In Donald Trump’s first term, his administration rode roughshod over Palestinians, reversing decades of US policy by recognising the contested city of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and saying the US would no longer deem Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank a violation of international law.
Yet even that record had not prepared Palestinians for Trump’s proposal this week that the US should take over Gaza — if needed by force — and transfer the 2mn people living in the…
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