now let's turn to West Asia you know that a ceasefire is underway in Gaza Hamas is releasing Israeli hostages in exchange the Israelis are releasing Palestinian Prisoners the guns have mostly Fallen silent and the world anxiously awaits the conclusion of 15 months of War but what happens after that what happens to war on Gaza which is mostly Rubble at this point Gaza will have to be rebuilt and that's hard to do when you have millions of displaced people all over this ties in with a new report that is doing the rounds the rather alarming title
apparently there's a plan to relocate gazan civilians all the way to Indonesia here's how the story came about there was an interview with a member of Donald Trump's transition team an unnamed Source from the incoming us Administration The Source was talking about Trump's new Envoy to West Asia Steve witkoff witkoff was reportedly instrumental in getting the Gaza ceasefire deal signed he flew down to Israel on on Sabbath a holy day for Jewish people and demanded to see prime minister Benin Netanyahu wikov reportedly pressured Netanyahu into meeting and then into accepting the ceasefire deal Trump's onvo
now looking at the next steps The Source the unnamed transition official said and I quote if we don't help the gazans if we don't make their life better if we don't give them a sense of hope there is going to be a rebellion this means Gaza needs to be rebuilt unless some normaly returns the Palestines in Gaza will eventually Revolt that is the fear taking us right back to where we started how does one clean up all the debris how does one clear the rubble that is Gaza today especially when millions of Palestinians are out
and about rumaging through their former homes it will be difficult to say the least and that is why Trump's onvoy is thinking about relocating them temporarily moving gazans to a third country while the Gaza Strip is cleaned up and rebuilt now one of the third countries being considered is apparently Indonesia Indonesia is the world's most populist Muslim Nation it has staunchly supported the Palestinian cause and it has pledged to support gaza's reconstruction Indonesia has showed unwavering support to the Palestinians but they did not really sign up to take in thousands of people reacting to the
relocation reports Indonesia says it has and I'm quoting never heard about this plan they had no idea they were even being considered as a host country and their surprise is understandable I mean look at the map Indonesia is all the way in Southeast Asia Gaza is in West Asia thousands of Kil kilometers away it is hard to imagine flying tens of thousands of gazin to Indonesia sure Indonesia is the world's largest Muslim majority Nation but that does not mean they're equipped to handle Palestinian people where do they set up a base and what do they
do about the language barrier it's all quite ridiculous if you think about it if relocating is really being considered somewhere in West Asia would make the most sense another arabic speaking Nation with the resources to host Palestinian people but that is a potential Minefield because West Asia has seen this play out time and again the Arab countries surrounding Israel host millions of Palestinians already people who are displaced during who were displaced rather during the nakba in the late 1940s and with every Arab Israel war since these older Palestinian refugees have not been allowed to return
that is why people in Gaza don't want to leave now even temporarily because they fear they will never be allowed back relocation will be a hard cell whether to a neighboring Arab Nation or all the way to Indonesia so Trump's onvoy might have to reconsider his plan and find a different way to help rebuild Gaza from breaking news to the day's biggest controversies shedding light on the world's top headlines detailed the analysis on the stories that matter the most to you catch it all on Spotlight at 6:00 p.m. India time and 12:30 GMT only on
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