Srinagar, Feb. 6 -- Trump's announcement, made alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, elicited audible gasps-an indication of just how shocking the proposition was. He spoke of Gaza in real estate terms, comparing it to Monaco and promising to make it "the Riviera of the Middle East." But his vision hinges on the forced displacement of more than two million Palestinians, treating them as obstacles to be removed rather than as a people with legitimate rights to their homeland.

The complete lack of details on how such a plan would be executed further exposes its impracticality. Would the United States deploy troops to enforce this takeover? Where would the displaced Palestinians go? Trump vaguely hinted at Egypt and Jordan as...