180 skyscrapers for Gaza: Trump’s son-in-law Kushner unveils ‘masterplan’ for enclave’s reconstruction
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/22/middleeast/kushner-trump-postwar-plan-gaza-board-peace-davos-intl-latam
“We have a masterplan. … There is no Plan B.”
Thus spake Jared Kushner, unveiling his vision for postwar Gaza in front of an audience of the World Economic Forum at Davos.
If it failed, he said, blame would be easy to ascribe. “If Hamas does not demilitarize, that will be what holds back the people of Gaza from achieving their aspirations,” he said.
Coastal tourism, an airport and a port
Jared Kushner presents a plan for post-war Gaza following a signing ceremony for the “Board of Peace” at the World Economic Forum on January 22, 2026 in Davos, Switzerland
Completely wiping out the remains and history of Gaza...
Kushner highlighted two urban developments, which he referred to as New Rafah and New Gaza.
At “New Rafah,” more than 100,000 permanent housing units would be built, along with over 200 schools and more than 75 medical facilities, he said. He expressed hope that the construction would be completed within two to three years. Work has already begun to remove the rubble, he said.
“New Gaza” is to be a center of industry, with the aim of achieving 100% full employment, Kushner said. Computer-generated images suggest a metropolis bearing a strong resemblance to Persian Gulf cities like Doha and Dubai, with gleaming waterside accommodations and office locations. 
This is what it reminds me of, but in a horizontal layout... Dystopian nightmare.
The city in Fritz Lang's 1927 film Metropolis is a towering, dystopian vision of 2026, split vertically by class: opulent skyscrapers for the elite above, and vast, mechanized underworlds for the oppressed workers below
Undoubtedly, the scale of the task is enormous, and the presentation was scant on details about how it would all be realized. Two years of Israeli bombardment, launched in response to Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, has left more than 80% of Gaza’s buildings damaged or destroyed.
Who’s going to pay for it?
Governments will make the first contributions, Kushner said, with initial announcements to come at a conference in Washington in the next couple of weeks.
He also appealed to the private sector to come forward, promising “amazing investment opportunities.” “I know it’s a little risky to be investing in a place like this, but we need you to come, take faith, invest in the people,” he said.
While senior Palestinian officials have been slow to react to Kushner’s presentation, criticism from elsewhere has highlighted a sense that their powerlessness is being exploited.
“Palestinians face a plan to eliminate their very presence, based on domestication, subjugation, and control,” Ramy Abdu, the Palestinian founder of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor group, posted on X.
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It is not the first time Trump’s son-in-law has unveiled an ambitious vision for Gaza.
In 2019, he hosted a summit in Bahrain under the title, “From Peace to Prosperity,” which also imagined “a bustling commercial and tourist center in Gaza and the West Bank, where international businesses come together and thrive.”
