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Jonathan Silver, Professor of Urban Geography, University of Sheffield

The ‘Gaza Riviera’ is a fantasy plan that relies on urbicide and expulsion

The majority of Gaza's urban sites will have to be rebuilt from the ground up. Anas-Mohammed/Shutterstock

The US and Israel have sparked international condemnation over their leaked vision for the reconstruction of a shattered Gaza. The urban development plan seems to have evolved since its emergence earlier in the year. It now includes economic drivers such as blockchain-based trade initiatives, data centres and “world-class resorts”.

And its alignment to the proposed regional logistical network, the India-Middle East-Europe Corridor (Imec) aims to put it at the centre of a pro-American regional architecture.

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