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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.

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