Ahead of talks in the Middle East to broker a permanent end to the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Israel’s opposition leader is pitching a fresh proposal to both redevelop the war-torn enclave and thwart growing economic instability inside one of Israel’s most important Arab partners.
The corridor includes the Rafah crossing, which was Gaza’s only outlet to the outside world not controlled by Israel until the Israeli army captured the entire corridor last May.