Response_egyp on a fatt fascist on the EC-SIT announced On Tuesday, March 4, the Arab leaders approved the plan of his country for the reconstruction of Gaza Strip; This primarily includes that Palestinians can remain in the enclave in contrast to the plan of US President Donald J Trump turn Gaza in “A Middle East Riviera” after exchanging his 2.3 million inhabitants.
The reconstruction plan of Egypt is divided into 3 phases that would cost 53 billion US dollars: an initial recovery phase would take about six months, followed by a “reconstruction”, a “governance” phase that would take four to five years.
The first phase contains Building 200,000 houses and reconstructed 600,000 buildings; That would cost an estimated 3 billion US dollars. In the plan, the question of Gaza government was also discussed and suggested that this should initially be transferred to a committee of Palestinian technocrats under the Palestinian authority (PA).
The second phase would cost around 20 billion US dollars to clarify the devastating amounts of ruins and build another 400,000 houses to ensure apartments for the entire population within 30 months. This phase also aims to restore the infrastructure of Gaza of water, electricity, telecommunications and waste, as well as to build an industrial port, a fishing port, a commercial harbor and the airport. All of that had been Destroyed at a certain point in time in Israel’s history of the war against Gaza.
The last phase would revolve around the planning, who would take control of Gaza strip as a strategy Said The technocratic committee for monitoring humanitarian aid and the governance of Gaza in this phase. This phase; The costs are estimated at 30 billion US dollars, but also set up a steering and administrative council: a financial fund that supports the interim government.
The President of Palestinian Authority (PA), Mahmoud Abbas, welcomed the proposal in Egypt and asked the United States to support him. Abbas explained that it is of the utmost importance to maintain the ceasefire, to provide humanitarian aid, to ensure the full withdrawal of the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and to put an end to the continuing attempts of Israel, Palestinian countries.
Abbas has also called for the PA to have responsibility for the Gaza government, and stated that he was ready to hold presidential and parliamentary elections within one year if the circumstances allow this. The PA President also emphasized that his government was the only authority in the occupied Palestinian territory in a direct push in Hamas.
At the beginning of January, Senior PA officer was Hussein al-Heikh presented A pitch for us special representatives in the Middle East, Steve Wittcoff, who declared the willingness of the PA to meet Hamas if necessary to take control of Gaza.
Hamas welcomed the reconstruction plan and described it as “step forward” towards the Arab and Muslim orientation with the Palestinian cause. On the other hand, the Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’aar went to the social platform X to criticize the plan that he “did not address the realities of the situation after October 7”. However, Sa’ar supported Trump’s initial proposal to suspend the Palestinians from Gaza, and called it “an opportunity for the Gazans to have free choice due to their free will.
Israel’s feeling reflects that of the White House, which explained that they stand on Trump’s original plan for the enclave. The spokesman for the National Security Council, Brian Hughes, said in a statement to the Israeli media that the plan is “not reality that Gaza is currently uninhabitable and the residents cannot live in an area that is covered in ruins and unexpected order.”
The United States was the main weapon supplier for Israel before the events of October 7, 2023. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri), an international institute offers Data and analysis on armed conflicts, Between 2019 and 2023, the United States delivered 69% of the Israeli -Imporiums of the most important conventional weapons. Even during the armistice, the Pentagon said that the United States confirmed the sale of 3 billion US dollars to Israel to Israel in the last week of February.
