Why do Gaza residents live in misery, with daily Israeli bombings, while the United States promises “peace, stability and opportunity”?
US plans for Gaza amount to a “theme park of dispossession” for Palestinians, says Sharif Abdel Kouddous, Middle East editor of Drop Site News.
Abdel Kouddous told host Steve Clemons that the draconian measures planned for the two million shocked Palestinians in Gaza are an Orwellian maze of biometrics, bureaucracy and “a government surveillance laboratory” – all designed to drive them out.
Noting that Israel has “not passed the first phase” of any ceasefire agreement with an Arab country, Abdel Kouddous warns that Israel is establishing facts on the ground in Gaza – including 50 military bases – “which will eventually become permanent.”
Published on February 1, 2026
