Posted on 02/19/2025 5:02:21 AM PST by bert
Arab states to present a $20 billion Gaza reconstruction plan, countering US displacement efforts.
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is expected to travel to Riyadh on Thursday, two Egyptian security sources said, where he is due to discuss an Arab plan for Gaza that may include up to $20 billion from the region for reconstruction.
Arab states are expected to discuss a post-war plan for Gaza to counter US President Donald Trump's proposal to redevelop the strip under US control and displace Palestinians, a prospect that has angered regional leaders.
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar are set to review and discuss the Arab plan in Riyadh before it is presented at a scheduled Arab summit, which takes place in Cairo on March 4, four sources with knowledge of the matter said.
On Friday, a gathering of Arab state leaders, including Jordan, Egypt, the UAE, and Qatar, was expected in Saudi Arabia, which is spearheading Arab efforts on Trump's plan, although some sources said the date had not been confirmed yet.
Arab states were dismayed by Trump's plan to "clean out" Palestinians from Gaza and resettle most of them in Jordan and Egypt to create a Middle East Riviera. The idea was immediately rejected by Cairo and Amman and seen in most of the region as deeply destabilizing.
What is the Arab plan for Gaza? The Arab proposal, mostly based on an Egyptian plan, involves forming a national Palestinian committee to govern Gaza without Hamas involvement and international participation in reconstruction without displacing Palestinians abroad.
A $20 billion contribution from Arab and Gulf states towards the fund, cited by two sources as being a likely figure, maybe a good incentive for Trump to accept the plan, Emirati academic Abdulkhaleq Abdullah said.
"Trump is transactional so $20 billion would resonate well with him," Abdullah said.
"This would benefit a lot of US and Israeli companies."
Egyptian sources told Reuters that discussions are still underway as to the size of the region's financial contribution.
Sources said that the plan sees reconstruction taking place over a three-year timeframe.
"My conversations with Arab leaders, most recently King Abdullah, have convinced me they have a really realistic appraisal of what their role should be," Senator Richard Blumenthal told reporters in Tel Aviv during a visit to Israel on Monday.
Israeli foreign minister Gideon Saar said Tel Aviv was waiting to evaluate the plan as it comes together but warned that any plan in which Hamas continued to have a presence in Gaza was not acceptable.
"When we hear it, we will know how to address it," he said.
What to amounts to a Palestinian protectorate is being implemented in a manner that is acceptable to the Arab people who are religiously required to care for those less fortunate.
The Trump thoughts on tourism ad development economically is part and parcel of the remedial deal. The cancer of Hamas and the Palestinian chronic disease have been excised and not allowed to continue to exist
The palestinian problem could be easily solved with comparatively little cash.
Compare the costs of October 7th and its aftermath to a perpetual payout to palestinians to do anything else in perpetuity, and you’ll find it is cheaper to pay them off to do absolutely anything else anywhere else.
And that, my friends, is why President Trump said the US will take on Gaza, to get the Arab countries to do what they needed to do and get a plan and financing for Gaza together.
I count well over $100,000,000,000.00 in the following:
What is the total cash costs of October 7th and its aftermath been for gaza, the Israelis and all other parties?
ChatGPT said:
The conflict that began with Hamas’s attack on October 7, 2023, has resulted in significant human and economic costs for Gaza, Israel, and other involved parties.
Gaza:
Human Impact: Over 48,200 Palestinians have been killed, with more than half being women and children.
AP NEWS
Infrastructure Damage: The war has caused extensive destruction in Gaza, including the loss of homes, schools, hospitals, and essential services. An estimated 245,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed.
AP NEWS
Reconstruction Costs: A joint assessment by the United Nations, the European Union, and the World Bank estimates that over $50 billion is required to rebuild Gaza and the West Bank over the next decade, with an immediate need of $20 billion in the first three years.
REUTERS
Israel:
Human Impact: Approximately 1,200 Israelis were killed during the initial attack, and 251 individuals were taken hostage, with 73 remaining captive.
AP NEWS
Economic Costs: The Bank of Israel projected that the war would incur a total expense of approximately $53 billion until 2025, based on increased defense expenditures and a decline in tax revenue.
WIKIPEDIA
Military Spending: Fitch Ratings expects Israel to permanently increase military spending by 1.5% of GDP compared to pre-war levels, leading to unavoidable economic consequences.
AL JAZEERA
United States:
Military Aid: The U.S. has provided at least $22.76 billion in military aid to Israel over the past year, according to Brown University’s Costs of War Project.
COMMON DREAMS
Lebanon:
Human Impact: The conflict has caused extensive destruction in Lebanon, with many homes and businesses destroyed.
AP NEWS
Economic Costs: The war has had a significant economic impact on Lebanon, with extensive damage to infrastructure and a substantial economic toll.
AP NEWS
These figures highlight the profound human and economic toll of the conflict on all parties involved.
This is so stupid.
There are more people in Gaza than in Philadelphia. Does anyone realistically think they are simply going to be forcibly “relocated” willingly and without violence?
Who are they going to direct that violence against?
What is going to be done in retribution? Who is going to do it?
Once Gaza has been ethnically cleansed, what happens to the West Bank? What happens to the Golan Heights?
Are those people also going to leave “willingly”?
Who determined that it was worth putting my children in danger for the benefit of another nation? Why is my country involved in this?
Ok. I’m wrong.
$1B / 2M gazans is only $ 50,000 each.
Not enough to pay them to stop murdering Jews in perpetuity as mad mo requires.
Because we vote for it.
Your opinion repeatedly loses.
Brilliant!
I understand the mechanics of “why”.... AIPAC, blackmail, bribery, coercion, etc... of another nation against my own.
I was more referring to the ethical question of “why”? Why is right to do this to the American children?
Which American children, by name?
I’ve volunteered in the IDF. I’m not aware of a single American who has died in fighting for the Israelis against the hamass aggressors in this conflict.
Enlighten me by directly answering the question. And feel free to enjoy my accurate tagline.
Gaza is “the Anus of the Middle East.” I hope this was Donald Trump’s plan all along — getting the Arabs to rebuild the city-state so that we don’t have to go in there.
$20 billion to build back buildings that Israel will just have to destroy again in 5 years after Hamas 3.0 takes over and attacks them again - using the weapons smuggled in via “construction supply” trucks.
Correct. In the context of what the total cost would actually be, Chump Change.
“Someone who focuses on their perception of the evils of Jews to the exclusion of all others can be described as an anti-Semite. Anti-Semitism refers to prejudice, discrimination, or hostility against Jews, often based on negative stereotypes or misconceptions. If the focus is specifically on perceiving Jews as inherently evil, that individual would be engaging in a particularly extreme and harmful form of anti-Semitism.”
It isn’t “name calling” when it accurately describes you. I recommend everyone review your posting history, as I have, to confirm my tagline.
Trump has the wisdom to try something different.
It may or may not work.
But don’t be stupid and do this all over again.
We need to find an uninhabited hot place on a convenient coast more than 150 miles from ANY Israeli border to dump them. Preferably an island, or with no other country touching it.
The American victims of every Jihadi terrorist attack on U.S. soil for the past 30 years has been blowback for our support of Israel.
The 10’s of thousands of dead US military men fighting the wars in the Middle East in defense of Israel which were planned out by Netanyahu and Bush’s neocon henchmen in the 1990’s were victims of our support for Israel.
Those are the ones who have already died. I’m certain that if my country helps your country ethnically cleanse Gaza, there will be more. But of course, you will view them as collateral damage and not “really” caused by our support of Israel.
Is it common for agents of foreign militaries to join American political forums to advocate for Americans to send money and military support to the foreign country they represent? I would think that would be frowned upon.
If we had Russian military agents advocating for us to support Russia or Ukrainian military agents advocating for us to support Ukraine or Brazilian military agents advocating for us to support Brazil....I would think that would be an issue. I guess there are just different rules for Israel.
The Andaman Islands fit the bill perfectly...............
I asked a direct question, and you have no answer, because no single American has lost their life fighting for Israel after the hamass attack.
Your political position to defund Israel is consistently rejected by Americans at the polls.
The vast majority of your posts focus on the evils of Jews.
You are a proved lying loser anti-Semite.
Feel free to leave.
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