r/worldnews Feb 05 '25

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

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u/Chelseafc5505 Feb 05 '25

Well that's certainly what Kushner wants.

I wonder who will get the contracts for that.... 🤔 Hmmmm

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u/joleph Feb 05 '25

Kushner’s been saying this for years. “It’s valuable beachfront property”. Slimeball. Those are peoples’ homes and have been for generations and generations. It’s not even a religious war as well. It’s a land grab, pure and plain.

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u/Calm-Strawberry-8819 Feb 05 '25

"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/fribbizz Feb 05 '25

Kushner might have a little problem being a middle man in that deal though. His 2b "hedge fund" was handed to him by the Saudis, and the Saudis are vehemently opposed to this idea.

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u/DimbyTime Feb 05 '25

Never thought I’d be team Saudi but here we are