'Palestine, a possible mini-Dubai of ME' http://www.presstv.ir/detail/177322.html

Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories and its aggressions against the Palestinians are aimed at plundering their natural wealth, says a Middle East expert. "... Given the opportunity, this small nucleus of two separate entities [Gaza Strip and the West Bank], if they come together, has got enough wealth to become what I call the mini-Dubai of the eastern Mediterranean --that is perfectly possible," Eyre said. "People don't understand that this conflict is also to do with natural resources because in the offshore Gaza area is vast reserves of natural gas," Peter Eyre, a Middle East consultant in London, told Press TV on Thursday.