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Talking heads and pundits, and American diplomats, too, keep raising the question of “What Happens After.” That is, who will control Gaza after Hamas is crushed, and 2.2 million people will still need someone to run the area. We know that Israel has no desire to run Gaza; what it wants, however, is to retain responsibility for security in the Strip, so that never again will it be turned into a terrorist outpost threatening the lives of Israelis. Elder of Ziyon believes that the United Arab Emirates could be the most plausible, benevolent, and deep-pocketed future ruler of Gaza. His discussion of this intriguing possibility can be found here: “The ‘Emirate of Palestine’ – the UAE is the key for a lasting solution to the Gaza crisis,” Elder of Ziyon, January 19, 2024:
…Gazans would suddenly live in a place that has a future. With its long coastline on the Mediterranean, Gaza could turn into a potential beach resort, well-placed to attract Arab and European visitors. The UAE and Israel could work on joint business ventures and economic zones to help employment and bring Gaza up to modern standards. One could imagine luxury hotels and high tech skyscrapers being built on the shores of the Mediterranean.
Gazans would become citizens of an Arab country and could still call themselves Palestinians. The emirate itself could be called “the Emirate of Palestine.” Why not? And Gaza citizens of the UAE could move to the other emirates to seek other opportunities if they prefer, with Emirati entrepreneurs moving to Gaza to take advantage of a blank slate. Which is not dissimilar to how they built the UAE to begin with.
Why would the UAE be interested? Well, a port on the Mediterranean is a pretty big carrot. Shipping lanes from and to Europe would be a huge economic boost. Working with Israel, the proposed train line from the Gulf to Israel could be extended a bit to Gaza to tie the Gulf countries closer to the sea as well.
Beyond that, there are some significant gas deposits off the coast of Gaza. No one wants to risk drilling there now, but the UAE would solve that problem.
Under rule by Hamas, Gaza has been involved in four wars with Israel. The constant threat of violence naturally puts off companies that might otherwise be involved in discovering and producing gas deposits in the territorial waters of Gaza. But with Gaza becoming part of the Emirates, and Hamas completely out of the picture, Western companies would be eager to exploit the natural gas deposits that are known to exist off the coast of Gaza. Those deposits could not only supply Gaza with its full energy needs, but the sale of gas beyond what is used by the Gazans, should provide a huge boost to the Gazan treasury.
Also, Palestinians are among the best educated Arabs. There is a competent workforce already there.
Moreover, Gaza could become a money-making tourism destination. Wealthy Europeans could rub shoulders with wealthy Arabs and make deals much closer to home.
Gaza has a long beachfront of white sand, and palm trees line the shore along the Mediterranean — this is not the Gaza we read about in the Western press, that describes only the present misery of its inhabitants. This Gaza could be turned into a tourism destination for both rich Arabs and rich Europeans.
Gazans would have huge opportunities to work and thrive. There would be no more “refugees” in Gaza. UNRWA would be gone.
Egypt would be thrilled to have such a neighbor. The entire Sinai could benefit from increased trade….
Egypt would benefit economically from having a deep-pocketed “Emirate” as its next-door neighbor. It could export food, textiles, and other goods to this new market, as well as buying natural gas from Gaza. Gazans, no longer impoverished, but instead prosperous citizens of the “eighth emirate” of the UAE, could visit Egypt as tourists, providing another boost to the Egyptian economy.
Qatari influence is disastrous. They support Hamas both with direct aid and through Al Jazeera, by far the most influential source of news in the Middle East. They cannot have a role in the future of Gaza….
Qatar has been the financial supporter of Hamas, and furthermore, has close relations with Iran. Qatar’s attempt to wield influence in Gaza has to end, and the UAE is ideally placed to ensure that result. It has the money to outbid Qatar for influence in the Strip.
What needs to be rebuilt or more accurately, to turn a phrase on its ear, “fundamentally transformed,” is Islam itself. Remove the Jew-hatred and the calls for global conquest by any means necessary (another interesting phrase), wait a few generations for the hatred to disappear as previous generations go on to meet their 72 virgins, and then we can start using the bulldozers to remake Gaza as Singapore instead of plowing under the Rachel Corries of this world.
I have heard this suggested before. In my teeny tiny opinion if Jews are not allowed to live in, establish communities in, do business in, and ofcourse move about safely in the area known as Gaza there will be no lasting peace no matter who runs it. I believe Israeli continued presence is necessary there and must be included for the true deradicalization of that culture and area to begin. Just as Denazification was the goal after WWII.
It is unlikely that the UAE will be interested in sticking their head into this wasp nest. The people of Gaza could have had the economic prosperity and peace after the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in 2005. In fact, some people (deranged leftists as they are) predicted that Gaza would become the Singapore of the Middle East. But no, it became the Hamastan land, with tunnels and rocket launchers under each school and hospital. The only viable solution for Gaza is an Israeli occupation for the next 20 years and a gradual dejihadization of its population. Also, a program that encourages Gazans to immigrate by providing financial aid to any Gazans leaving Gaza forever may be a good alternative solution.
There is absolutely no evidence, none at all, that the Arabs who call themselves Palestinian aspire to be anything other than who they are today. Remember that the first thing they did upon taking over Gaza was to destroy the greenhouses that the Jews had left them, and to cancel the contracts to supply winter flowers to Holland, which would have provided prosperity.
Sounds good but don’t forget, the “Palestinians” never miss a chance to miss a chance.
I had not heard this before, but it certainly makes sense. I hope behind the scenes it is getting serious attention from people who can make it happen.
. . . and never forget that Lebanon was once called the “Switzerland of the Levant” and Carter called Iran “an island of stability in the stormy sea of the Middle East.”
This pipe-dream seems to be based on the neo-con notion that economic prosperity will change the Muslims into eastern versions of rational self-interested individualists. Where in the Muslim world has this ever happened?
Lebanon was the Switzerland of the Middle East until the “Palestinians” (1) tried to promulgate a coup in Jordan and were thrown out rather violently in September, 1970 (“Black September”), and (2) moved into Lebanon and completely trashed the place. Nobody wants them, and for good reason. Why would the UAE want to deal with animals like that?
Gazan created a quagmire that no arab countries should be touching.
Sounds like a great idea that could probably work, but methinks it’s too late, You see, God’s plan B (plan A gave mankind 6,000 years to ‘get it right’ and accept His Son as their Lord and Saviour but mankind blew that off) so plan B is that He is returning to do it Himself. That means rescuing His bride and taking her home to Heaven, (Halleljah), then redeeming His Chosen people, then preventing mankind from annihilating themselves by nuclear war, then bringing His long prophesied judgment upon this evil, Christ rejecting world (yup, it’s all about Jesus), and then settiing up His Millenium Kingdom, form the throne of King David in Jerusalem and ruling and reigning right here on earth for 1,000 years.
You can read all about it in a book called the Bible. Hurry up. It is the most popular book in all of history and has outsold every other book by miles and miles.
Rev. Roy…………..<
Pipe dream. Why would Hamas Jihad give up their ideology? They care little for Gazans welfare and less for material gain. That’s not how it works in the middle east. Won’t happen for a hundred years,
The UAE? Aren’t they busy funding the genocide of black Africans in Sudan as they takeover their lands?See article in this edition of FPM.
Sounds good! Sababa!