US President Donald Trump's vision of a Gaza Strip cleared of its Palestinian inhabitants and redeveloped into an international beach resort under US control has revived an idea floated by his son-in-law Jared Kushner a year ago
The idea, outlined by Trump in a press conference on Tuesday, has drawn shocked reactions from both Palestinians and Western critics who say it would be tantamount to ethnic cleansing and illegal under international law
But it was not the first time Trump has spoken of Gaza in terms of real estate investment opportunities
In October last year, Trump told a radio interviewer,
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Gaza could be "better than Monaco" if rebuilt in the right way
