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Rafeef Ziadah, Senior Lecturer in Politics and Public Policy (Emerging Economies), King's College London

Donald Trump’s vision for Gaza’s future: what a leaked plan tells us about US regional strategy

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The Gaza Reconstitution, Economic Acceleration and Transformation Trust (Great Trust) vision. Supplied

Entire neighbourhoods in Gaza lie in ruins. Hundreds of thousands are crammed into tents, struggling for food, water and power. Despite this devastation, a leaked 38-page document from Donald Trump’s administration – the Gaza Reconstitution, Economic Acceleration and Transformation (Great) Trust – proposes to “fundamentally transform Gaza” folding it into the India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor (Imec).

While framed as a reconstruction plan, it outlines “massive US gains,” Imec’s acceleration, and consolidation of an “Abrahamic regional architecture” – a term that refers back to the 2020 Abraham Accords, US-brokered agreements that normalised relations between Israel, the UAE and Bahrain.

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