“The great friend of Israel”, as he was self -refinement, spoke. And as usual, he did it without too many concerns for the sense of measure and modesty. Donald Trump, the man who has transformed the skyscrapers into an extension of his ego, today dreams of transforming Gaza into a luxury resort. An “Riviera del Middle East”, he says. Perhaps with casino, golf courses and five -star hotels, in pure Trump Organization style. The negligible detail? The 40,000 Palestinian victims under those rubble: men, women, old people, children. Many of whom are still below, in that hell of ruins and concrete.
Trump, before the president, was a propertyist’s son of a real estate player. Father Fred Trump had accumulated a fortune by building accommodation at affordable prices financed by the government. From the Grand Hyatt of New York to the numerous skyscrapers that bear its name, such as the Trump Tower, the skyscraper – Mausoleum on the Fifth Avenue of Manhattan, in front of Tiffany and a stone’s throw from the cathedral of Saint Patrick, “The Donald” built his own Public image and politics on the fame of MAGNATE IMMOBILIARE, a brand that has consolidated from the 70s. His career in the sector has been marked by great successes, sensational failures and strategic use of his name as a brand. So the destruction of the strip, for him, is not a tragedy, but an investment opportunity. Moreover, the secret plans to transform Gaza into a resort circulating into Israel before his presidency. But if Biden does not even dreamed of revealing them, there have been no problems for Trump.
In its liberal perspective and Naif who ignores the right of peoples to his land Gaza is only a land to restruct, an area to be cleared to make room for “something so beautiful that no one will want to return anymore”. The idea is clear: take away the Palestinians and replace them with Danarosi, possibly western tourists. Because the poor, you know, ruin the panorama.
It is not clear with what right Trump – who has already received unanimous criticism of that found by all states of the Middle East – you think he can “acquire” Gaza. But you know, the former president has never had too many problems with the concept of ownership. Building, knocking down, reconstructing: so he did with his hotels, so he imagines to do with an entire strip of land. And if the locals don’t have to go, not bad: according to him, they will find better elsewhere.
The Torri manufacturer believes he can shape the world as if it were Manhattan. And as always, he exchanges brutality for pragmatism, arrogance for vision. “We will take Gaza and develop it,” he says. In fact, that’s what is done with expropriated land. Too bad that here we are not talking about a building speculation, but of a people who, with all its dramas, still exists. Even without the approval of Donald Trump.
In the past, the Gaza Strip has seen the development of some local tourist facilities, such as the Al-Bustan Resort, located on the beach north of Gaza City. This complex, equipped with restaurants, coffee and swimming pools, offered an atmosphere in accordance with local Islamic values, attracting about 800 visitors per day. However, these initiatives were limited and mainly intended for the local population, without ambitions to transform the area into an international tourist destination.
There are no previous large-scale projects aimed at transforming Gaza into a “Middle East Riviera” or in a luxury resort for international tourists, in a mar-lake style as recently proposed by the former president Donald Trump. The past initiatives were focused on small local developments, without involving internationally important plans or proposals for resetting the Palestinian population.
Faced with this cynicism, Netanyahu applaude. The two are meant. Trump is the American who says what others cannot say, without even realizing his brutality. The problem is that this time they are not about skyscrapers to be reduced to make room for a shopping center. Here we speak of a battered land, of a uprooted people, of a pain that is not canceled with fresh cement.
