We could rebuild America’s Rust Belt, but why break from our proud tradition of rebuilding Muslim terror states
Steven Witkoff, Jared Kushner and their associates have been pushing a plan to ‘nation build’ Gaza, claiming that all Hamas really wants is better housing. (In reality, Hamas had extensive mansions and controlled numerous businesses including hotels and shopping malls.)
“I think we can show Hamas that disarmament is the right thing for long-term peace and for the future. And the Gaza reconstruction plan, under President Trump’s oversight, is an unbelievable plan. Gaza is meant to become an amazing place,” Witkoff claimed.
“In the beginning, we were toying with the idea of saying, let’s build a free zone and then we have a Hamas zone. And then we said, you know what? Let’s just plan for catastrophic success. We, Hamas signed a deal to demilitarize. That is what we are going to enforce,” Kushner argued in his Davos address.
“We’ve talked to a number of Hamas people, and we’re hearing throughout the Arab world that people don’t want to be at war anymore. They want peace. They want a better economic future for their families. They want credible homes,” said a second US official on the briefing. “They want what everybody else in this world wants — just a good life.”
And all that will take is… $30 billion.
Jared Kushner touted the “amazing investment opportunities” in Gaza and said the shattered city of Rafah could be rebuilt in two to three years, as he set out a $30bn vision for rebuilding the devastated Palestinian enclave.
The slides that accompanied Kushner’s speech provided few details but envisaged at least $25bn of investments in “modern, reliable utilities and public services”; at least $3bn in commercial zones, business districts, micro-grants and loans; and at least $1.5bn in vocational schools and training.
There is little clarity so far on how the reconstruction of Gaza will be funded, and Kushner gave no details on Thursday about where the money would come from. But he said contributions from various countries would be announced at a conference in Washington in a couple of weeks.
Are we going to be paying for any of it? Apart from all the money we’re already spending on setting up these plans. (You don’t think government officials and agencies work for free. Getting them to do anything costs millions. Having multiple government agencies and officials involved in drawing up plans for transforming Gaza is already going to be expensive.)
There’s a saying. “if you can’t spot the sucker in your first half hour at the table, then you are the sucker.”
How many times have we been the sucker at the nation building table before? Surely it’ll be different now that we’re building 180 skyscrapers for Hamas.
A “coastal tourism” zone would run along the seafront — long enough for up to 180 skyscrapers, many likely earmarked as hotels.
Kushner highlighted two urban developments, which he referred to as New Rafah and New Gaza.
At “New Rafah,” more than 100,000 permanent housing units would be built, along with over 200 schools and more than 75 medical facilities, he said. He expressed hope that the construction would be completed within two to three years.
A port was shown at the southwestern end of Gaza, alongside the border with Egypt, and immediately inland from the port, the map showed zoning for an airport.
“New Gaza” is to be a center of industry, with the aim of achieving 100% full employment, Kushner said.
Sure, we could rebuild America’s Rust Belt, but why break from our proud tradition of rebuilding Muslim terror states instead?
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