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demmiblue

(39,171 posts)
Sun Dec 28, 2025, 10:48 AM 3 hrs ago

Kushner, Witkoff draft $169 billion proposal to develop Gaza into 'smart city' with luxury resorts -- and the US is...

Kushner, Witkoff draft $169 billion proposal to develop Gaza into ‘smart city’ with luxury resorts — and the US is footing $91 billion

Trump administration reps have just revealed a grandiose $112 billion (AUD $169 billion) plan to rebuild war-torn Gaza into a futuristic international destination dubbed “Project Sunrise.”
The 10-year development plan, drafted by first son-in-law Jared Kushner, US special envoy Steve Witkoff, and two top White House aides, is currently courting investor countries with a 32-slide PowerPoint presentation detailing the bold plan to renovate burning rubble into beach resorts.

Gaza would see the development of luxury hotels, high speed rail and AI-optimized smart grid features that would revolutionize the small slice of the coveted Mediterranean coastline into a bustling metropolis, the Wall Street Journal reported.

“Gaza’s destruction has been profound, but we believe what lies ahead is not just restoration — it’s a chance to develop a gateway of prosperity in the Middle East with state-of-the-art infrastructure, urban design, and technology,” the executive summary slide read, according to the outlet.

https://www.skynews.com.au/world-news/global-affairs/kushner-witkoff-draft-112-billion-proposal-to-develop-gaza-into-smart-city-with-luxury-resorts-and-us-footing-60b/news-story/643a873ee7100e550b732d00eabf4c1e


Just curious: where would the Gazans live?

Bradley P. Moss (@bradmossesq.bsky.social) 2025-12-28T15:42:52.738Z
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Kushner, Witkoff draft $169 billion proposal to develop Gaza into 'smart city' with luxury resorts -- and the US is... (Original Post) demmiblue 3 hrs ago OP
Too bad there are some inconvenient people who still live there. Ocelot II 3 hrs ago #1
The very definition of a modern major warmonger. Kid Berwyn 3 hrs ago #2
In the newly-recognized (by Israel) Somaliland. See post #13. AloeVera 3 min ago #25
"Obscene" does not begin to describe this proposal and this mentality . . . . hatrack 2 hrs ago #3
Okay I agree with this Henry203 2 hrs ago #4
Another example of America First? chicoescuela 2 hrs ago #5
making America great again! eShirl 2 hrs ago #6
"News"commentators need to examine this NOW. oasis 2 hrs ago #7
These guys aren't even trying to hide it any more. Disgusting. TheRickles 2 hrs ago #8
Oh, FFS. Another Trump grift. More predictable than Punxutawney Phil. Vinca 2 hrs ago #9
This is so insane it's like gaslighting with atomic bombs Blues Heron 2 hrs ago #10
Is Kushner investing his own money, Americanme 2 hrs ago #11
$91 billion of OUR money. NameAlreadyTaken 1 hr ago #18
So... Dubai, without its wealth (including its BS) sakabatou 2 hrs ago #12
Gazans will go to Somaliland. That's the plan. AloeVera 2 hrs ago #13
K&R 2naSalit 1 hr ago #14
American carpetbaggers Chipper Chat 1 hr ago #15
Anyone remember this? ("Trump Gaza" bizarre AI video). keep_left 1 hr ago #16
Ya beat me to it. usonian 3 min ago #24
$91 billion of OUR money? NameAlreadyTaken 1 hr ago #17
I could think of any number of horror novel or horror movie plots about what should happen to the highplainsdem 1 hr ago #19
Oh that won't be a target purr-rat beauty 51 min ago #20
The Monkey Wrench Gang redux, Baby! Brother Buzz 43 min ago #22
So gaza gets high speed rail but america as a whole cant have Samael13 48 min ago #21
And yet, they crucified Hunter Biden. spanone 41 min ago #23

Kid Berwyn

(22,762 posts)
2. The very definition of a modern major warmonger.
Sun Dec 28, 2025, 10:51 AM
3 hrs ago

I’m curious, too: Where will the Gazans live?

hatrack

(64,196 posts)
3. "Obscene" does not begin to describe this proposal and this mentality . . . .
Sun Dec 28, 2025, 10:57 AM
2 hrs ago
FUCK Jared Kushner, FUCK Steve Witkoff and FUCK Donald Trump.

Henry203

(840 posts)
4. Okay I agree with this
Sun Dec 28, 2025, 10:59 AM
2 hrs ago

No investors can make any money from it. All profits go back to the Palestinians.

AloeVera

(3,950 posts)
13. Gazans will go to Somaliland. That's the plan.
Sun Dec 28, 2025, 11:41 AM
2 hrs ago

Somaliland is a breakaway region of Somalia that was just days ago recognized by the state of Israel, the first and only state to do so. Even the US refused to recognize it.

What a coincidence. A few months ago there was a claim that Israel and the US had asked the Somaliland authorities to take in the Palestinians from Gaza.

Lo and behold, Somaliland receives a quid pro quo just as Kushner and Israel (of course it's a joint plan, let's no kid ourselves) are coming out with this vile plan that will ensure Gazans are ethnically cleansed. In their plan, Palestinians are not even an after-thought. From the article:

Though the plan mapped out distinct phases of construction, it did not provide details for housing the 2 million Palestinians who would be displaced during the massive construction necessary.


The genocidal war criminals are not even hiding their crimes anymore.



On edit: added link

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/israel-becomes-first-country-to-formally-recognize-somaliland-as-independent-state/ar-AA1T5xJw

keep_left

(3,146 posts)
16. Anyone remember this? ("Trump Gaza" bizarre AI video).
Sun Dec 28, 2025, 12:31 PM
1 hr ago

IIRC, Trump promoted the clip on his dumb "Truth" site. It was supposedly created as a parody, which was lost on Trump, of course.

(Courtesy of the Guardian).

highplainsdem

(59,701 posts)
19. I could think of any number of horror novel or horror movie plots about what should happen to the
Sun Dec 28, 2025, 12:41 PM
1 hr ago

greedy, soulless monsters behind those plans.

purr-rat beauty

(949 posts)
20. Oh that won't be a target
Sun Dec 28, 2025, 01:04 PM
51 min ago

Um....this will be decimated before it is built

But those billions will still make their way to the project

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