Overview
- Presenting for Trump's Board of Peace at the World Economic Forum, Jared Kushner unveiled concept slides of high-rise waterfront districts for Gaza and Rafah and said there is no Plan B.
- He asserted rubble removal and demolition had begun, forecast an initial two-to-three-year rebuilding phase, and promoted targets including 100% employment and a GDP above $10 billion by 2035.
- On-the-ground reporting highlights a starkly different reality, with Israeli forces holding roughly half the enclave, widespread displacement, restricted entry of building materials, a reported death toll above 71,000, and doubts Israel would accept a new port and airport.
- The U.N. project office estimates more than 60 million tons of debris that could take years to clear and require demining, an assessment White House deputy press secretary Anna Kelly dismissed as laughable.
- Governance and ethics concerns intensified as the Board’s Gaza executive body lists no Palestinians, real estate magnate Yakir Gabay was named to it, technocrat Ali Shaath was tasked with day-to-day administration, and watchdogs flagged Kushner’s Middle East–funded investment ties as a potential conflict.