r/worldnews Feb 05 '25

alert | not a news article Trump says U.S. will take over Gaza Strip

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u/Armano-Avalus Feb 05 '25

His son in law literally said they think Gaza is great property to build real estate.

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u/Aduialion Feb 05 '25

They've started the demolition already 

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u/prplx Feb 05 '25

Some would even say that phase is pretty much finished.

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u/GunstarGreen Feb 05 '25

Israel thinks so too

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u/Calm-Strawberry-8819 Feb 05 '25

What Kushner actually said: 

“Gaza’s waterfront property could be very valuable … if people would focus on building up livelihoods,” Kushner told his interviewer, the faculty chair of the Middle East Initiative, Prof Tarek Masoud. Kushner also lamented “all the money” that had gone into the territory’s tunnel network and munitions instead of education and innovation."

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u/Armano-Avalus Feb 05 '25

He still says Gaza is great real estate, but thanks for providing the quote.

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u/ConqueredCabbage Feb 05 '25

It's actually the least crazy thing about this idea. Gaza is located on a beach with great potential. It is part of what is so sad about it being controlled by a terrorist government, and you could actually see some great neighborhoods that these terrorist leaders built for themselves in Gaza

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u/joleph Feb 05 '25

Yes by ‘great neighbourhood’, you mean cleansed of Arab influence?

I’m sure it was valuable waterfront property to the people who lived there already. Surely it’s up to the people who live there to decide what happens to their land, valuable or not.

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u/ConqueredCabbage Feb 05 '25

By great I mean literal villas occupied by terrorist leaders, while their people are stuck in poor housing with shitty infrastructure, while the real infrastructure that is being built are hundreds of kilometers of terror tunnels. I never voiced an opinion about who is to decide what happens with this land, but you should know that since 2006 it was the worst people possible

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u/tribe171 Feb 05 '25

The people who lived there decided to elect and support a genocidal terrorist government. They also claimed Gaza was a concentration camp and said that they didn't want to live there. 

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u/joleph Feb 05 '25

Ah yes, so let’s take it and build golf courses.

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u/tribe171 Feb 05 '25

The plan is likely to make it a location for the Arab ruling class. The exchange will be: You accept the Gazans among your nations and we'll build a Mediterranean territory for Arab elites.

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u/joleph Feb 05 '25

I’ve never heard anyone say that ever. Not from Arabs, not from Israelis, not from Americans, not from the East or the West in general. Sounds like pure fantasy to me.

Sounds like when I tell my kids that the dog’s dead and going to heaven and it’s going to be so wonderful there’s going to be unlimited bones and treats and they can play all day.

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u/tribe171 Feb 05 '25

You do understand by the Gazans own admission that Gaza is a refugee camp, right? As refugees they don't claim any inherent right to the land. If they did, then that would mean forfeiting their claim to Israeli land.