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Source: https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/22245/gaza-master-plan-delusion
The Trump Administration's Delusional Gaza Master Plan
(Gatestone Institute) Khaled Abu Toameh - At the recent meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, presidential aide Jared Kushner presented his "New Gaza" master plan to transform the territory into a hub for "coastal tourism" and commerce. The assumption that boosting the Palestinian economy would have a moderating effect on the Palestinians has already proven delusional. After the signing of the Oslo Accord between Israel and the PLO in 1993, the international community poured billions of dollars on the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. The international aid did not prompt then PA President Yasser Arafat or his successor, Abbas, to make far-reaching concessions to Israel during the peace negotiations. Both Arafat and Abbas rejected several Israeli peace proposals. The Palestinians are not going to give up the "right of return" because of foreign investment in Gaza. Hamas is not going to recognize Israel's right to exist or give up its Jihad (holy war) against the "Zionist entity" because of new homes, luxury apartments and tourist resorts. The only way to change the hearts and minds of Palestinians is through a deep and thorough process of re-education and actual serious pressure, for once, from the outside world.