Middle East Observer
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⚡️⭕️ The "Day After" plan in the sector, which is being managed by Trump, according to a report in The Washington Post:
Mass evacuation and turning Gaza into a high-tech hub..
- The Gaza Strip will be under American administration for at least 10 years, during which it will be transformed into a "luxurious" tourist destination and a high-tech and technology center.
- All residents of the sector, more than 2 million Gazans, will be evacuated voluntarily abroad or to limited areas within the sector.
- Every Palestinian who chooses to immigrate will receive a grant of $5,000, rental support for 4 years, and food provision for a year.
- 6 to 8 smart cities run by artificial intelligence will be established.
- New industrial areas, and advanced infrastructure, with support from private and public investments.
It is likely that a large part of the funding will come from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, with the United States also wanting to involve Qatar (but Israel less so).
Israel survives only because of the United States. Washington gives it weapons, money, and political cover so it can keep bombing, avoid blame, and act with total impunity. If America pulled its support, Israel would be exposed and isolated. Its economy and army would shrink fast, pressure for peace with the Palestinians would increase, and Israel would be forced to change not out of goodwill but because it would have no choice.
The truth is the United States does not just support Israel. It treats it as its own 51st state, protecting it at every turn. And the GCC rulers, even though they throw billions of dollars at America every year, are nothing but eunuchs. They are too weak, too scared, and too dependent to stand up to Washington or defend Palestine.
We must remember the words of Allah in the hadith qudsi narrated by Abu Hurairah, recorded in Sahih Muslim.
Allah, the Exalted, will say on the Day of Resurrection
O son of Adam, I fell ill and you did not visit Me.
He will say O Lord, how could I visit You when You are the Lord of the worlds
Allah will say Did you not know that My servant so and so had fallen ill and you did not visit him. Did you not know that if you had visited him you would have found Me with him.
Allah will then say O son of Adam, I asked you for food and you did not feed Me.
He will say O Lord, how could I feed You when You are the Lord of the worlds
Allah will say Did you not know that My servant so and so asked you for food and you did not feed him. Did you not know that if you had fed him you would have found that with Me.
Allah will also say O son of Adam, I asked you for drink and you did not give Me.
He will say O Lord, how could I give You drink when You are the Lord of the worlds
Allah will say My servant so and so asked you for drink and you did not give him. If you had given him drink you would have surely found that with Me.
On that Day the GCC rulers will also be questioned for their wealth, their silence, and their betrayal.
Israel’s Costly Preparations for a Takeover of Gaza City
Around 60,000 reservists have been called up, which costs Israel nearly three billion shekels every month, more than 800 million dollars. This figure includes the soldiers’ pay, food, housing, and the wider cost to the economy when so many people are pulled away from their jobs and studies.
The army is building large amounts of infrastructure to support the mobilisation. New training centres for fighting in cities, shooting ranges, and housing complexes with showers, electricity, kitchens, and vehicles have been set up in the south. The IDF has also bought hundreds of Humvees and thousands of drones, so that every reserve commander has one for intelligence and attack missions. Specialised training has expanded as well, with thousands of reservists learning how to use different kinds of drones, drive off-road vehicles, or serve as medics.
The preparations are not only about training soldiers but also about tearing down large parts of Gaza. The army’s policy allows troops to destroy any building they think poses a threat. In practice this means whole neighbourhoods can be levelled, something described as a scorched-earth approach. Because of a shortage of machines and skilled operators, the IDF has turned to reservists and civilian workers, some of whom are motivated by far-right ideology and see the destruction of Gaza as a goal in itself. These operators are highly paid, sometimes earning 5,000 shekels a day.
The engineering units are especially stretched. They rely on old vehicles with weaker armour, and in some brigades the reservists have refused to keep serving under those conditions. Still, the army continues to expand the force, recalling even those who were previously exempt from service.
Behind all of this is a political struggle. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists that Israel can both defeat Hamas and rescue the hostages still held in Gaza, presenting these as the main goals of the war. Yet even people close to him admit that the operation could put hostages in grave danger, since troops may be ordered to attack neighbourhoods where captives are being held. Some members of the security cabinet still hope a deal with Hamas could prevent the offensive, but so far no agreement has been reached.
The cost of these preparations runs into billions of shekels every month. If the government is using this build-up mainly as a way to pressure Hamas into making concessions, it may be one of the most expensive psychological campaigns ever carried out in Israel’s history.
Israel thinks it can crush Gaza, lock it down and make it disappear. But the harder it pushes, the deeper it sinks. Gaza is not being annexed. Gaza is annexing Israel.
Every soldier pulled from work and family, every tank grinding through sand, every shekel burned on drones and bulldozers only ties Israel tighter to Gaza. It is not Gaza that cannot escape Israel. It is Israel that cannot escape Gaza.
On the battlefield Gaza eats armies. The streets are too narrow for tanks, the tunnels stretch without end, and fighters rise again from the rubble. The more Israel destroys, the more resistance grows. Gaza is like quicksand. The more you struggle, the faster you sink.
In politics Gaza holds the mirror. Israel wanted to be seen as the small country under threat. But the world sees Gaza’s children pulled from ruins and entire neighbourhoods erased. Gaza has made Israel the oppressor in the world’s eyes, and no speech can change that.
Money pours into Gaza but not for building, for tearing down. Billions vanish every month, fortunes that could have built schools, hospitals and homes inside Israel. Gaza does not pay that bill. Israel does. Gaza takes Israel’s economy hostage, and the price only grows heavier.
Worst of all Gaza is swallowing Israel’s soul. Each bomb dropped makes cruelty feel normal. Each demolished house turns vengeance into policy. Far right voices cheer while the space for peace shrinks smaller than Gaza itself. Gaza does not just live under Israeli control. It is reshaping Israel into something harsher, darker and more broken.
The truth is upside down. Israel does not hold Gaza in its hands. Gaza holds Israel in its grip. By trying to bury Gaza, Israel is digging its own grave.
They all want resistance gone. Arab states will pay to rebuild gaza or countries in taking in refugees and will pat themselves on the back for this "charitable" act. When you call resistance to disarm, you are echoing zionist line.
Hamas says senior leaders have survived an Israeli air attack on Qatar’s capital, Doha, but five lower-ranked members were killed.
The White House says the US administration warned Qatar of the “impending” attack after being informed by the US military – a claim that Qatar has rejected, saying the warning came after the attack started.
Craig Murray
@CraigMurrayOrg
For anyone fooled by Qatar's protests against being bombed by Israel.
"President" Herzog is staying in the Park Lane Intercontinental - which is owned by the government of Qatar.
Last night I was finally thrown out of the hotel and joined the protest just as Herzog arrived back
This cannot be undone and I am sure it will be greatly appreciated.
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