"... or eventually redeemed for an apartment in one of six to eight new 'AI-powered, smart cities' to be built in Gaza. Each Palestinian who chooses to leave would be given a $5,000 cash payment and subsidies to cover four years of rent elsewhere, as well as a year of food. The plan estimates that every individual departure from Gaza would save the trust $23,000, compared with the cost of temporary housing and what it calls 'life support' services in the secure zones for those who stay.... [T]he trust plan 'does not rely on donations,' the prospectus says. Instead, it would be financed by public and private-sector investment in what it calls 'mega-projects,' from electric vehicle plants and data centers to beach resorts and high-rise apartments. Calculations included in the plan envision a nearly fourfold return on a $100 billion investment after 10 years, with ongoing 'self-generating' revenue streams...."
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"Gaza postwar plan envisions ‘voluntary’ relocation of entire population/The Trump administration and international partners are discussing proposals to build a 'Riviera of the Middle East' on the rubble of Gaza. One would establish U.S. control and pay Palestinians to leave" (WaPo).
What is the token worth? The plan says when the rebuilding is done, the token may be exchanged for a new 1,800-square-foot apartments worth $75,000 — right in this alien, gleaming place, rebuilt in the style of your enemy. Will the returnees gratefully toil in the new restaurants and hotels or will they see an opportunity for a glorious new era of destruction?
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Not in 1000 years will this happen. Wishful thinking fueled by the desire to make some money. Gaza is not Florida 100 years ago.
It’s important to put multiple options on the table if only to break the terrorist mindset that there is only one way forward.
Dreamers must dream. At one time some people wanted giant domes over cities. Saudi Arabia is trying to construct its 170 km The Line too. Given the militant attitude of the residents, this is set to turn into a fortress and more like Chicago's failed Cabrini-Green project than anything else.
You wouldn't have gangs and drug dealers next door, but guys with missiles and bomb workshops next door. I want to vacation there!
They choose destruction. But not \by the StayPuft marshmallow man.
This is a GREAT idea but the Gazans are too damn stupid to accept it. These are the same people who have allowed their so-called leaders to plunge them into war and misery while the top guys are living in luxury elsewhere.
Islam optimizes the next world, not this one. The token has to be good for virgins there or something.
What's gonna get built first: Trump Gaza or Pacific Palisades?
Incredible. Hamas/Iran sought to eliminate Israel/Great Satan, failed to do so, and now Israel/Great Satan will control all of Gaza and reap hundreds of billions of dollars. Unintended consequences on steroids.
Door #2 has a cow and three tons of Semtex. They'll take that one over the apartment and lifetime pension behind Door #3.
Be true to your school.
If there are barbarians that would destroy the new prosperous capital they did nothing to build it would be sensible to just kill them and let someone with higher than 80 iq have the token.
There are lots of options in the region. Several other countries have people who seem to be fine in wealthy cities. It would only take a generation at most.
"Will the returnees gratefully toil in the new restaurants and hotels or will they see an opportunity for a glorious new era of destruction?"
Are you serious, here annie?
Have you ever know Israel to keep its word? You really are a dumb blonde bunny.
This reads like it's from a pre-1986 tax reform act investment prospectus issued by a real estate developer pushing a project to generate passive losses. Without that sheltering aspect, the economics don't work. I'm thinking storage units except this time it's being pitched for housing people who seem unlikely to embrace living in high rises.
The weird thing is that Palestinians, when they immigrate individually rather than in huge refugee waves, become the ersatz Jews of the Arab world. They go into commerce and the professions. Lots of secular Pali expats would love a big multipurpose development like this, or take the buyout as seed money for a business elsewhere.
Also, Bellaire: Gaza is not Florida 100 years ago, mainly because 200 years ago Andy Jackson pushed the Cherokee, Red Sticks, Seminoles, etc, out of the good land. Guess we should start calling Netanyahu Old Hickory? Or Old Terebinth....RR, JSM
That's how Beirut used to be.
Fitz: "What's gonna get built first: Trump Gaza or Pacific Palisades?"
Oh oh, song lyric syndrome engaging:
Last night I took a walk after dark
A swingin' place called Palestine Park
To have some fun and see what I could see
That's where the girls are
I took a ride on a shoot the jew
That girl I sat beside in a Burka blue
And after while she was holdin' hands with me
My heart was flyin' up like a rocket bomb
Down like a Hamas tunnel
Back like a det cord loop
Paraglide all round and round
We ate and ate at a shwarma stand
We danced around to a rockin' band
And when I could, I gave that girl a hug
By a hostage in a rug
You'll never know how great a kiss can feel
When you stop at the top of a Hamas wheel
When I fell in love down at Palestine Park
You know it's Palestine Park
Down at Palestine Park
And I just found out Chuck Harris wrote the original! RR, JSM
Argh, Barris! From the Gong Show.
Everything else is failed so far. As outlandish as this plan is, it could not possibly be worse than what has gone on for the last 75 years.
Pogrom.
First we gave them Oklahoma, then we decided we wanted Oklahoma, so we put them on tiny reservations.
R C Belaire said...
Gaza is not Florida 100 years ago.
The British Mandate wasn't Israel 100 years ago, either.
As john mosby alluded, the plan functionally defunds UNWRA and disperses the current residents to deprive Hamas and Al Fatah of a recruiting ground, then develops the area for a new set of residents. Wrapped in a nicer package than the traditional version of 'Delenda Est'.
Urban renewal keeps failing because the urbanites are non-renewable. If you can't fix the mind viruses, you won't solve the problem.
I’m not token
‘bout what I got to say.
…a Riviera under clouds of entitlement and genocide. Not exactly class a..,
Mosby @7:17AM… lightning striking again!
Man, I’ve got Lou Christie (RIP) mixed up with Freddie Cannon… where’s my coffee!
Death cult mostly not interested.
Jew hate feeds their blood.
I think it's a great idea and a terrible idea all at once.
The best way to break Hamas is to break the leaders of the Iranian death cult. Certainly - stop giving Iran money like Obama did.
What I like about it - is the idea. Will it happen? no. Never.
But the idea is something new. Why not?
Given they ran with a crappy AI image for this promotion, their promise of an AI powered smart city seems even more dystopian (and likely bullshit)
New Tibet
As for Muslims, look to China. Maybe, baby, better?
Actually, America has already solved this problem very nicely. And no, I'm not talking about the Oklahoma reservations, I'm talking about the California (and other) casinos. Palm Springs and Santa Barbara/Santa Ynez Indian tribes looking very corporate and entrepreneurial these days.
People who reject and scoff at these kinds of ideas are shallow thinkers who end up condemning these people to perpetual wars and lives of misery.
Turn Gaza into a resort with Trump Gaza Hotel. Keep Palestinians out, or redline them to Egypt.
What Israel is doing is definitely NOT genocide. This would be. Dispersing a population to the four corners of the earth no matter how it's done is the definition of genocide.
Iman: Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon is still alive. He recently wrote a new song for horror host Svengoolie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ5gxAtXU-Q RR, JSM
a 'Riviera of the Middle East' on the rubble of Gaza.
Call it Cuesta Verde.
Nope. Too much hate in the region.
@planetgeo: "I'm talking about the California (and other) casinos. Palm Springs and Santa Barbara/Santa Ynez Indian tribes looking very corporate and entrepreneurial these days."
That may not work with Gaza and in Islamic culture any time soon. The US tribes got rich by exploiting loopholes in gambling laws during the fading portion of a moralistic era. In 1986, "liberal" California tried shut down tribal casinos for violating state laws (link below). Upon CA losing, the flood gates opened and many tribal economies shifted from selling baskets, blankets, and fireworks to running hotels and casinos.
While Dubai became a major tourist destination and Egypt maintains a strong tourism industry, Gaza would compete against both. There is surely some market for yet-another-beach-resort with a lazy river, infinity pool, and overpriced buffets, but Islam prohibits gambling.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_v._Cabazon_Band_of_Mission_Indians
Not to worry. It's all part of the plan.
The Palestinians immediately destroyed the infrastructure left behind by the Israelis when they departed.
The token will worth exactly what Gaza itself is worth full of Palestinians- nothing.
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