Trump's Gaza plan shocks the world but finds support in Israel

President Donald Trump’s plan to seek U.S. ownership of the Gaza Strip and move out its population has found a sympathetic ear in Israel. Trump’s proposal lent legitimacy to a notion long championed by Israel’s far-right. Although it is laden with moral, legal and practical questions, it has found fertile ground in an Israeli public traumatized by Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attacks. Whether or not the plan becomes reality, its mere pronouncement by the most powerful leader in the world has sparked enthusiasm about an idea once considered to be beyond the pale in the Israeli mainstream.