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Reconstruction of Gaza - realistic?

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mids2019 · 13/11/2025 07:07

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj41y42qxq8o

I think the problem with the below is the mammoth coast and the problem of who pays. To build a city of the size of Birmingham from scratch including public infrastructure to a sufficient standard using non slave Labour is going to be astronomical. Who pays? All the Arab states (although some with concentrated extreme wealth) have their own domestic pressures without stumping up hundreds of billions to produce a new sixth state. There could be international loans but that would bring into question Gazan public debt and how loans could be repaid.

There is also the thorny question about how Gazans go about establishing legal ownership of land or whether they need to buy it again. It seems like a conveyincing nightmare. One solution would be to build identical properties and allocate them the to the populace as a whole but would Gazans want this form of communism in terms of property? If you do have a housing market how do establish a realistic economy to support it?

International aid is extremely stressed and certainly as a UK tax payer I would hope we wouldn't get to involved and as Gazan reconstruction is talked about we should be conscious of the levels of poverty in other regions of the world.

(Left) Ruins of buildings in Gaza; (centre) Donald Trump; (right) Phoenix plan to rebuild Gaza

Rebuilding Gaza: The battle over its future redesign

From AI-powered super cities to designs that capture its 'soul and spirit', plans have already been draw up - but political obstacles remain

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj41y42qxq8o

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SharonEllis · 13/11/2025 08:23

FirstdatesFred · 13/11/2025 07:15

Logical me says the people who destroyed it should contribute to the cost of reconstruction! Might discourage them from doing it again.

Agreed. All Hamas assets need to seized as they are wealthy. As well as decommissionimg their weapons and making sure they have no political role.

MissyB1 · 13/11/2025 07:49

Well obviously Israel needs to fund a large part of it. America too, and any other Countries (which will include our own I’m afraid) that encouraged the destruction.

TomeTome · 13/11/2025 07:33

I would imagine Israel will pay reparation and the rest of us will help where we can. I think there is a huge appetite to help the predominantly very very young population of Palestine onto its feet.

quantumbutterfly · 13/11/2025 07:30

Billions of aid has been given in the past and spent on weapons and tunnels and invested abroad, it's time to use that. Apparently hamas have a lot of real estate in Turkey, perhaps a bit of forensic accounting could redirect that income to Gaza.
Many countries are funding Syria's rebuild, but I imagine there is wariness that if the hamas,pij etc ideology remains, there will be destruction again.

FirstdatesFred · 13/11/2025 07:15

Logical me says the people who destroyed it should contribute to the cost of reconstruction! Might discourage them from doing it again.

mids2019 · 13/11/2025 07:08

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