A Hamas official said Monday, September 1 that Gaza “was not on sale” after the information of the Washington Post about a United States plan for the postwar period that plans to move the population and place the Palestinian territory under US control.
Requested by AFP, the State Department did not immediately react to the newspaper’s information about this project published a few days after a meeting in Washington supposedly, according to Donald Trump’s special emissary, Steve Witkoff, examines a “very complete plan” for the postwar period in the Gaza Strip.
The 38 -page plan, consulted by American Daily, foresees the “voluntary” trip of the two million inhabitants of Gaza to other countries or in safe areas within the territory devastated by almost two years of war, the time of its reconstruction to transform it into a tourist and technological center.
Hamas rejects this plan
The Palestinian territory would be placed for ten years under the administration of an entity called Gaza reconstitution, economic acceleration and transformation confidence, or great confidence, which will leave after the place a “renovated and based Palestinian entity”, according to the same source.
Those who accept to leave would receive $ 5,000 in cash, as well as help that cover four years of rent and one year of food, according to the plan informed by the American newspaper.
“Gaza is not on sale,” said Bassem Naïm, a member of the Hamas political office, on social networks, claiming that the territory is “an integral part of the great Palestinian homeland.” He stressed the “refusal of Hamas and our people” of this plan.
A previous project rejected by the UN
The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had supported a project announced in February by the president of the United States, Donald Trump, who said he wanted to take “Gaza” and make him the Riviera del Middle East, repeating that the population of the territory could go to live another place. This project had been rejected by Arab and Western countries and the UN. Israel leads a destructive offensive in the Gaza Strip, response to an unprecedented attack led by Hamas against its territory on October 7, 2023.
Questioned by the AFP about the plan published by the Washingon Post, the inhabitants of the Palestinian territory expressed their distrust. “Would Trump agree to be transferred from his house and city if Russia became stronger than the United States?” Waël Azzam said, sixty, a transfer to Khan Younès (South).
“The American plan is wind, they lie to us. If they really want to help Gaza, everyone knows what to do: exert pressure on Netanyahu to stop war and murders,” said Qassem Habib, 37, who lives in a tent in Gaza-Ville (North).
On the other hand, Ahmad al -Akkaui, another resident of Gaza -ville, against which the Israeli army said they prepare an important offensive, claims to be ready to accept everything that the war ceases. “If war stops and transfer us to European countries to live a normal life, with guarantees to rebuild Gaza, support Trump’s plan,” he said.
Source: BFM TV
