Donald Trump's call for rich Arab states to fund an American takeover of Gaza seems tailor-made for Kushner's Affinity Partners [...] “Gaza’s waterfront property, it could be very valuable,” Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and former Middle East advisor, said in February 2024.
"It's a little bit of an unfortunate situation there, but I think from Israel's perspective, I would do my best to move the people out and then clean it up,” he added.
Kushner was speaking as Israel was weighing an invasion of Rafah, Gaza’s southern border town. He said that Palestinians could be forcibly displaced to the Negev desert in Israel or Egypt. When pressed, he said they would be allowed to return to Gaza.
However, it is no small matter that international law dictates those territorial rights, and the US does not control the property rights for Gaza's waterfront or its maritime boundaries.
Trump originally said that a US-controlled Gaza Strip would be inhabited by the “world’s people” and that there would be no reason for Palestinians to return. His advisors walked that claim back.
But Kushner’s words matter. He is not just an in-law or even a former White House advisor. After Trump’s first term in office ended, Kushner launched a private equity fund, Affinity Partners.
The fund almost seems tailor-made for Trump’s vision of building a luxury city in Gaza.
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