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Donald Trumpis new New Gaza’s multi-billion dollar real estate plan is a “moral failure” and the first step toward ending any future state Palestinecivilians in the war-torn zone issued a warning.
this A $30 billion blueprint to rebuild the besieged enclave Starting from scratch will be “built on the graves of countless unidentified Palestinians” and The official added.
Jared KushnerTrump’s son-in-law and Middle East adviser reveals us Plans to build new Gaza in a speech davos These include gleaming cities, AI-generated skyscrapers, dazzling seaside resorts and industrial estates.
In a conspicuous lack of Palestinian participation, Mr Kushner also announced the creation of a transitional council to govern Gaza, but the body’s name was spelled backwards in Arabic and broken into unintelligible single Arabic letters.
Mr. Kushner calmly implored the international community to “put aside its worries” and join in, adding that it was part of the president’s efforts to push for a second phase of the truce between the two countries. Israel and Hamas.
“We need you to come, to believe, to invest in the people, to try to be a part of it,” he said, adding that they had begun clearing rubble and carrying out some demolition work in the Israeli-controlled city of Rafah.
Under heavy Israeli bombing, Nearly a million Palestinians were forced to flee the city, It lies along the border with Egypt, and many people remain displaced and live in tent cities to its north.
There, in the so-called humanitarian zone, displaced families told independent Palestinians have no say in whether to approve or reject the plan or unilateral action to destroy their homes and fear the real aim is to seize control.
Hekmat al-Masri, a 46-year-old social development expert and mother of one, said the fact that Americans and Israelis were already carrying out demolitions in Rafah without the consent of homeowners was “turning forced displacement into development opportunities”.
Raj Shatteri, a Palestinian media producer who is also displaced, said this was “the first step toward ending the entire Palestinian national project.”
“Kushner declared in the first year of the war that Gaza’s beaches were among the most beautiful in the world and should be developed.
“This is the beginning of the plan: to control the Gaza Strip as if it were the private property of investors around the world.”
Hamas launched an attack on southern Israel on October 7, killing more than 1,100 people and taking 250 people hostage. Since then, Israel has launched an unprecedented bombing and siege of Gaza.
In the two years since, Palestinian health officials say Israeli bombing has killed more than 70,000 people, including thousands of children.
The United Nations says Gaza is covered in more than 60 million tons of rubble – enough to fill nearly 3,000 container ships – and will take at least seven years to clear.
Even with a Trump-brokered ceasefire since October 10, Israeli forces have killed at least 470 Palestinians in Gaza, including Just three reporters and kids this weekAccording to Palestinian officials. Israel said it fired in violation of the ceasefire, but dozens of civilians were among the dead.
Last week, the White House announced the next phase of the uneasy ceasefire, which should include the disarmament and reconstruction of Hamas and the creation of a transitional authority to oversee the process.
On Thursday, Trump established the controversial “Peace Commission”, which will initially be tasked with implementing a post-war plan for Gaza.
Representatives from 29 countries – including Gulf states, Azerbaijan, Paraguay and Mongolia – The agreement was signed in the absence of the United States’ traditional NATO allies Britain, the European Union and Canada.
The signing ceremony also coincided with the announcement of a new Gaza initiative led by Mr. Kushner.
A senior U.N. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal, warned that new cities were being developed on the rubble of people’s homes without efforts to rescue the dead trapped beneath them.
“Property development is always a great project – unless it is developed on the ruins of people’s houses,” the official added.
“These new homes will be built on the graves of countless unidentified Gazans who lost their lives during the war.”
Mustafa Barghouti, a Palestinian politician in the occupied West Bank, said the biggest obstacle was a lack of representation.
“How can they make plans for Gaza without consulting the Gaza people (Palestinians)?” he asked.
This was echoed by families in Gaza.
“Gaza does not need political real estate brokers but an end to aggression and guarantees of accountability,” Mr. Masri said. “Any plan to bypass the Palestinians is a moral failure.”