Overview
- Jared Kushner detailed visions for 'Nueva Gaza' and 'Nueva Rafah' with coastal tourism, up to about 180 skyscrapers, a port, an airport and large-scale housing, education and health facilities.
- Kushner projected a two-to-three-year first phase and estimated $25 billion in investment, asserting rapid construction is possible if security conditions are met.
- The plan conditions any rebuilding on complete disarmament in target areas and the demilitarization of Hamas under the NCAG, a U.S.-backed Palestinian committee slated to hand oversight to a reformed Palestinian Authority.
- UN agencies and experts cite more than 60 million tons of rubble, over seven years just to clear debris, extensive unexploded ordnance and an approximate $70 billion rebuild cost, and they note the proposal omits where residents would live during works.
- Political headwinds include Israeli opposition to a PA role, expert doubts about dense high-rises near Israel’s border, and split reactions to the U.S.-chaired Peace Council, with some countries joining and several European governments declining.