Why Has Israel’s Artificial Island Initiative Resurfaced?
A proposal by Israel to build an artificial island off the coast of the besieged Gaza Strip has recently regained momentum in light of U.S. support and prospects for normalization with Arab countries.
by Oscar Jarzmik
In the spring of 2016, news surfaced of a rather bizarre proposal made by Israeli minister of intelligence and transportation, Yisrael Katz (Likud). Katz pitched the idea of building an artificial island (or “port complex”) off the coast of the besieged Gaza Strip to Israel’s security cabinet. Gaza has been subject to a devastating block…
