Posted on 07/07/2025 11:17:47 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Summary
July 7 (Reuters) - A proposal seen by Reuters and bearing the name of a controversial U.S.-backed aid group described a plan to build large-scale camps called “Humanitarian Transit Areas” inside - and possibly outside - Gaza to house the Palestinian population, outlining a vision of "replacing Hamas' control over the population in Gaza."
The $2 billion plan, created sometime after February 11 and carrying the name of the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, or GHF, was submitted to the Trump administration, according to two sources, one of whom said it was recently discussed in the White House.
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The plan, reviewed by Reuters, describes the camps as "large-scale" and "voluntary" places where the Gazan population could “temporarily reside, deradicalize, re-integrate and prepare to relocate if they wish to do so.”
The Washington Post made a reference to GHF plans to build housing compounds for Palestinian non-combatants in May.
A slide deck seen by Reuters goes into granular detail on the "Humanitarian Transit Zones," including how they would be implemented and what they would cost.
It calls for using the sprawling facilities to "gain trust with the local population" and to facilitate U.S. President Donald Trump's "vision for Gaza."
Reuters could not independently determine the status of the plan, who created and submitted it, or whether it is still under consideration.
The aid group, responding to questions from Reuters, denied that it had submitted a proposal and said the slides "are not a GHF document." GHF said it...
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Israel seeks to separate Hamas from the civilian population.
This reminds us of a similar task facing the British Empire during the Boer War when the Commandos lived with the support of the Afrikaaner (Boer) population.
The British came up with a solution to separate the civilian population from the Commandos.
What did the British call the facilities they set up?
Big wide paths....from the river into the sea.
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