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Gaza - Trump's Latest Plan : Shared by Tom McDermott




This plan seems to be the latest effort of Israel and the US to vett and segregate Palestinians.  It reflects similar thinking to earlier attempts to limit aid to 'approved Gazans' via the GHF distribution points . In the new plan only those determined to be 'safe and reliable' would be on one side of the yellow line; while the others would remain in a sort of 'no man's land'. It is easy to guess which side would receive aid and support for construction of housing.  
Tom

The Trump Administration Has a New Plan for Gaza
Hana Kiros — The Atlantic — November 10, 2025
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Summary
A U.S.-backed initiative called “Alternate Safe Communities” would house displaced Palestinians on the Israeli-controlled side of Gaza’s new “yellow line.” Each site is planned to include medical, school, and administrative facilities and “temporary housing” first floated at roughly 25,000 residents per community, later revised to about 6,000. 

Only Palestinians vetted by Israel’s domestic intelligence would be eligible, raising concerns over movement restrictions and long-term partition. The State Department has contracted Tetra Tech to clear rubble and unexploded ordnance for a pilot site near Rafah, while Trump advisers Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff support the effort alongside the Israeli government. Critics inside the U.S. government, foreign governments, and aid organizations warn the plan could effectively sequester residents and entrench a divide unless broader political conditions change. Financing from “Muslim and Arab nations” has not materialized, and questions remain about governance, land ownership, and timelines amid a fragile cease-fire.

Quotes
“Each settlement should include a medical center, a school, an administrative building, and ‘temporary housing for approximately 25,000 people.’”
“The communities ‘would be a place where people are effectively sequestered, although they wouldn’t use those terms.’”
“‘No reconstruction funds will be going into areas that Hamas still controls.’”
“It’s unclear if there was any consultation at all with any Palestinian.”
“‘There is a clash coming on this between Palestinians, Egyptians, many others, Qataris, Turks and the US and Israel if the US continues to support the Israeli point of view on this.’”

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