Letter
We have seen this movie before
An excellent analysis by Sawsan Madina of the so-called Trump-Netanyahu “peace plan” for Gaza. She notes: “We have seen this movie before: the Camp David Accord and Oslo Accords that brought neither justice nor peace."
Evidence suggests the “peace plan” charade is just the latest update of a series of models to transform Gaza into a US-Israeli corporatized resort complex and economic hub.
In March 2024, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner regarded Gaza as “very valuable waterfront property” which could “be cleaned up” by removing Palestinians, a vision of ethnic cleansing updated by Trump in February 2025 into the “Riviera” edition.
A detailed 38-page development plan for implementation of the “Riviera” resort emerged in July, reportedly involving input from the Tony Blair Institute and the Boston Consulting Group, which was involved in the establishment of the grotesque Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
The latest iteration places executive control of the future of Palestinians under Trump-Kushner-Blair-Netanyahu decision-making. Australia, Canada, the UK and France have all signed on, demonstrating that their “recognition” of Palestine just last week had absolutely no relationship to Palestinian “self-determination”.
— Peter Henning from Melbourne