Kushner's 'Vision' for Gaza: Dispossession by Design, Not Development
📰 THE STORY: NPR reports on Jared Kushner's highly-publicized 'vision' for Gaza, featuring skyscrapers and industrial zones, which Palestinians are rightly interpreting as a thinly veiled plan to permanently displace them and erase what little remains of their homes and history. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: This 'vision' isn't new; it's a direct continuation of the Nakba,
which began in 1948 with the ethnic cleansing of over 750,000 Palestinians. Israel's ongoing 17-year blockade of Gaza, intensifying since 2007, systematically destroyed Gaza's economy and infrastructure, directly leading to the current humanitarian crisis that such 'reconstruction' aims to exploit. Netanyahu's government, for instance, has openly discussed 'voluntary migration' of Gazans, a
euphemism for ethnic cleansing, following the 2023-24 genocide. Double Standard: Imagine a US-backed official proposing 'futuristic cities' for an Indigenous population whose homes were just leveled in a genocidal assault, after decades of blockades. The global outcry would be deafening. Yet, for Gaza, a 'development plan' from a US figure with deep ties to the occupying power is presented as a
neutral, if controversial, initiative, rather than a blueprint for further dispossession. The same media that condemns 'illegal settlements' in Ukraine's occupied territories greenlights de-facto settlement expansion disguised as 'reconstruction' in Gaza. Follow the Money: Jared Kushner's past 'peace plans' for the region, like the 'Deal of the Century,' were heavily criticized for prioritizing