32-page PPT exposed! The US side drafts the "Sunrise Plan"

Luxury beach resorts, high-speed railways, AI-optimized smart gridswelcome to the proposed Gaza "Sunrise Plan" by the US government... According to reports from the media on Friday, while the ruins of war are still visible throughout Gaza, the Trump administration has recently been promoting an incredible "leap forward" plan to foreign governments and investors, aiming to transform the Gaza ruins into a futuristic coastal resort. It is reported that a small group led by Trump's son-in-law Kushner and US Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff, along with two White House senior aides, has drafted a proposal intended to transform this war-torn enclave into an attractive high-tech metropolis. In a 32-page PowerPoint presentation filled with images of seaside skyscrapers alongside charts and cost tables, the plan outlines steps to bring Gaza residents from tents to top-floor apartments, from poverty to prosperity. The PowerPoint presentation is marked as "sensitive but unclassified" and does not specify which countries or companies will fund the reconstruction of Gaza. It also does not specify where the 2 million displaced Palestinians will be housed during the reconstruction. US officials have indicated that they have shown these slides to potential donor countries, including wealthy Gulf states, Turkey, and Egypt. According to the proposal, the project will cost a total of $112.1 billion over 10 years, but the US commits to providing nearly $60 billion in grants and debt guarantees as "core support" for all planning processes during that period. The proposal predicts that the Gaza region can achieve self-financing of multiple projects in the years following the implementation of the plan, with infrastructure improvements driving local industry and overall economic development, ultimately repaying the debt. Officials say that Kushner, Witkoff, White House senior aide Josh Gruenbaum, and other US officials have been drafting this proposal together over the past 45 days, adding that they have received input from Israeli officials, private sector individuals, and contractors. Officials say that if the project is launched, they plan to update and revise the figures approximately every two years during the project. What are the "dreamy" visions of the "Sunrise Plan"? Supporters of the project insist that letting the Gaza region stagnate and allowing the humanitarian crisis to worsen would be a worse choice, while realizing Trump's vision to transform Gaza into the "Riviera of the Middle East" would be the best choice. The Riviera is an area along the Mediterranean coast from southeastern France to northwestern Italy, known for its picturesque coastline, mild climate, luxury resorts, yacht harbors, and historic cities such as Nice, Cannes, Monaco, and Sanremo. A route map spanning more than 20 years shown in the PowerPoint presentation shows that the reconstruction work will begin by clearing destroyed buildings, unexploded bombs, and Hamas tunnels, while providing temporary housing, field hospitals, and mobile clinics for residents. After the cleanup is completed, the construction of permanent housing, medical facilities, schools, and religious sites will begin, roads will be laid, power lines will be connected, and crops will be planted. Only after these work is completed will long-term goals such as building luxurious beachfront homes and modern transport hubs be realized. The reconstruction work will be carried out in four phases, starting from the southern Rafah and Khan Younis, then advancing north to the "Central Camps," and finally reaching the heart of Gaza City. A slide titled "New Rafah" shows that New Rafah will become the "governance center" of Gaza, accommodating over 500,000 residents. They will reside in a city with over 100,000 housing units, 200 schools, over 75 medical facilities, and 180 mosques and cultural centers. Illustrations also showcase a futuristic "smart city": high-speed trains shuttling back and forth, modern buildings everywhere, and well-equipped port facilities. The text elaborates on the core concept of a digitally-driven smart city, covering infrastructure, shared digital platforms, smart city services, and governance systems. The plan estimates that the entire project will cost $112.1 billion over the next 10 years (including public sector wage expenditures), with most of the initial funding going toward humanitarian needs. During this period, slightly less than $60 billion will be provided through grants ($41.9 billion) and new debts ($15.2 billion), with the US committing to providing at least 20% of the funding. The World Bank will also play a financing role. Feasibility of the plan is heavily questioned Clearly, some US officials who have reviewed this "ambitious" plan have deep doubts about its feasibility. They first question whether Hamas will agree to disarmament the primary prerequisite for the plan to take effect; and even if Hamas agrees to disarmament, the US may find it difficult to persuade wealthy countries to bear the cost of transforming the post-war dangerous environment into a high-tech metropolis. "They (the White House) can make PowerPoint presentations at will," said Steven A. Cook, Senior Researcher on the Middle East and Africa at the American Foreign Relations Association, who had just returned from Israel but had not yet reviewed the related proposal. "No one in Israel believes the situation will break out of the current state, and everybody knows that." "Hamas will not make any progress without disarming. Hamas will not disarm, so there will be no progress," he added. Currently, despite international mediation and immense pressure, Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire first-stage agreement earlier this year, which officially took effect in Gaza on October 10. However, the peace and reconstruction process in Gaza still faces significant obstacles. Official estimates indicate that during the two-year Gaza war, Israel launched thousands of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, burying about 10,000 bodies under 68 million tons of rubble. The land has been poisoned, littered with unexploded munitions, and Hamas fighters still hold their ground. In fact, the proposal emphasizes on the second page of the PowerPoint in bold red letters: the precondition for the reconstruction of Gaza is for Hamas to "disarm and destroy all weapons and tunnels." The US also stated that the "Sunrise Plan" will only be launched as the long and fragile peace process between Israel and Hamas nears its end. Currently, US special envoy Witkoff is scheduled to meet with senior officials from Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey in Miami on the 19th local time, focusing on discussions to push forward the second-stage negotiations for the Gaza ceasefire. This is the highest-level coordination meeting held by the four mediating countries in the US since the first-stage Gaza ceasefire agreement was signed in October 2025. However, insiders say that both Israel and Hamas are accused of "passively delaying" the implementation of the agreement, trying to maintain the status quo, and the US and the mediating countries are deeply concerned about this.