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Trump burned in effigy during Gaza ‘March of Return’ rally

Gazan demonstrators burned a cardboard cutout of U.S. President Donald Trump next to a coffin representing his Mideast peace plan.

A cardboard effigy of U.S. President Donald Trump is set on fire during a "March of Return" rally in Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip on May 31, 2019. (MEMRI)
A cardboard effigy of U.S. President Donald Trump is set on fire during a “March of Return” rally in Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip on May 31, 2019. (MEMRI)

During a “March of Return” rally last week in Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip recorded by Al-Aqsa TV (Hamas-Gaza), a cardboard cutout of U.S. President Donald Trump was set on fire.

Next to the cutout stood a coffin with the Israeli flag and text reading “the deal of the century” printed on it, a reference to the Trump administration’s Mideast peace plan.

The dramatic switch came two days before Election Day, following Stevens’s growing rift with Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed over Israel and antisemitism.
The unequivocal remarks come in reaction to allegations of ties between Michigan Senate Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed and the Islamist group.
Defense collaboration remains the focal point of the bilateral relationship, continuing despite political or diplomatic hindrances.
Another commander in Hamas’s “military” wing also died in the strike in central Gaza.