Trump plans to take control of Gaza for 10 years

The White House is reportedly considering a plan to pay Palestinians $5,000 to relocate for 10 years while the Gaza Strip is transformed into the “Riviera of the Middle East” envisioned by U.S. President Donald Trump. 

The Gaza Reconstitution, Economic Acceleration and Transformation (GREAT) proposal would establish a trusteeship for control of the 40km-long strip of land that would be administered by the U.S. for at least 10 years, while reconstruction – financed by billions of dollars in public and private-sector investments – takes place, the Washington Post reported. 

Gaza’s entire 2 million population would need to be temporarily relocated for the project to take shape. The plan relies on “voluntary” departures from Gazans, either to another country or secured zones within the strip. 

To encourage relocation, Palestinians opting to leave would receive  $5,000 cash, four years of free rent elsewhere, and a year’s supply of food. 

The trust would also offer digital tokens to Gazan land owners – good for a 1,800-square-foot apartment in one of six-to-eight new “AI-powered, smart cities” the trust plans to build from the ground up –  in exchange for handing over their property rights. 

“Mega-projects,” including new highways, ports, airports, desalination plants and solar arrays would be funded by investors.