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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.
Gazas destruction has been profound, but we believe what lies ahead is not just restoration its 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
(128,898 posts)Kid Berwyn
(22,763 posts)Im curious, too: Where will the Gazans live?
AloeVera
(3,951 posts)Kid Berwyn
(22,763 posts)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
(64,196 posts)Henry203
(841 posts)No investors can make any money from it. All profits go back to the Palestinians.
chicoescuela
(2,612 posts)Just more taxpayer $ into tsf pocket.
Initech
(107,265 posts)eShirl
(20,056 posts)oasis
(53,322 posts)TheRickles
(3,133 posts)Vinca
(53,262 posts)Blues Heron
(8,273 posts)Americanme
(360 posts)or just US taxpayer money?
NameAlreadyTaken
(2,226 posts)a kennedy
(35,217 posts)🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬
NameAlreadyTaken
(2,226 posts)sakabatou
(45,742 posts)and instead, ethnic cleansing.
fujiyamasan
(1,147 posts)They can just use the Gazans for that and theyll be desperate.
But of course they cant actually live or benefit from any of it.
Not that any of it matters, because this whole thing is another absurd grift.
AloeVera
(3,951 posts)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:
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
Chipper Chat
(10,751 posts)keep_left
(3,148 posts)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
(23,372 posts)AI tells the truth, for once.
B.See
(7,665 posts)Trump was joking about this? Trump doesn't joke.
NameAlreadyTaken
(2,226 posts)highplainsdem
(59,708 posts)greedy, soulless monsters behind those plans.
purr-rat beauty
(950 posts)Um....this will be decimated before it is built
But those billions will still make their way to the project
Brother Buzz
(39,527 posts)Samael13
(117 posts)Very american first.
spanone
(140,926 posts)FUCK ALL REPUBLICANS.
kimbutgar
(26,724 posts)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
(62 posts)Strength through Joy (Kraft durch Freude - KdF)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strength_Through_Joy
Boo1
(133 posts)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
(480 posts)As I recall the Palestinian supporters were hell bent on Harris losing to Trump and they succeeded. This wouldnt be happening if Harris were in the White House. Also wouldnt be happening if Gaza had not attacked, raped, tortured and murdered Israeli civilians.
Initech
(107,265 posts)And charged with conspiracy to commit mass murder and genocide. Fuck both of them. And fuck their stupid bullshit city.