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Jared Kushner wants to turn huge swaths of it into  a luxury resort. <\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t defend the oligarchs, those are the citizen\u2019s properties. Who do you serve the citizens or the oligarchs? <\/p>\n<p>Protesters confronted security guards at a construction site for the project, and thousands have flooded the capital demanding construction be shut down. <\/p>\n<p>Aridla Lleshi: There is great public outrage over what is happening in Albania, but the spark was what happened in Zvernec, which everyone saw on social media: An activist being dragged along the ground by several people wearing black shirts from a security company because he was protesting against a fence that had been installed there illegally. <\/p>\n<p>The resort is set to be built on an uninhabited island, and a nearby lagoon with critical wetlands. The habitat supports nesting turtles and migratory birds.  <\/p>\n<p>Ivanka Trump infuriated protestors when she described the land as if she and Kushner discover it: <\/p>\n<p>Ivanka Trump: We were on a friend\u2019s boat and we stopped for a swim. Effectively, that\u2019s how we found it. <\/p>\n<p>Albania Prime Minister Edi Rama worked with Kushner to approve the project, estimated at $4 billion, in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Anti-corruption authorities have now launched an investigation into the deal after sudden changes to the land\u2019s protected Status. <\/p>\n<p>Albanians protestors: Resignation! 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