Residents stand around craters caused by Israeli bombings in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip, Palestine, on Feb. 12, 2024. (Credit: AFP)
This is the latest idea from the Trump administration. The U.S. president has appointed former U.S. ambassador to Israel and current director of the Abraham Accords Peace Institute, Aryeh Lightstone, to plan and establish "alternative safe communities" in the Gaza Strip.In an investigation published last Tuesday, the New York Times details the project, which is about to begin: a series of "residential" complexes composed of prefabricated buildings able to house between 20,000 and 25,000 Gazan civilians, as well as schools and health centers.Each complex will be surrounded by patrol roads, fences, surveillance cameras, and military posts, a setup concealed by an inner belt of trees."This project, entirely a U.S. initiative, echoes the Briggs plan, a British counterinsurgency method called 'new villages.'...
This is the latest idea from the Trump administration. The U.S. president has appointed former U.S. ambassador to Israel and current director of the Abraham Accords Peace Institute, Aryeh Lightstone, to plan and establish "alternative safe communities" in the Gaza Strip.In an investigation published last Tuesday, the New York Times details the project, which is about to begin: a series of "residential" complexes composed of prefabricated buildings able to house between 20,000 and 25,000 Gazan civilians, as well as schools and health centers.Each complex will be surrounded by patrol roads, fences, surveillance cameras, and military posts, a setup concealed by an inner belt of trees."This project, entirely a U.S. initiative, echoes the Briggs plan, a British counterinsurgency method called 'new villages.'...
