Abdel Kouddous explains how a Rafah “planned community” would essentially put Palestinians into an Israeli panopticon.

As President Donald Trump formally inaugurated his so-called Board of Peace at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, his son-in-law Jared Kushner presented his vision of turning the Gaza Strip into an upscale seaside resort with gleaming skyscrapers and entirely new cities. The proposal is said to require an investment of at least $25 billion, and Kushner’s presentation showed a map of the besieged territory divided into different zones. This all comes as Palestinians in Gaza struggle to survive with little food or shelter amid ongoing Israeli restrictions on aid.

“It’s hard to take these people seriously. I mean, they’re buffoonish. But the problem is, is that they control the largest military and economy in the world,” says Sharif Abdel Kouddous, the Middle East and North Africa editor at Drop Site News. He calls the Board of Peace “a parody of a colonial body” and says the plan for Gaza will result in “ultimate control and subjugation” of the Palestinian population.

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.caEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    So slavery is back on the table now for the US as well? I mean, it happened all the time but hush hush and only amongst criminals, now it’s going to be government policy?

    A certain type of people might start scratching themselves behind the ears on where this one is going… I would not be waiting until they’d come knocking on doors, so yo speak

  • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    8 hours ago

    No fucking shit. But I’m sure all those Palestinians in Gaza are so relieved that Kamala Harris didn’t win the 2024 election!

    • a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 hours ago

      My God we dodged a bullet. First period hits and suddenly we are kidnapping world leaders and trying to invade allies to take them over.

      Sigh. Women just aren’t built for the pressure, unfortunately.

      • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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        2 hours ago

        But she’s a neolib! But she’s a career prosecutor! But her laugh! womp womp womp

        All the idiots who didn’t vote for her: “Why aren’t you stopping trump?!?!?”

    • EndlessNightmare@reddthat.comEnglish
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      50 minutes ago

      For posterity, could you remind everyone what Kamala’s plan was for stopping the genocide and standing up to Israel to protect the Palestinians in Gaza?

      For clarity: I missed it because I quickly decided how I was going to vote, so I didn’t follow the campaigns all that closely once I had made my decision.

      • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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        1 hour ago

        Whatever it was, it would have been magnitudes better than what trump is doing. Biden literally sent a ship to Gaza filled with humanitarian aid, but they left because hamas wouldn’t stop lobbing mortars at them.

        Of course, some people won’t be satisfied with anything less than “from the river to the sea,” but honestly I’m not a fan of ethnic cleansings no matter who’s doing it. So if the only way to satisfy is to fellate hamas, then I really can’t be bothered…

  • GMac@feddit.orgEnglish
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    7 hours ago

    The board of peace is basically Spectre brought out of the James Bond films into this fucked up reality where a bunch of morons elected Biff Tannen… twice.