President Donald Trump’s announcement more than a week ago that he wanted the United States to take over the Gaza Strip and drive its Palestinian residents to neighboring countries initially stunned many American Jewish groups and leaders into silence.
But slowly, they are beginning to weigh in.
In a full-page ad in The New York Times Thursday (Feb. 13), some 350 rabbis and a host of Jewish celebrities condemned the plan. The ad read: “Trump has called for the removal of all Palestinians from Gaza. Jewish people say NO to ethnic cleansing!”
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