The images of the hostage handover from the Gaza Strip a few days ago have once again shown how strongly the Palestinian population there is permeated with hatred of Jews. On October 7, we already saw that it is questionable whether there are any “innocent civilians” in the Gaza Strip at all. The unbridled hatred of Jews became all too visible when ordinary citizens of the Gaza Strip abused, spat on, and beat hostages who were bound or already dead, and worked themselves into a frenzy of ecstasy while doing so.
How can you make peace with such a people? If Israel ends the war and takes control of the Gaza Strip, there are really only two options. Either Israel must carry out a lengthy re-education of the population, similar to what happened in Germany and Japan after the Second World War, or Israel must expel the population.
Anything else would only lead to new fighting in the future, probably similar to what we are currently experiencing in Judea and Samaria.
The Indonesia option
Now the new US administration’s Middle East envoy has openly considered temporarily relocating Gaza’s approximately two million residents to Indonesia while the Gaza Strip is being rebuilt.
Relations between Indonesia and the Arabs of the Palestinian Authority have long been close and friendly. Indonesia has always refused to recognize the State of Israel until a peace agreement is reached between Israel and “Palestine,” and has offered strong support to the Arabs of the Palestinian Authority in their fight against Jews.
In June 2024, Indonesia announced that it would evacuate 1,000 victims of the Gaza war for medical treatment, the Jakarta Post reported. The announcement was made by Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto at a press conference at the State Palace in Jakarta.
He also stated that Indonesia was ready to accept 1,000 traumatized children from Gaza and offer them the opportunity to study in Indonesia and return in due course. Prabowo mentioned that Muslim boarding schools in East and West Java had agreed to take care of the Gaza children orphaned by the war.
Friendly and Muslim
If the residents of Gaza actually emigrate to this Indonesia, which is so friendly to them, their problems and Israel’s problems would be solved in one fell swoop. The Arab Muslims from Gaza would live in peace with their Muslim neighbors, free from “apartheid” and “occupation.”
Indonesia is a very beautiful country with many uninhabited islands. After 20 years of Hamas’s reign of terror and the current war, Indonesia would be a true paradise for the battered Palestinians. In the best case, they would even invite their brothers from Judea and Samaria to move to the island paradise as well.
Just a dream?
As beautiful and simple as this scenario sounds, it is very unrealistic. Most of the Muslim world would resist such a move, as the Palestinians are an important pawn in the global jihad against Israel. Just as the world community did not allow the Palestinians to flee the war zone, it will not allow them to “temporarily” leave the Gaza Strip to rebuild it.
On the other hand, Donald Trump has shown that he is willing to implement unorthodox ideas. And from a biblical perspective, one must of course be prepared for miraculous surprises related to Israel. An exodus of the Palestinians is necessary and perhaps even feasible.
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