Gaza War | Gaza Strip: Reconstruction with donations

Current images of Gaza City, in which around 85 percent of all buildings are damaged: Now the rubble needs to be removed. Photo: IMAGO/Bilal Osama During the ongoing general debate at the United Nations, Trump's "Peace Council" presented its plans for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, which was extensively destroyed by the Israeli army. As if they wanted to make it clear once again, in the spirit of the US President, that the UN was not needed to resolve the conflict. And one could imagine from the outset what reconstruction à la Trump would look like: Israel is bombing the area into rubble and ashes, the lucrative construction contracts to rebuild homes, schools and clinics are likely to come primarily to US companies, while others are expected to pay: US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and advisor, Jared Kushner, called for donations when the plan was presented in New York.

A total of almost $2.5 billion needs to be raised in order to begin the most necessary work. Clearing the rubble alone is expected to cost $275 million. The plan, presented on Wednesday in New York, includes 66 projects over a period of six months, including to build emergency shelters, build a police force and restart the economy.

The Peace Council primarily includes close allies of the USA. They sail in the slipstream of Trump's power projection, like Hungary, Israel, Argentina and El Salvador, as well as the regional powers Egypt and Saudi Arabia. The legend spread by Trump that without him nothing would work globally has caught on with many governments.

The question of responsibility for what has happened in the Gaza Strip in the past three years is pushed out of sight: massive destruction of civilian infrastructure, numerous war crimes by the Israeli army, the killing of at least 74,000 Palestinian residents, which amounts to genocide. The war is not over yet: on the day the reconstruction plan was presented, the Israeli army killed seven people in the Gaza Strip.

While German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul remained silent about all this, Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen blamed the Israeli government for war crimes. French President Emmanuel Macron also found clear words: The alleged peace had not reopened the humanitarian corridors "for a second." »Must we watch this spectacle that shames us all? Never," he said at the UN general debate. Israel only responded with “outrage.”

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