NewsTracker Answers for week of Feb. 10, 2025

Q: President Donald Trump said last week that the 2 million Palestinian residents of Gaza should be moved to other countries so the United States could take over the war-devastated territory to rebuild it into “the Riviera of the Middle East.” Where is Gaza?

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Q: Trump’s proposal shocked many nations who said expelling Gaza residents would violate international law. It also was rejected by Israel’s neighbors that Trump said should take the displaced Palestinians. Which nation borders both Israel and Gaza?

A. Egypt

B. Jordan

C. Lebanon

D. Syria


A. Egypt took control of Gaza after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. At that time, Gaza had become a refuge for many of the 700,000 Arab Palestinians who were expelled or fled lands which became the state of Israel. More than half the population of Gaza descends from some of those refugees. Israel took over Gaza in the 1967 Six-Day War.


Q: Since the current war with Israel began in October 2023, almost all of Gaza’s residents fled their homes and most buildings have been destroyed. About how many Palestinians have been reported killed in Gaza?

A. 28,000

B. 38,000

C. 48,000

D. 58,000


C. Palestinian officials say 48,000 civilians and Hamas combatants died and an estimated 10,000 more could be buried under the rubble. The war started after Hamas fighters killed about 1,200 people and took 251 hostages in a surprise attack on Israel. More than 800 Israeli troops have been killed in the war.


Q: While many nations opposed Trump’s proposal, it gained some support in Israel where military officials were ordered to come up with a plan for the “voluntary” removal of Gaza residents. Which nation once expelled its Jewish population?

A. Austria

B. England

C. Spain

D. All of the above


D. Jews have been expelled from their homeland and hundreds of other places starting in the 8th century BC and extending into the 21st century. Most Israelis descend from Ashkenazi Jews who had migrated to Europe where they were frequently displaced and subject to centuries of racial violence.


Q: In the Holocaust, 6 million European Jews were systematically murdered by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II. Who recently told a far-right group in Germany to move beyond “past guilt” shortly before Holocaust Remembrance Day?

A. Benjamin Netanyahu

B. Elon Musk

C. JD Vance

D. Mohammed bin Salman


B. Musk, a close Trump ally and adviser, said "children should not be guilty of the sins of their parents, let alone their great-grandparents … be proud of German culture, German values, and not to lose that in some sort of multiculturalism." Musk’s videolink remarks came two days before the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp on Jan. 27, 1945.