Palestinians say U.S. plan for ‘New Gaza’ ‘is not Gaza’

From NPR.

President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, laid out a vision for a “New Gaza” with futuristic skyscrapers and industrial zones Thursday. Kushner says this new vision for Gaza will feature a flourishing economic zone that creates jobs and prosperity for people there, free of Hamas and heavy weapons.

Kushner’s plan envisions Gaza with trains, an airport, advanced manufacturing zones, parks and a coastline for tourists with high-rise towers that resemble Dubai. It also includes more than 100,000 homes — though the U.N. says six times that amount existed before the war.

Ghada Duheir, a mother of four, says the plan looks nice at first glance, but it’s not Gaza. That all our rights — and our homes — are gone. She says all we want is aid and Israel to open the border.