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First Greenland, then Gaza: Trump’s new world order

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    • Displaced Palestinians returning to northern Gaza on Jan 27. Trump suggested on Tuesday to relocate Palestinians from the territory to neighbouring Arab nations, and transform Gaza into “the Riviera of the Middle East”.
    • Displaced Palestinians returning to northern Gaza on Jan 27. Trump suggested on Tuesday to relocate Palestinians from the territory to neighbouring Arab nations, and transform Gaza into “the Riviera of the Middle East”. PHOTO: REUTERS

    Leon Hadar

    Published Thu, Feb 6, 2025 · 03:18 PM

    CANADA becomes the 51st state of the US. Then America retakes control of the Panama Canal. The United States also purchases the icy island of Greenland which would become an American territory.

    And now the time has come to redraw the map of the Middle East, as US President Donald Trump did in the press conference that he held with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House on Tuesday (Feb 4) night.

    The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip isn’t entirely over. Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed, and not all the hostages held by Hamas since Oct 7, 2023, have been released.

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