# What will happen in Gaza now that Trump won? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [November 6, 2024, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-in-gaza-now-that-trump-won/1009762 "2024-11-06T06:38:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 132
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2025, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-in-gaza-now-that-trump-won/1009762/132 "2025-01-29T23:24:57Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > But what’s the difference now, in your view? In reality, there isn’t a huge difference, because Israel was never remotely interested in genociding the Palestinians; but anyone who thinks that _is_ something Israel wanted should be shitting themselves, given that Trump is pretty clearly supportive of the idea (and back in reality, more so than any but the most unhinged Israelis). > [@Mijin](#): > > Frankly in the other threads ISTM you refuse to acknowledge that Israel has done anything wrong, or at least consider the civilian deaths as in line with most conflicts. Correct; Israel has certainly made some mistakes, but all in all the handling of the conflict is very much in line with prior wars against insurgents under similar conditions. > [@Mijin](#): > > So what’s the difference now? Hand Bibi a billion bombs, how’s that going to make anything worse? It’s not like he just bombs civilian neighbourhoods without specific intelligence on a Hamas target and doing all he can to minimize civilian casualties, right? You’re right, there isn’t a difference. Israel isn’t going to genocide the Palestinians no matter who is in the White House; you’d need a Prime Minister Smotrich or Ben Gvir for that scenario to arise, and anyone familiar with Israel’s internal politics knows that this would be about as likely as getting a President Jill Stein. But if you _had_ the sort of Israel that had a Prime Minister Smotrich at its helm, _and the “Israel is Genociding” crowd clearly thinks that a Netanyahu at the helm is already enough_, then Trump clearly _would be_ far worse, because as he’d made it abundantly clear that he would totally approve of such behavior. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-happen-in-gaza-now-that-trump-won/1009762)._