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

[demmiblue]

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

[Ocelot II]

1. Too bad there are some inconvenient people who still live there.

[Kid Berwyn]

2. The very definition of a modern major warmonger.

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

[AloeVera]

25. In the newly-recognized (by Israel) Somaliland. See post #13.

[Kid Berwyn]

26. OMG

Presto-change-o. Poof! 2 million problems gone, just like that.

Thank you for the heads-up, AloeVera!

Man's inhumanity to man is contagious. I am heartened by the many good people who are immunized and a good number more who have proven immune to hatred.

Doesn't anyone remember Hannah Arendt anymore?

[hatrack]

3. "Obscene" does not begin to describe this proposal and this mentality . . . .

FUCK Jared Kushner, FUCK Steve Witkoff and FUCK Donald Trump.

[yellow dahlia]

37. Fucking obscene.

I find the words in the dictionary don't come close to the definitions I want.

Heavy reliance on the F word....

[Henry203]

4. Okay I agree with this

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

[chicoescuela]

5. Another example of America First?

Just more taxpayer $ into tsf pocket.

[Initech]

36. And their billionaire utopia is going to have high speed rail? GTFO!

[eShirl]

6. making America great again!

[oasis]

7. "News"commentators need to examine this NOW.

[TheRickles]

8. These guys aren't even trying to hide it any more. Disgusting.

[yellow dahlia]

38. Seriously?!

[Vinca]

9. Oh, FFS. Another Trump grift. More predictable than Punxutawney Phil.

[Blues Heron]

10. This is so insane it's like gaslighting with atomic bombs

[Americanme]

11. Is Kushner investing his own money,

or just US taxpayer money?

[NameAlreadyTaken]

18. $91 billion of OUR money.

[a kennedy]

30. How can this happen??? He really doesn't have any restraints at all does he??

🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬

[NameAlreadyTaken]

34. None. Just connections.

[sakabatou]

12. So... Dubai, without its wealth (including its BS)

and instead, ethnic cleansing.

[fujiyamasan]

29. Unlike Dubai they won't have to import slave labor to build it

They can just use the Gazans for that and they’ll be desperate.

But of course they can’t actually live or benefit from any of it.

Not that any of it matters, because this whole thing is another absurd grift.

[AloeVera]

13. Gazans will go to Somaliland. That's the plan.

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

[2naSalit]

14. K&R

[Chipper Chat]

15. American carpetbaggers

[keep_left]

16. Anyone remember this? ("Trump Gaza" bizarre AI video).

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).

[usonian]

24. Ya beat me to it.

AI tells the truth, for once.

[B.See]

31. I mean, hey, did anyone ACTUALLY think

Trump was joking about this? Trump doesn't joke.

[NameAlreadyTaken]

17. $91 billion of OUR money?

[highplainsdem]

19. I could think of any number of horror novel or horror movie plots about what should happen to the

greedy, soulless monsters behind those plans.

[purr-rat beauty]

20. Oh that won't be a target

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

But those billions will still make their way to the project

[Brother Buzz]

22. The Monkey Wrench Gang redux, Baby!

[Samael13]

21. So gaza gets high speed rail but america as a whole cant have

Very american first.

[spanone]

23. And yet, they crucified Hunter Biden.

FUCK ALL REPUBLICANS.

[kimbutgar]

27. We can't find the ACA but have money for developing a luxury resort in Gaza?

Where is the maga outrage over this waste of American taxpayer money,

This administration wants to bankrupt our country and take it over in a soft coup. And he must be stopped !

[RetiredParatrooper]

33. Perhaps this is a new version of an old program

Strength through Joy (Kraft durch Freude - KdF)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strength_Through_Joy

[Boo1]

28. There is no way

you can build that for $170B.

SOFI Stadium in LA cost nearly 7B, and it's a football stadium. You're going to build a modern "smart" city for $170? It's going to cost that much to clear debris.

Building those plans would cost TRILLIONS.

[Bluestocking]

32. FAFO

As I recall the Palestinian supporters were hell bent on Harris losing to Trump and they succeeded. This wouldn’t be happening if Harris were in the White House. Also wouldn’t be happening if Gaza had not attacked, raped, tortured and murdered Israeli civilians.

[AloeVera]

40. My God, some things never change. It is to weep. N/T

[Initech]

35. Kushner and Witkoff need to be dragged before the fucking Hague.

And charged with conspiracy to commit mass murder and genocide. Fuck both of them. And fuck their stupid bullshit city.

[yellow dahlia]

39. I second that emotion.