They think if they hate Jews they will not hate Christians. They are mistaken. Al Qaeda hates Christians before Jews."

Palestinian's take on the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict

Biden’s immigration plan and the pro-Hamas protests on college campuses were recently discussed by some Palestinians in Gaza. Israel’s TPS-IL news agency published video footage of Gazans speaking about immigration and anti-Israel protests on US campuses.

"Everything that’s happening here is according to their plan," one elderly Palestinian man said in an apparent reference to Israel. "They attacked Gaza with all of their military might but achieved nothing. But now they’re working on a new plan. They claim their hearts are with the people of Gaza, that they want to bring them out and ease their burdens."

"And this is the core plan of America and the occupation — to force us to emigrate. I will not emigrate — even if the entire universe demands it," the man added. 

However, in the TPS video clip, a younger man stated that he wished to relocate. A middle-aged man added, "I am personally 55 years old. I don’t care to emigrate. But for my kids, I’ll tell them to go."

One Palestinian man even lashed out at the concept of immigration. "Who’s emigrating? God forbid," he said. "Whoever emigrates has no [love of] country, no religion and no belief. "This is someone who has no loyalty to Gaza … who has no real ties to Gaza or to Palestine."

The pro-Hamas protests on American college campuses were addressed by a Palestinian woman, who said, "I think Hamas supports the protests in the USA. Thank you to the students in the USA who stand by the Palestinian people."

A Palestinian man added, "Surely Hamas supports these college students and should support them for that."

What did the US State Department spokesperson say?

"The United States has provided support for over 1,800 eligible individuals from Gaza who have departed or want to depart," a US State Department spokesperson told the outlet.

"This includes U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents (LPRs) and their families, many of whom have come to the United States. This also includes particularly vulnerable individuals such as children with serious health conditions, including cancer and physical disabilities, often a result of the war, who require acute or specialized care in the United States or in the region," the spokesperson added.

The State Department spokesperson made clear all will be carefully checked.

"Any individuals from Gaza who have traveled or would travel to the United States are thoroughly vetted, as the safety and security of the American people is our top priority," the spokesperson said. "We have been clear and consistent: The United States categorically rejects any actions leading to the forced relocation of Palestinians from Gaza or the West Bank or the redrawing of the borders of Gaza."

Middle East expert, Hayvi Bouzo, speaks about Gazans' take on immigrating to the US

Syrian-born American journalist and Middle East expert Hayvi Bouzo reviewed the interviews on TPS-IL. "The Biden administration's immigration policies and open border approach have long been problematic due to inadequate vetting for legal immigrants," Bouzo told the outlet. "In Gaza, for nearly two decades, Hamas has controlled the content of textbooks, media and mosque khutbahs (sermons).

"Most people working in Gaza have had to affiliate with Hamas or other radical groups to find employment, complicating efforts to identify those deeply involved with Hamas' terrorist activities. This situation underscores the critical need for thorough vetting to identify potential national security threats, a measure that has yet to be effectively implemented by the Biden administration," she continued. 

"The administration's efforts to evacuate civilians from conflict zones in Gaza, which is traditionally, internationally praised as a humanitarian effort to save live — are perceived by many Palestinians and Arabs as a ‘conspiracy’ to force Palestinians from their homes," Bouzo added. "I believe the Biden administration's policies have not earned gratitude from any party involved are not particularly perceived as helpful to the Palestinians in Gaza, and come with a national security risk."

She concluded, "On the other hand, Egypt should continue to welcome Gazan refugees, while the U.S. should assist by providing aid, shelter, food and medicine until it's safe for them to return to their homes." 

Majority of the Palestinians in Gaza support Hamas 

A shocking but expected survey in December last year revealed that 57 percent of Palestinian respondents in Gaza and 82 percent of Palestinians in the West Bank (known as Judea and Samaria in Israel) agree with Hamas’ terrorist attack on October 7.

Inbari, an expert on Palestinian society, provided some optimism. He said if the United Arab Emirates, which has diplomatic relations with Israel, takes responsibility for the rebuilding of Gaza, the Emirates "will bring a positive Islam" to the enclave. 

He said there is a possibility "Gazans will learn they were brainwashed by Hamas. I think they will sober up. It happened in Syria with the people who were brainwashed by Assad." 

"Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s Baath Party has spent over 50 years socializing Syrians to hate Israel, Jews and the United States. After Assad started to wipe out Sunni Syrians protesting against his regime in 2011, many Syrians "understood that Assad played with them," Inbari said.

Internet users are strictly against the idea of Palestinians settling in the US

Netizens also expressed their frustrations and spoke about compromise with the safety and security standards in the country with the possible settlement of the displaced Palestinians. One X user vented out his anger, saying, "This fight has been in existence since the beginning of time. Bringing Gazans into our country will just bring the age old fight to the US." 

Another pointed out, "No middle eastern country wants them or Palestinians in general for all the talk about supporting them. Nope, they hate Israel and using Palestinians is how they express it. But they certainly don’t want them in their country. Egypt even built a wall to keep them out." 

"'Could' backfire? Until their neighbors take them in it'd be a poor idea for us to" tweeted one and another wrote, "This is just ridiculous. We need to keep them in the Middle East. They really don’t adhere to our traditions. This can cause more trouble than help."

"So inport more people who hate Jews, then Christians, then Americans," added one user. 

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