DEPOKPOS – Middle East architecture and urbanization observer Ali A. Alraouf believes that US President Donald Trump’s family has ambitions to turn the Gaza Strip into a Las Vegas-like place.
Ali believes that Israel’s “flattening” of the Gaza Strip facilitates the Trump family’s ambition to turn Gaza into a luxury destination like Las Vegas in the US.
The Israeli attack on Gaza, which has claimed 71,000 innocent lives, will be erased through US President Donald Trump’s family’s real estate projects.
Trump’s Son-in-Law Reveals Gaza Development Plan
Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, revealed plans for the post-war reconstruction of the Gaza Strip in his presentation at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, last week.
Jared said the development will focus on rebuilding Gaza’s cities destroyed by the war between Palestine and Israel.
“If Hamas doesn’t demilitarize, that’s what will prevent the people of Gaza from achieving their aspirations,” Jared claimed.
This development will also proceed according to plan. “There is no plan B,” Kushner said, presenting the plan, accompanied by AI-generated imagery and color-coded maps.
The plan, drawn up without any consultation with Gazans, promises to rebuild Gaza from the ground up and includes residential towers, data centers, beachfront resorts, parks, sports facilities, and an airport.
Gaza’s Vegasization Effort
However, according to Ali A. Alraouf, a professor of architecture and urbanism at Cairo University, from an urban design perspective, the shifting landscape of Gaza represents a radical shift in the city’s identity.
Ali described this approach as the “Vegasization” of Gaza.
“This plan pursues a visual image similar to Dubai or Las Vegas,” Alraouf said, pointing to renderings of glass towers and marinas.
“Technically, it creates a closed community designed for a specific economic class, rather than an organic urban structure that serves the local population,” as quoted by Al Jazeera.
Meanwhile, the Israeli military has acknowledged the death toll in Gaza, which has reached 71,000 during the two-year offensive. That number is the same as that reported by the Gaza Ministry of Health.
