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This week, U.S. President Donald Trump did what he does best, smashing decade-old paradigms of Middle East policy with a new idea whose details remain shrouded with questions: The U.S. will take over Gaza, while its inhabitants will move somewhere else, possibly to return after reconstruction.
The states in the region were so shocked that only Saudi Arabia could muster an immediate response, while the rest later followed its lead.
However, one of the most interesting questions raised by Trump’s surprise move is who knew about it before, and particularly: Was the Israeli government surprised by it?
Several indications point to the fact that Israel knew the general gist of the idea, particularly the goal of relocating at least large portions of the Gazan population but was surprised by the scope of what the president proposed, especially U.S. “ownership” of the area. More Here