Amid starvation [15] and horrifically [16] escalating [17] atrocities [18] in Gaza, Israel announces [19] plans [20] to build a giant concentration camp [21] on the ruins of Rafah, an evident preparation [22] for forced "transfer [23]" of the Palestinian population from the Strip entirely—an idea Trump enthusiastically embraces [24]. On the West Bank, amid growing settler attacks [25], more Palestinian land is enclosed behind separation walls [26] built to protect Israeli settlements. Amid all this, Benjamin Netanyahu (wanted for war crimes [27] by the ICC [28]) meets with Trump in Washington to openly discuss the "transfer" plan—and announces that he has nominated [29] the American president for the Nobel Peace Prize. In Episode 286 [30] of the CounterVortex podcast [31], Bill Weinberg argues that Trump could in fact get get the Nobel prize while facilitating genocide [32] in Gaza and instating a mass detention state [33] in the US—a fitting inauguration of the fascist world order [34].
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