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The U.s. Plan For Gaza Has Nothing In It For Palestinians

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The latest piece of the future U.S. plan for Gaza was revealed last week by the U.S. President's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, at the inaugural ceremony of Trump's "Board of Peace." Kushner's presentation included a map of how Gaza would look like after reconstruction, including industrial zones, residential blocks, and tourism beaches. The plan advertises a new Rafah and a new Gaza City, completely separate from each other. Meanwhile, the edges of the Strip — which once served as Gaza's farmland and bread basket — would now be home to industrial complexes. Kushner's plan doesn't foresee any restoration of Palestinian neighborhoods or villages, and offers no place for natural Palestinian life. Only fixed residential blocks, surrounded by investments. After two years of genocide, the outcome that is being laid out for the people of Gaza — and the Palestinian people as a whole — is the creation of a dystopian reality on top of the destroyed homes and communities; one focused on business...