Scott Horton argues that Trump's plan is an opening negotiating position that implies a dangerous and unworkable plan for long-term American military occupation.

“that would mean American GIS and Marines in the place of the IDF and as we just saw getting shot killing people getting killed and achieving nothing for it”

Omar Baddar characterizes the proposal as ethnic cleansing and utter lunacy that violates international law.

“effectively at this point what he's proposing is the destruction of Palestinian Society in Gaza the scattering of Palestinians to neighboring countries and then for Trump to come and own the Gaza Strip I mean it's just it's utter lunacy”