The idea of transferring the population of Gaza to Egypt and Jordan is futile. Jordan is incapable of taking these people in; Egypt, which is very much capable of doing so, does not want to. What may happen – and here begins the “Trump paradox” – is that owing to the dictates of the U.S. president, which are those of a sheriff, not a statesman, the Palestinians and Arab countries (which for over seven decades have refused to let the Palestinians leave the deep mire of refugeehood), will be forced to come to their senses and begin thinking rationally about ending the state of chronic misery they have all chosen.