But beneath his astonishing plan were echoes of forced displacement that have shaped Palestinian society since 1948. The establishment of Israel that year in the Arab-Israeli war is known to Palestinians as the Nakba, or “catastrophe,” because of the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who fled or were expelled from their homes.

Some - perhaps many - Palestinians in Gaza might be tempted to get out if they had the chance. But even if a million left, close to 1.5m others would still be there. Presumably the United States - the new owners of Trump's "Riviera of the Middle East,