Trump’s Davos Gaza Masterplan Draws Fire Over Exclusion and Imperial Ambition

At Davos, Jared Kushner unveiled the Trump administration’s 'Board of Peace' plan to redevelop Gaza through a four-phase rebuild from Rafah to Gaza City, featuring 100,000+ new housing units, a coastal tourism zone with hundreds of skyscrapers, a new port and airport, and about $25 billion in investment intended to create 500,000 jobs and boost GDP to roughly $10 billion by 2035. The plan emphasizes security and demilitarisation but has drawn sharp criticism as an imperial, investor-led project with no Palestinian consultation and unclear funding, sovereignty, or statehood provisions. Netanyahu sits on the board, and US-backed leaders say the effort could extend beyond Gaza, while Palestinian groups and civil society warn it ignores rights and war-crimes justice.}