Robert Patman: Otago University Professor for International Relations on the implications of Donald Trump's plan for Gaza - Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

Donald Trump's suggestion he could take over Gaza casts a shadow on hopes for a two-state solution. 

The President said today Palestinians could be resettled and the US could redevelop the territory.

Israel's Prime Minister says the idea is worth paying attention to. 

Otago University politics professor Robert Patman says one problem is the lack of any clarity on Benjamin Netanyahu's end goal.

"It doesn't seem like Mr Trump is actually applying too much thinking about how tensions in the region can be resolved - as opposed to transplanting them elsewhere."

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