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20 minutes ago
- Politics
- Middle East Eye
US envoy Tom Barrack accused of plotting Turkey's partition
When billionaire-turned-diplomat Tom Barrack arrived in Ankara in May as US President Donald Trump's ambassador to Turkey, he delivered an unexpectedly emotional speech. 'I think it's a really monumental day for me, feeling the echo of this land from which my ancestors came,' he said. 'But I come with a really simple message from President Trump: his desire to raise the level of the alliance between Turkey and the United States to where it rightfully belongs.' Two months later, Turkish officials are convinced that Barrack is among the most influential US ambassadors ever to serve in the country. His ever-expanding portfolio, now encompassing both Syria and Lebanon, aligns with Ankara's priorities, such as preserving a unified Syrian state under President Ahmed al-Sharaa with a single military. Both Ankara and Barrack seek a stable region. Turkish officials hope that Barrack, who has a direct line to Trump, could help resolve longstanding issues, from the stalled purchase of F-35 fighter jets to the removal of sanctions on Turkey over its purchase of Russia's S-400 missile system. Barrack also made several remarks expressing his admiration of Turkey and its history. New MEE newsletter: Jerusalem Dispatch Sign up to get the latest insights and analysis on Israel-Palestine, alongside Turkey Unpacked and other MEE newsletters However, Turkish public opinion paints a starkly different picture. Newspapers and political influencers have launched a campaign against the US envoy, accusing him of attempting to break up the country. Despite Turkey's longstanding history of anti-American sentiment, rooted in the US partnership with Syrian Kurdish groups and its harbouring of the late Fethullah Gulen and his supporters, for the first time in years, an American ambassador is under attack not from government media, but from the opposition, over his conduct. Misquoted The controversy began with Barrack's interview with Turkey's public Anadolu news agency in late June, where he referenced the Ottoman Empire's millet system, which oversaw religious communities from Christians to Jews. Barrack explained that the millet system, which granted religious communities limited autonomy over their own affairs, ensured the survival of diverse groups in the region. He added that a new dialogue between states and cultures was needed today. 'To me, Izmir is the example of how you blend all these communities - Jews, Muslims and Christians living side by side,' he said. 'I see this as the model of what needs to happen in the Middle East and the world. And I think Turkey can be the centre point of it all.' Why Turkey abruptly cancelled an Iraqi oil pipeline agreement Read More » Within days, a flurry of social media posts and newspaper articles misquoted him, claiming that he had advocated for the millet system as the ideal order for modern Turkey, a statement he never made. For many Turkish citizens, the millet system evokes painful memories of a weakened Ottoman Empire in the 19th century, teetering on the brink of partition along ethnic and nationalist lines. 'US Ambassador Tom Barrack showered praise on the Ottoman's religion-based millet system!' wrote Arslan Bulut, a journalist for the nationalist opposition newspaper Yeni Cag, earlier this month. 'For this, Turkey must be stripped of its nation-state status!' Husnu Bozkurt, a former parliamentarian from the Republican People's Party (CHP), took it further: 'For years, we've warned that imperialist America seeks to divide the secular Republic of Turkey by transforming it into a religiously-governed state under its control, destroying the unitary nation-state structure, turning it into a federation, and eliminating linguistic unity by splitting the nation along sectarian and ethnic lines - the ultimate goal of the Greater Middle East Project (BOP).' Barrack is viewed as unconventional among western ambassadors in Turkey, spending much of his time in the region and in Istanbul. His candid interviews with various publications are often taken out of context, as he speaks without reservation. PKK peace talks As Barrack grapples with these reactions, Turkey is engaged in peace talks with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan, after more than 40 years of conflict. Earlier this year, the PKK announced an end to its armed struggle and, in a symbolic ceremony this month, burned its weapons, a development that has left many Turks uneasy about the country's future. Retired Colonel Unal Atabay argued that Barrack's alleged suggestion to revive the Ottoman religion-based millet system would undermine Turkey's status as a nation-state. Syrian Kurds face 30-day ultimatum from US and Turkey Read More » 'Isn't it interesting… This is exactly what Ocalan refers to as Middle Eastern unity,' he said. 'It's about ensuring the formation of a separatist Kurdish region while transforming Turkey into an Ottoman-like state.' Barrack's recent interview with the Associated Press about Israeli strikes on Damascus and Sweida in Syria over the weekend did little to help his case. He suggested that Israel would rather see Syria fragmented and divided than governed by a strong central state. 'Strong nation-states are a threat - especially Arab states are viewed as a threat to Israel,' he said. But in Syria, he noted, 'I think all the minority communities are smart enough to say, 'We're better off together, centralised.'' Turkish media and commentators interpreted Barrack's criticism of Israel as indirect approval of US efforts to partition strong nation-states in the region. At the same time, Devlet Bahceli, a Turkish nationalist leader within President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling coalition, proposed that Turkey could, in the future, appoint two vice presidents, one Kurdish and the other Alevi, a minority religious group that has sometimes reported persecution. Mehmet Ali Guler, a columnist for the opposition Cumhuriyet daily, argued that Bahceli's proposal and Barrack's comments on the Ottoman millet system all serve the same purpose: 'The Lebanonisation of Turkey'. Bahceli in a statement strongly rebuked the allegations, calling them 'distortions'. The US Embassy in Ankara has remained silent in the face of these accusations.
Middle East Eye
3 hours ago
- General
- Middle East Eye
Gaza: A young girl tries to live with devastating injuries
Twelve-year-old Hala Shukri Dehliz was playing with her friends on a swing in Gaza one evening during Ramadan, even as the constant sounds of war raged in the background. Suddenly, an Israeli air strike detonated near the swing. Its force twisted the metal chains around her head, tearing off parts of her scalp along with her hair. 'My hair got stuck with the swing,' she recalls. 'The skin of my head was removed. I was rushed to the hospital. I stayed there for two months, but they couldn't treat me. The inflammations and ulcers only got worse.' The first day they did surgery, they used 175 stitches to close her scalp. 'I woke up and saw myself without hair. I had a breakdown and fainted. My parents tried to reassure me. They said, 'Don't be afraid. You'll travel and get treatment. Your hair will grow again.' But I kept crying.' New MEE newsletter: Jerusalem Dispatch Sign up to get the latest insights and analysis on Israel-Palestine, alongside Turkey Unpacked and other MEE newsletters Before the bombing, Hala had prepared for Eid with excitement. 'I had bought ties for my hair and Eid clothes,' she says, her voice breaking. 'But I spent Eid in a hospital bed. I didn't feel the joy. I didn't wear the clothes. I was just... there.' 'We have been displaced six times' Hala's father, Shukri Omar Eid Dehliz, speaks with the fatigue of a man shouldering the unbearable. 'We are originally from Rafah. We have been displaced six times. Our home was bombed and demolished. Each place we went, we could only stay for 20 days, a month, sometimes two. Now, we're in Khan Younis, al-Mawasi, living in a tent near the sea.' Their tent stands on rented land they can 'barely afford'. Hala Shukri Dehliz in Gaza with her siblings (Eman Alhaj Ali/MEE) 'Winter brings floods inside the tent. Summer is unbearable. There's no electricity, no solar panels. Even basic food is missing,' he said. There is no bread. No medicine. No safety. 'Hala can't even take painkillers,' he says. 'She needs to eat before taking them, but there's no food. We survive on aid - mostly lentil soup. Every child gets one small plate per day. That's it. 'We are a family of seven. Some days we have only two pieces of bread. We divide them among us. The children cry for food. I have nothing to give them. It's a cruelty no parent should face. My child begs for bread, and I can't provide it. Sometimes, we just want to die instead of continuing this life in Gaza.' A mirror without reflection Hala's daily routine is now confined to the interior of a suffocating tent. She isolates herself from other children who react to her scarred head with confusion and fear. 'When I try to go outside, the children ask why I don't have hair. They get scared. So I stay inside. I play alone. I try to write and draw myself,' she says softly. 'When I try to go outside, the children ask why I don't have hair. They get scared. So I stay inside. I play alone' - Hala Shukri Dehliz 'Every day, I stand in front of the mirror trying to comb my hair. But there is no hair to comb.' Hala was a top student, dreaming of becoming a doctor - dreams now paused by trauma and the physical pain of untreated wounds. 'I was always the first in my class,' she remembers. 'I used to wake up early, comb my hair, go to school, then play with my friends. Now, I don't go to school. I look in the mirror and I just see loss.' She still keeps a lock of her long brown hair, holding it as a reminder of who she was, and who she hopes to become again. 'I want to travel abroad and get treatment. I want to have my hair again. I want to play with my friends. I want to feel pretty again.' 'Gaza is starving to death' Hala's father speaks in anguish about the daily torment and mounting famine which has in recent weeks led to a growing number of deaths from malnutrition and dehydration. 'There's no flour, no rice, no milk or vegetables. Even when there's food in the market, the prices are too high for us. My four-year-old cries for bread. I can't bear it.' He recounts how their lives have shrunk into a punishing cycle of fear, hunger and helplessness. Former UN aid chief: Israel committing 'worst crime of the 21st century' in Gaza Read More » 'The bombs fall constantly. The children scream in terror. Gaza is in a state of disaster. We are unemployed. The borders are closed. No aid is coming in. As parents, we demand the world to act. This genocide must stop. 'We are not asking for luxury. We are asking for the basics - bread, water, medicine. We are asking for a chance for our children to live.' Hala's story is not an isolated tragedy. She is one of tens of thousands of children injured or killed in a war that has erased homes, schools and playgrounds, as well as whole families. Border closures have blocked any attempt to evacuate her for treatment. Her parents - both injured in separate attacks - desperately try to find sterile gauze, clean water and food to support her healing. 'She needs daily medical care,' says her mother, Mayada. 'She cries every day, remembering her hair. Her head is still full of ulcers and infections. If she doesn't get out soon, it will get worse.' Despite everything, Hala said she still dreams of a hospital bed in a foreign country where doctors will help her scalp heal. She dreams of brushing her hair and even one day becoming a doctor. 'I hope the world hears me. I hope someone helps me travel. I want my hair back. I want to be beautiful again.'
Middle East Eye
4 hours ago
- Politics
- Middle East Eye
Global powers will not end Israel's genocide in Gaza. Only our actions can make them
Twenty-five nations, many of them allies of Israel, have said in a joint statement that the Gaza war 'must end now'. The UK, France, Australia, Canada and others condemned the 'drip feeding of aid' that has led to the deaths of more than 1,000 Palestinian aid seekers since May, while more than 100 have died from starvation, most of them children. As the situation grows increasingly dire, Israel has shown no signs of slowing down its genocide, dismissing global concerns about its policy of forced starvation with a callous 'what are you going to do about it?' attitude. Indeed, despite countless public condemnations from governments around the world over the past 21 months, little has actually been done to force Israel to stop the genocide. Some of the very same governments making these statements continue to supply Israel with weapons and financial aid, enabling its ongoing slaughter of Palestinians. For nearly two years, we have witnessed a live-streamed genocide. War crimes have been well-documented by journalists, rights groups, doctors and civilians. There's enough evidence to sift through for decades to come. Activists and celebrities have reminded the western world of their vow to 'never again' allow something like this to happen. Countless social media campaigns have pleaded with the public to keep 'all eyes on Rafah' and on Gaza. New MEE newsletter: Jerusalem Dispatch Sign up to get the latest insights and analysis on Israel-Palestine, alongside Turkey Unpacked and other MEE newsletters But still the genocide persists. Israel's actions in Gaza and the occupied West Bank have become more brazen and violent than ever. Why is this happening? It's not because Israel is a small beacon of democracy in the Middle East surrounded by enemies. Rather, it's because Israel is a rogue state surrounded by capitulators who have allowed this to unfold. Rhetoric and excuses Nations around the world, no matter how big or powerful, are apparently only capable of mustering up rhetoric and excuses. If the UK, EU, Canada, Australia and others truly wanted an end to the war, they would take concrete actions against Israel's genocide in Palestine. These governments are capable of various consequential actions - arms and trade embargoes, sanctions, severing diplomatic ties, arresting Israeli war criminals within their borders - that could lead to real pressure on Israel to stop its genocide. Such actions would be consistent with public opinion across the West. Follow Middle East Eye's live coverage of the Israel-Palestine war On Sunday, Belgian authorities arrested two Israeli soldiers facing accusations of war crimes in Gaza, advancing the goal of isolating war criminals around the world. But this is just one small step that needs momentum to continue - and most western nations have not taken this approach. The UK is instead busying itself with arresting octogenarian protesters, apparently deeming them a greater threat than the genocide they are opposing. And an investigation by Israel's Channel 13 revealed that behind the scenes, the Biden administration did not actually attempt to end the Gaza genocide - an unsurprising finding, since the US has provided a continuous flow of aid and weapons to Israel since the start of the war. This is the callousness of a world order that emerged from the ashes of World War II on the slogan of 'never again', with a public commitment to the principles of democracy and human rights. But as this new world order emerged, nearly a third of the world's population was still living in colonised territory, many facing immense violence and brutality at the hands of their colonisers. Israel's starvation of Gaza is a cruel display of the impunity of power Read More » The UN, held up to the Global South as the barometer for ethics, human rights and peace, was created by some of these very same colonisers. Israel today is merely an extension of this world order, masquerading as a beacon of modern values. It is thus no surprise to see western nations hiding behind meaningless condemnations, while ensuring that Israel continues to serve their imperial interests in the region. Until Israel faces real diplomatic and financial pressures, it will not cease in pursuing its goal of eradicating Palestinians from their land. No change has ever been effected by asking politely. As activists push towards Gaza by land and sea, and protesters around the world engage in acts of opposition to Zionist violence, we must think about where each of us fits in all of this. Palestinians face an unprecedented existential crisis. Radical action is necessary to end it. Our actions - whether by boycotting, protesting, lobbying or other tactics - must push our governments to enact sanctions, embargoes and diplomatic isolation. The fear barrier between the world and Zionism has been broken, and we must begin to think beyond ourselves, our jobs, our money, our friends and our own public image. Those who remain silent should come to a sombre realisation: if you do not stand up now for Palestinians, a people facing total eradication, you will likely never stand for anything meaningful again. The views expressed in this article belong to the author and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of Middle East Eye.
Middle East Eye
5 hours ago
- Health
- Middle East Eye
Gaza extermination: Hasan should have turned three. Instead, he starved to death
Two-year-old Hasan Barbakh died of starvation on 24 June, after months of prolonged malnutrition, dehydration, an enlarged liver, and acute blood toxicity. He would have turned three the next day. Hasan was just over a year old when Israel launched its genocidal campaign on the Gaza Strip, cutting off every Palestinian in Gaza from the outside world. Israeli displacement orders forced his family to move around like chess pieces. Not long after Israeli authorities imposed a total blockade in March, Hasan's health began to deteriorate. He lost 2kg in weight. "From the first week of the siege, [his weight] began to drop daily, and his voice grew weaker," Hasan's mother, Amna, told a field researcher from Defence for Children International - Palestine, where I work as an advocacy officer. "I sensed he was slowly fading away." New MEE newsletter: Jerusalem Dispatch Sign up to get the latest insights and analysis on Israel-Palestine, alongside Turkey Unpacked and other MEE newsletters Hasan was admitted to the Nutrition Department at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis on 23 April. Like every remaining medical facility in Gaza, it lacks medicine, infant formula, medical equipment, doctors, electricity, food and clean water to properly treat children suffering from severe acute malnutrition. Weaponised starvation Palestinians in Gaza are now dying of starvation at an alarming rate. On Sunday alone, at least 19 people died from hunger, according to Gaza health authorities. There is simply no food left, as Israel continues to block humanitarian aid from entering, and its military forces kill Palestinians seeking assistance from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Starvation is entirely preventable. The death of even one child from hunger does not happen by accident. The starvation of one million children in Gaza is a genocide. There is simply no food left, as Israel continues to block humanitarian aid from entering, and its military forces kill Palestinians seeking aid Hasan died the very morning that Defence for Children International - Palestine released a new report, Starving a Generation: Israel's Famine Campaign Targeting Palestinian Children in Gaza. It includes 33 documented cases of child starvation, among them Hasan, whose case was recorded by one of our field researchers in May. We updated the report to include his death just before publication. I co-authored this report, which asserts that Israeli authorities are deliberately weaponising starvation as a tool of genocide - and that the impact of this period will last for generations. Our field researchers in Gaza documented some of the earliest cases of child starvation in early 2024 and continued collecting evidence well into Israel's latest closure of the Gaza Strip. We argue that Israel unleashed famine in Gaza in early 2024, when the first child died of starvation, and that it has not ended since. Genocidal intent A famine does not simply occur by chance. Israeli authorities have deliberately manufactured famine in Gaza by implementing attacks and policies that prevent basic essentials from reaching Palestinians in need. While Israel's supporters have denied this, Israeli officials made their intentions clear in the early days of the genocide. Follow Middle East Eye's live coverage of the Israel-Palestine war Who can forget what then-Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant declared on 9 October 2023? Among the earliest and most striking examples of genocidal intent to starve Palestinians in Gaza, he said: "We are imposing a complete siege on the Gaza Strip. There will be no electricity, no food, no water, no fuel, everything will be closed. We are fighting against human animals and we are acting accordingly." Gaza extermination: What is your last thought when you're starving to death? Read More » The siege that followed never ended. Palestinian children are dying, one after another, from prolonged malnutrition and dehydration, which shut down their bodies slowly and painfully. Young children, newborn babies, and children with disabilities or chronic conditions are among the most vulnerable to malnutrition and dehydration, wrote the Doctors Against Genocide medical team in one section of DCIP's latest report. Children who experience prolonged malnutrition at a young age typically grow up stunted, with weak immune systems, and are more likely to develop chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension and heart disease. They experience academic and behavioural problems in school and face long-term issues with attention, learning and executive functioning. DCIP's field researchers documented 33 cases of child starvation for our report, but this represents only a fraction of the true toll of malnutrition in Gaza. The scale of the genocide - and the risks facing our field researchers - make it impossible to document every case. Global complicity Right now, every child in Gaza is facing starvation. Israeli authorities are not the only ones responsible for this suffering. World leaders - who have watched Israeli officials lay out plans to starve Palestinians, drop 2,000-pound bombs on apartment buildings, shoot children and families sheltering in schools, and attack every hospital in Gaza - are complicit and must be held accountable. This report's findings could not be more urgent. What line could be more red than a starving baby, wasting away before his mother's eyes? World leaders who watch as Israel starves and bombs Palestinian families are complicit and must be held accountable It is too late for Hasan, who should have celebrated his third birthday last week and instead succumbed to starvation while his mother watched helplessly. It is too late for all the other Palestinian children who have died a slow, painful death as their muscles wasted away and their organs failed from a lack of food and water. It is not too late for the one million hungry children still in Gaza, waiting for a day when they have enough to eat. We are calling for an immediate and decisive end to Israel's siege and genocide in Gaza - and for world leaders to take every action necessary to save the lives of Palestinian children and families. Anything short of that is simply not enough. The views expressed in this article belong to the author and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of Middle East Eye.
Middle East Eye
16 hours ago
- Politics
- Middle East Eye
Extremist Israeli politicians and right-wing settlers hold Gaza annexation conference
Extremist Israeli politicians and right-wing settlers held a conference in Israel's parliament on Tuesday where they said the US had given them the "green light" to transform the besieged Gaza Strip into a "resort town" once they had completed the ethnic cleansing of more than two million Palestinians. Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said that Israel had received a "green light from the president of the United States to turn Gaza into a prosperous strip, a resort town with employment". "We will occupy Gaza and make it an inseparable part of Israel," Smotrich told a few dozen attendees at the event titled "The Gaza Riviera - From Vision to Reality". Smotrich, who also serves as a minister in the defence ministry, said that "a proposed plan to relocate Gazans [Palestinians] to other countries will serve as a means of facilitating the settlement of the strip". He also said that he backed the idea of a "security annexation" of northern Gaza, claiming that the Israeli military's chief of staff, Eyal Zamir, supported the idea. New MEE newsletter: Jerusalem Dispatch Sign up to get the latest insights and analysis on Israel-Palestine, alongside Turkey Unpacked and other MEE newsletters "I truly believe there is a tremendous opportunity here," he said, suggesting that Israel begin "with the northern border [area of the Strip] and establish three communities there. We are already talking about it. Some call it a 'security annexation'". There was no immediate comment from the US on Smotrich's remarks. The idea of turning Gaza into the "Riviera of the Middle East" was first floated by US President Donald Trump earlier this year. The plan has been criticised by regional and international heads of state, including leaders from Spain, France and China. Despite this, the plan still has the backing of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defence Minister Israel Katz and other prominent members of Israel's Knesset. 'A thirst for return' Tuesday's event, which was mainly attended by Israeli settlers and supporters of religious Zionist parties, routinely erupted into cheers and standing ovations when the speakers called for the takeover of Gaza. Right-wing Israeli politician Limor Son Har-Melech heaped praise on Israeli settlers and called them the successors of the Zionist leaders who established Israel in 1948. "We need to rebuild the Gaza Strip with Jewish cities," Har-Melech said, adding that there needed to be "big and fortified cities all over Gaza". "There is a thirst for return among the public. Not as a punishment, but because Jews belong to the Gaza Strip," she added. Gaza extermination: What is your last thought when you're starving to death? Read More » In September 2005, Israel relocated its forces and 8,000 settlers from 21 settlements in Gaza as part of a "disengagement plan" to the surrounding parts of Gaza and the occupied West Bank. Since the October 7 attacks, far-right groups and lawmakers have repeatedly talked up plans to re-establish the illegal settlements in Gaza. Israeli politician Zvi Sukkot echoed Har-Melech's remarks and said Israel was facing a unique moment and had "the power" to implement Trump's "vision". Israel has killed more than 59,100 Palestinians, most of them women and children, in the Gaza Strip since October 2023. The military campaign has devastated the enclave, collapsed the healthcare system and led to severe food shortages. Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and his former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave. After the conference, Sukkot told Middle East Eye that Israel would not be "uprooting anyone from their homes", claiming "there is no forced deportation, Trump's plan does not talk about forced deportation". "What Trump said was that eventually they would emigrate to countries where it would be good for them to live. They won't fight all the time," Sukkot said. Right-wing groups present detailed plans for Gaza Despite his remarks, several of the conference speakers presented what they said was a clear future for Gaza - a land without Palestinians and a land only for Jews. The head of the settler Nachala movement, Daniella Weiss, said: "The Arab Gaza chapter is over." "In Gaza, there will never be an Arab, international or American government," she said. Weiss, who last week refused to condemn the killing and starvation of Palestinian children on Piers Morgan's eponymous TV show, said that after Israel defeats Hamas, "the state of Israel will allow the emigration of Palestinians". "Gaza is difficult to conquer because of its sanctity, but the day of the occupation of Gaza is coming." Weiss's fellow Nachala member, Lital Slonim, presented the movement's detailed plan for Jewish settlement. The Gaza playbook: Israel's five-step ethnic cleansing strategy Read More » "We are here to present a clear vision of how Gaza will become a flourishing place," Slonim said, adding: "This is one of the most beautiful areas in the State of Israel." The Nachala movement has been building illegal settlements on land in the occupied West Bank for decades. Earlier this year, the International Court of Justice ruled that Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories since 1967 is unlawful and should end as soon as possible. According to the Nachala plan, some 300,000 housing units will be built in the enclave, the vast majority of which are in two main residential areas in the northern and southern parts of the strip. According to the plan, the area of the Gaza Strip would be populated by about 1.2 million Jews, who are expected to enjoy green spaces, transportation, industrial zones, hotels, a university and even a port. "The right of the people of Israel to the Gaza Strip is the same as to Jerusalem, Hebron and Tel Aviv," the plan states. Under the chapter "Civilian Migration as a Result of Wars - Implementation in the Gaza Region", it says that "the Gaza population has been revoked from the legitimacy to continue living in this area". "The removal of the civilian population, by choice and/or within the framework of an arrangement, is a necessary stage for the evacuation of the battlefield and its transformation into a space of Jewish life, agriculture, industry, tourism and settlement," the plan says. A similar plan was later presented titled: "The Way of the Sea - The Path to Victory" of the Gush Katif Residents' Forum. It was far more detailed and advocated for the construction of some 850,000 housing units. "The vision of the prophets, as well as the vision of the president of the United States, Mr. Donald Trump, will be realised in a flourishing and prosperous Jewish settlement," the plan said.
