Qatar's New Fancy Resort In Egypt

 Nadene Goldfoot                       

     The Dream Beach of Tel Aviv :  seafront view

Qatar will invest $29.7 billion in a luxury development, including golf courses and marinas, on a 4.5 mile stretch of Egypt's Mediterranean coast northwest of Cairo. The resort will be a year-round destination that will attract tourists and will also have luxury neighborhoods, schools, universities and government facilities. Is Gaza next??  Is Egypt looking ahead and will give Gaza's Trump facility competition?  Too bad, French Riviera, and look out, Tel Aviv!  

    Tel Aviv, along the sea on the main drag...I remember walking in Tel Aviv and seeing all the restaurants with tables outside and people sitting there eating some fantastic concoctions, smaller tables in 1981. They never had to worry about the weather, anyway.   

I believe Netanyahu is still the captain of his ship, Israel.  He hasn't fallen overboard.  He does have something to say about what is being planned in his country.  It was more than great that USA stepped in at the brink of Israel's extinction and pulled it out, but....wait a little minute;  these are two grandiose ideas. 

Donald Trump has publicly discussed a radical proposal to transform the Gaza Strip into a "Riviera of the Middle East" with luxury development, including beach-side resorts, but this plan involves the controversial and widely condemned proposal of permanently relocating nearly all of the existing Palestinian population.  This idea remains a hypothetical, controversial suggestion and not a concrete, implementable plan currently being actioned. From CNN: 

US President Donald Trump posted a video on his Truth Social account late on Tuesday, which appears to have been created with generative AI, promoting the transformation of Gaza into a Gulf state-like resort featuring a golden statue of himself, a hummus-eating Elon Musk, and shirtless American and Israeli leaders lounging on a beach.

“No more tunnels, no more fear,” a voice sings over a dance beat. “Trump Gaza is finally here!”

The American president has proposed expelling 2.1 million Palestinians from Gaza and transforming the enclave into a “Riviera” that would be owned by the United States.

It has been met with significant criticism and is viewed by some as a negotiating tactic or a means to show support for certain Israeli political factions. Just look at what it entails:

• U.S. Trusteeship: The United States would take over temporary ownership or a trusteeship of the Gaza Strip, dismantling weapons and clearing destroyed buildings.
• Mass Relocation: The plan requires the permanent resettlement of Gaza's more than two million Palestinians to another unspecified location, with financial incentives reportedly offered to encourage them to leave. This aspect has raised serious concerns about forced displacement and potential war crimes under international law.
• Redevelopment: As a real estate developer, Trump has highlighted Gaza's "phenomenal location, on the sea," suggesting it could be redeveloped into a magnificent high-tech and tourism hub with hotels and a "beautiful new land" for "the world's people".
• Opposition: Palestinians have universally rejected the idea of leaving their land, and many outside observers and rights groups have condemned the proposal. 
• Now, just hearing about Trump's dreams, Cairo is getting on the 
• stick and making some grandiose plans as well.  Good for them!
• That's what Democracy is all about!  
• Resource:
• israelAM
• https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/26/world/trump-promotes-gaza-plan-ai-video-intl#:~:text=US%20President%20Donald%20Trump%20posted,owned%20by%20the%20United%20States.