According to a 32-page slideshow, as reported by the Wall Street Journal, the plan, titled “Project Sunrise,” envisions gleaming high-rise buildings and magnificent infrastructure, at an estimated cost of $112 billion. According to White House sources, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have presented the proposal to area leaders, including those of Türkiye, Egypt, the UAE, and Qatar.
Reconstruction would begin in the south, in Rafah, reaching Gaza City as a final stage. The “New Rafah” would be home to more than 500,000 people, 200 or more schools, 75 clinics and hospitals, and 180 or more mosques and cultural centers, according to the slide adorned with an AI-generated image of a lush metropolis.
The proposal is a fantasy in the current environment.
