US “master plan” for Gaza: Luxury buildings by the sea

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The US plan for Gaza will be unveiled at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday. Photo: Evan Vucci/AP/TT

Schools, hospitals, roads – and futuristic giant buildings by the sea. This is what the US “master plan” for the Gaza Strip looks like.

The plan will be implemented in stages, announced Donald Trump’s son-in-law and advisor Jared Kushner in Davos. It will start in Rafah, where 100,000 homes and over 75 healthcare facilities will be built, and continue north to Gaza City.

The plan also includes an airport and a port. The idea is to transform Gaza into a free market economy, according to Kushner.

– New Gaza could become a hub. It can become a destination, have a big industry and really be a place where people can flourish and have good jobs.

However, Kushner emphasizes that no reconstruction can take place until Hamas is disarmed. But then Gaza can be “better than ever,” Trump claims.

– Look how nice it can be, he says in Davos. 

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Middle East crisis  Gaza war
US presents “master plan” for futuristic Gaza

Futuristic skyscrapers and plans to turn the coastline into a tourist paradise. It is part of the new US plan for the Gaza Strip presented by Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner in Davos, writes Sky News.

– We think this can be done in two to three years. We have already started moving on the rubble, says Kushner.

Cities like this are being built in no time in other places in the Middle East, says Kushner, who describes it as the US “master plan”. He says there is no plan B beyond the general plan.

Kushner also shows a map of the “new Gaza”. Less than half of the area (yellow) is residential areas. In between are large parks and social areas (green) and industrial areas (brown). A large highway looks to run along the entire coastline.

After the plan was presented, Trump says it will be “so, so amazing”. As a “real estate person,” the president knows that it’s all about location.

– And I said, “Look at this place by the sea! People who live so poorly are going to have it so good.”