Very good take on the Gaza-Riviera concept. I am still a bit skeptical, but not as skeptical as National Review has been about this, even as they applaud Trump's overall dealings with Israel. I took issue with their editorial today with the following comment. Be interested what Ira Stoll or anyone else here thinks about what I said, which is the following:
"National Review, you are too quick to dismiss the Gaza-Riviera concept. It has already shaken up the sclerotic 2-state fantasy (a far greater fantasy than Gaza-Riviera). What will come of this shakeup is hard to see. However, the defunding of UNRWA is a piece of this puzzle. UNRWA's purpose, from its start, was to imprison Palestinians in their ghettos to use them as weapons against Israel. It is unique, with all other refugees under the UN High Commissioner on refugees, which seeks to integrate refugees into other societies, not hold them in pens for generations. A permanent destruction of UNRWA would be the best long-term outcome, which along with the Gaza concept, would free the Palestinians from the prison into which the UN and other Arab states have held them, and it would open up a world of other possibilities."
It is worth including additional detail that paints a vivid picture of the injustice in the approach taken by the Cooper Union administration. From the court's decision:
"Cooper Union faults the Jewish students for ‘gather[ing] in a prominent place in the library where they could be seen by the demonstrators,’ and for refusing the suggestion to ‘hid[e] in the windowless upstairs portion of the library out of the demonstrators’ sight or escap[e] the library through the back exit.’".
The NYT tax article left it unclear how Mark Rowan's proposal would treat capital gains. Would Rowan tax a capital gain that is entirely due to inflation at the same rate as wage income? Or would Rowan only tax capital gains that are real, i.e., inflation adjusted?
Rowan is a smart enough guy to have thought about this issue. It would be good to know what Rowan thinks on this.
Anyone who opposes Gazans leaving voluntarily to countries willing to accept them should be asked what gives them the right to turn Gaza into a prison.
Very good take on the Gaza-Riviera concept. I am still a bit skeptical, but not as skeptical as National Review has been about this, even as they applaud Trump's overall dealings with Israel. I took issue with their editorial today with the following comment. Be interested what Ira Stoll or anyone else here thinks about what I said, which is the following:
"National Review, you are too quick to dismiss the Gaza-Riviera concept. It has already shaken up the sclerotic 2-state fantasy (a far greater fantasy than Gaza-Riviera). What will come of this shakeup is hard to see. However, the defunding of UNRWA is a piece of this puzzle. UNRWA's purpose, from its start, was to imprison Palestinians in their ghettos to use them as weapons against Israel. It is unique, with all other refugees under the UN High Commissioner on refugees, which seeks to integrate refugees into other societies, not hold them in pens for generations. A permanent destruction of UNRWA would be the best long-term outcome, which along with the Gaza concept, would free the Palestinians from the prison into which the UN and other Arab states have held them, and it would open up a world of other possibilities."
It is worth including additional detail that paints a vivid picture of the injustice in the approach taken by the Cooper Union administration. From the court's decision:
https://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/24cv2669%20Opinion%20and%20Order.pdf
"Cooper Union faults the Jewish students for ‘gather[ing] in a prominent place in the library where they could be seen by the demonstrators,’ and for refusing the suggestion to ‘hid[e] in the windowless upstairs portion of the library out of the demonstrators’ sight or escap[e] the library through the back exit.’".
The NYT tax article left it unclear how Mark Rowan's proposal would treat capital gains. Would Rowan tax a capital gain that is entirely due to inflation at the same rate as wage income? Or would Rowan only tax capital gains that are real, i.e., inflation adjusted?
Rowan is a smart enough guy to have thought about this issue. It would be good to know what Rowan thinks on this.
Anyone who opposes Gazans leaving voluntarily to countries willing to accept them should be asked what gives them the right to turn Gaza into a prison.