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Trump Gaza

Everything is fine until you get to line 9 of Donald Trump's 20-point Peace Plan where he is proclaimed head of the new governing body of Gaza with Tony Blair named as one of the board members.  What on earth compelled him to be chief other than a late bid for the Nobel Peace Prize, which he so desperately wants?  Even if he showed any interest in the administration of this "deradicalized terror-free zone" there isn't much he could do as he knows nothing of the situation. The plan was apparently written by Tony Blair and Jared Kushner. The irony is that Hamas no longer has any control over Gaza.  Its remaining leaders are in hiding in other Arab countries and what you have left in the strip are some rebel factions that may or may not still have a relative handful of Israeli hostages.  Hamas had long ceased to have any real control over Gaza, operating pretty much as a militant faction.  Gaza has been in chaos for decades with the Palestinian Authority (PA) unab...