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The plan talks of Gaza’s location “at the crossroads” of what will become a “pro-American” region, giving the United States access to energy resources and critical minerals, and serving as a logistics hub for the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor [IMEC] that was first announced during the Biden administration but derailed by the Israel-Gaza war.
IMEC was launched at the G20 in 2023.
Wapo article for the full plan (jaw-dropping
https://archive.is/Kv4L8
IMEC:
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/the-india-middle-east-europe-economic-corridor-connectivity-in-an-era-of-geopolitical-uncertainty/
A port in Gaza or logistics hub would provide a more direct route to the West and would allow a bypass of non-signatory Arab nations.
So that's what it was all about. Gaza's location. And gas fields of course. Land theft and theft of resources, at the cost of Palestinian statehood and the death and misery of Palestinians. Western Imperialism at its worst.
But we - and Israel - are the "good guys" right?
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