There is no possible economy in Gaza, except intensive agriculture (i.e., greenhouses, which they destroyed) and beachfront/tourist/casino trade (which they destroyed).
I used to live in Gush Katif, which was the non-Arab-occupied part of the strip.
Because of massive foreign dole for each Arab, the entire central area of Gaza is like a giant Chicago housing project.
About 1/2 the people don’t work, live off a VERY generous dole, and either: (1) sit around and cause trouble or (2) work illegal/shady/cash jobs so as to not ruin the opportunity to get the dole.
I have been thinking about the best way to stop the situation, and it is to stop the dole.
Gaza is way over-populated for the potential economy there. If there is no more free money, people without jobs will go back to where they came and/or go to work in jobs they are “too good to do” since they can sit around and get the same money on the dole.
There are giant hotels and agriculture industries that need workers, but no one shows up -— because the dole is too good.
So, Jewbacca’s solution is to turn off the money and make people go till the Earth like I did when I lived there.
Right on. Best first step would be to reestablish Gush Katif and apologize to the exiles for their brutal and unjust uprooting, giving them the right to either return home or sell their former homes to other Jews. Then eliminate the dole. Arabs have to eat like anyone else, and are just as capable of figuring out on which side their bread is buttered. If the Jews are back and the dole is gone, they’ll know where to go for jobs, and suddenly be a whole lot more civil. Then also pay them a sal pleita (emigration package) if they decide to leave Ghaza for greener pastures outside Israel, similar to the sal klita (immigration package) paid to new Jewish immigrants. Gosharooti. Discrimination. Tsk. Tsk.