Middle East

Gaza: What is the “Great Trust” project?

The “Great Trust”. This is the name of an post-war plan that has been circulating for several months in the Trump administration- G for “Gaza”R for “Reconstitution”E for “Economic”A for “Acceleration” and t for “Transformation”. Modeled on the vow of 47e President, the aim is to “Take control” Gaza strip for at least 10 years, in order to transform it into an eminent technological center and a sparkling tourist resort.

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All starts from Un 38 -page pdf, revealed speak Washington Post Sunday, August 31, which details the main objectives of this large -scale plan. The stake is simple: to make Gaza, placed under multilateral guardianship, the regional center of a “Pro-American regional architecture” and erect it as “The India-Moyen-Orient-Europe economic corridor bridge (In English Imec) towards the Mediterranean. »» One that would be piloted by Washington up to 70 and 100 billion dollars.

Donald Trump, who is trying to end the conflict that has devastated Gaza since the terrorist attack on October 7, 2023, wants to take advantage of his “Strategic location” And its access to European, Asian markets, as well as that bringing together the seven Arab and Muslim monarchies of the Persian Gulf (GCC) to make Gaza “A hub” at the crossroads of Africa, Asia and the Mediterranean.

The American president’s bias: rebuild everything, and do tabula rasa of the past to give birth to a Prosperous economy, dedicated to manufacturing industry, trade, digital data and tourism. A titanic plan, which can count on a young workforce and benefit from the support of the “Israeli technology” as well as “CCG investments”.

The booklet presents “Ten megaprojets”as ambitious as each other. Construction of new roads and railway lines, additional ports, an airport, but also “Six to eight smart cities” Fucked by AI, built from zero and built in the shape of cake. What generate, according to the document, Nearly a million jobs and a GDP multiplied by 11 compared to that of 2022, all, with the creation of 13,000 new hospitals and the promise of 85 % school children.

Voluntary departures?

But a major challenge arises to set up this “Riviera du Middle East”. Gazaouis represent a population of around 2.14 million inhabitants. According to the project, 75 % of them ” will remain in Gaza during reconstruction “or around 90,000 families, who will therefore need temporary accommodation. The Gazaouis already pushed by Israel to leave the territory for Egypt or other neighboring countries, are enjoined to accept to be relocated – either to another country, or in secure areas, located inside the enclave – the time of reconstruction.

The landowners, for their part, would be offered “Digital tokens” (Fiduciary currency) exchangeable for the development of their property, a new installation abroad or for an apartment in one of the six to eight new “Smart Cities”, which would be built on the ruins of the current Gaza band. The Palestinians who agree to voluntarily leave aid of $ 5,000 to settle elsewhere, as well as subsidies covering four years of rent and a year of food.

In total, nearly $ 10.8 billion assisted temporary housing would be provided. 6 to 10 billion dollars of donations would also be planned to meet the vital needs of the population. The Humanitarian Foundation for Gaza (GHF), private organization supported by Washington and the government Netanyahu, will she take care of ensuring humanitarian operations in the area.

Several political figures or men of influence have been warned of this project: among them, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the special envoy of Donald Trump in the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, as well as the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of Donald Trump and husband of Ivanka, who has many financial interests in the region, was also one of the personalities present in the White House on the invitation of Donald Trump.

For the time being, there are many oppositions to such a plan. The inhabitants of Gaza do not intend to leave their native land and the neighboring Arab countries, such as Egypt or Jordan, likely to accommodate the Gazan populations, categorically refuse to receive them. France has displayed its disagreement, believing that the reconstruction of Gaza must above all result from a “Political operation”. “The right answer is not a real estate response” The President Emmanuel Macron said last February after the first statements by Donald Trump.