Most of Gaza has been destroyed, and clearing the rubble alone would take at least 15 years, says political scientist Professor Norman Finkelstein.
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00:00OK, so this idea of resettling people from Gaza in Egypt and Jordan, which we heard about
00:06from President Trump during the weekend, it's been flatly rejected by both countries concerned.
00:12It's also been flatly rejected by the Arab League.
00:16But what you're saying is perhaps we haven't necessarily heard the last of it.
00:20I do not believe we have heard the last of it for the following reason.
00:27Gaza is no more as a physical fact.
00:31The estimates by the UN are that 92 percent of the residences, the homes in Gaza, have
00:41been destroyed or severely damaged.
00:47About two-thirds of the infrastructure has been destroyed.
00:52There are about 50 million tons of rubble in Gaza intermixed with unexploded ordnance
01:01and toxic chemicals, toxic substances.
01:07So the estimates are it will require probably about 15 years, maybe more, if 100 trucks
01:15are admitted a day, which is almost impossible to imagine Israel allowing.