‘Such An Exotic Idea’: Brit Hume Breaks Down Trump’s Strategy To Neutralize Hamas

Veteran political analyst Brit Hume appeared Wednesday on Fox News to discuss President Donald Trump’s strategy to address the persistent unrest in Gaza, prompted by the militant group Hamas.

During an appearance on “Special Report with Bret Baier,” Baier said that Trump’s approach could stir significant international and regional responses and asked Hume for his interpretation. Hume said that Trump’s strategy has potential to shift the longstanding focus away from a two-state solution—a concept that has foundered for over 50 years.

“Such an exotic idea, and it’s, you know, the obstacles are too numerous to mention, Brett, so it may never come to pass, but it has had one notable effect, and that is it has moved the discussion, at least for now, away from the idea of a two-state solution, which has been a dead end for a half a century or more,” Hume said. “The reason principally being that, while it makes all kinds of sense on paper, the Palestinians have really never shown much appetite for the idea. Most of them, I think, want a one-state solution, and Israel is not a part of that.”

Trump’s proposal, as Hume said, aims to radically alter the situation by encouraging Palestinians to either voluntarily relocate or be relocated, thereby transforming Gaza into a viable and even attractive destination.

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“Trump is offering something different, which he hopes would be an enticement to Palestinians to perhaps leave, or be made to leave, and to turn the place into something that would be, you know, inhabitable, livable, and even a vacation destination. I don’t know how far it’ll go, but I think it’s, you know, it puts some of those other countries in the position. They don’t like it, right? Saudi Arabia doesn’t like it, Egypt doesn’t, you know, they’re all complaining about it,” Hume said.

Hume pointed out that the upcoming meeting between Trump and King Abdullah of Jordan is important.