Post-war Gaza plan proposes relocation, ‘digital token’ for Palestinian land: Washington Post
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A 38-page plan said Gaza’s two million people would leave via “voluntary” departures or move to restricted zones.
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WASHINGTON – A post-war plan for Gaza is circulating within US President Donald Trump’s administration that would see the Washington administer the war-torn enclave for at least a decade, the temporary relocation of Gaza’s population and its rebuilding as a tourist resort and manufacturing hub, the Washington Post reported on Aug 31.
The Washington Post said that according to a 38-page prospectus it had seen, Gaza’s two million population would leave either through “voluntary” departures to another country or into restricted areas within the territory during reconstruction.
Reuters previously reported that there is a proposal to build large-scale camps called “Humanitarian Transit Areas” inside
That plan carried the name of the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, or GHF, a controversial US-backed aid group.
Anyone who owns land would be offered a “digital token” in exchange for rights to redevelop their property, the Post reported, adding that each Palestinian who left would be provided with US$5,000 (S$6,416) in cash and subsidies to cover four years of rent. They would also be provided with a year of food, it added.
The Post said the plan is called the Gaza Reconstitution, Economic Acceleration And Transformation Trust (or Great Trust) and was developed by the GHF.
GHF coordinates with the Israeli military and uses private US security and logistics companies to get food aid into Gaza. It is favoured by the Trump administration and Israel to carry out humanitarian efforts in Gaza as opposed to the UN-led system which Israel says lets militants divert aid.
In early August, the UN said more than 1,000 people have been killed trying to receive aid in Gaza since the GHF began operating in May 2025, most of them shot by Israeli forces operating near GHF sites.
The White House and State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but the plan to rebuild Gaza appears to fall in line with previous comments made by Mr Trump.
On Feb 4, Trump first publicly said that the US should “take over” the war-battered enclave and rebuild it as “the Riviera of the Middle East”
Mr Trump’s comments angered many Palestinians and humanitarian groups about the possible forced relocation from Gaza.
Israeli forces pounded the suburbs of Gaza City overnight from the air and ground, destroying homes and driving more families out of the area as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security Cabinet was set on Aug 31 to discuss a plan to seize the city.
The Israeli military has gradually escalated its operations around Gaza City over the past three weeks. On Aug 29 it ended temporary pauses in the area that had allowed for aid deliveries, designating it a “dangerous combat zone”.
On Aug 31, the head of the World Food Programme said Israel’s designation would impact food access and put humanitarian aid workers in danger.
“It’s going to limit the amount of food that they have access to,” WFP executive director Cindy McCain said on CBS News’ Face the Nation programme. A report released earlier in August by the global hunger monitor, Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), said that approximately 514,000 people - nearly a quarter of Gaza’s population - are facing famine conditions in Gaza City and surrounding areas.
Israel has dismissed the IPC’s findings as false and biased, saying it had based its survey on partial data largely provided by Hamas, which did not take into account a recent influx of food. REUTERS
