A leaked 38-page document from the Trump administration, dubbed the Gaza Reconstitution, Economic Acceleration and Transformation (GREAT) Trust, has unveiled a controversial blueprint to transform war-torn Gaza into a high-tech logistics hub while displacing its Palestinian population. The plan, aligning with the India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor (Imec), envisions a US-led trusteeship over Gaza for at least a decade, prioritizing corporate gains and geopolitical strategy over Palestinian rights, according to Rafeef Ziadah, a senior lecturer at King’s College London.

Framed as reconstruction, the GREAT Trust proposes turning Gaza into a “Riviera of the Middle East” with AI-powered smart cities, luxury resorts, and infrastructure like the Abraham Gateway logistics hub in Rafah. It mirrors Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “Gaza 2035” vision, which critics argue sanitizes Gaza by erasing its Palestinian identity. The plan projects Gaza’s value soaring to $324 billion within a decade, treating it as a “distressed asset” for speculative profit through disaster capitalism.

Central to the proposal is the “voluntary relocation” of Palestinians, offering $5,000 cash, rent subsidies, and food stipends to encourage departure, with estimates suggesting 25% of Gaza’s 2 million residents might leave permanently. Amid Israel’s blockade and UN-reported “engineered mass starvation,” such relocation is widely criticized as coerced ethnic cleansing. The plan also integrates Gaza into Imec, a US-backed corridor linking India to Europe via Saudi Arabia and Israel, countering China’s Belt and Road Initiative while bolstering the Abraham Accords’ regional framework.

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The GREAT Trust envisions a US-Israel bilateral agreement expanding into a multilateral trust to govern Gaza, oversee security, and manage aid, with a limited Palestinian “polity” under strict oversight. It pitches massive investments—$70–100 billion public and $35–65 billion private—for ports, railways, and data centers, enticing Gulf nations like Saudi Arabia with custodial roles and economic stakes to secure their normalization with Israel.

Critics, including Ziadah, argue the plan denies Palestinian agency, echoing historical patterns of displacement. Palestinians have rejected similar schemes, and regional allies like Egypt and Jordan oppose relocation, citing instability. The proposal’s techno-futurist gloss, with smart cities and digital-ID systems, starkly contrasts with Gaza’s reality of ruined neighborhoods and famine, raising questions about whose interests are truly served. As the US pushes this “Abrahamic order,” the GREAT Trust reveals a troubling vision of Gaza’s future, prioritizing profit and geopolitics over human rights.

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