Trump plays with fire in Gaza

By James M. Dorsey

US President Donald J. Trump’s Gaza plan could change the nature of the Gaza war and prolong rather than end the hostilities.

Amid calls for a unified Arab response to Mr. Trump’s plan to resettle or ethnically cleanse Gazan Palestinians, according to many Middle Easterners, officials, journalists, analysts, and social media activists are mulling options.

The options under discussion range from approaches that would give US companies a significant stake in Gaza’s reconstruction to the fuelling of a Hamas-led armed guerilla-style resistance. To read further, listen to the podcast, or watch the video, please go to https://jamesmdorsey.substack.com/p/trump-plays-with-fire-in-gaza

By James M. Dorsey

is a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies as Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, co-director of the Institute of Fan Culture of the University of Würzburg and the author of the blog, The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer, and a forthcoming book with the same title.