Amid starvation [14] and horrifically [15] escalating [16] atrocities [17] in Gaza, Israel announces [18] plans [19] to build a giant concentration camp [20] on the ruins of Rafah, an evident preparation [21] for forced "transfer [22]" of the Palestinian population from the Strip entirely—an idea Trump enthusiastically embraces [23]. On the West Bank, amid growing settler attacks [24], more Palestinian land is enclosed behind separation walls [25] built to protect Israeli settlements. Amid all this, Benjamin Netanyahu (wanted for war crimes [26] by the ICC [27]) meets with Trump in Washington to openly discuss the "transfer" plan—and announces that he has nominated [28] the American president for the Nobel Peace Prize. In Episode 286 [29] of the CounterVortex podcast [30], Bill Weinberg argues that Trump could in fact get get the Nobel prize while facilitating genocide [31] in Gaza and instating a mass detention state [32] in the US—a fitting inauguration of the fascist world order [33].
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