Israel wants to entrust the restoration of Gaza to the Arab countries
Tel Aviv wants to transfer responsibility for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip to Palestine's Arab neighbors, in particular the UAE.
Tel Aviv wants to place the responsibility of restoring the Gaza Strip on the Arab neighbors of Palestine, in particular the UAE. Bloomberg writes about this with reference to the Minister of Economy of Israel, Nir Barkat.
"Right now, we are focusing all our attention on winning the war. As soon as the war ends, we will turn to our friends all over the world," said the politician.
The agency clarified that regional powers may refuse to restore Gaza until Israel agrees to create a Palestinian state.
In January, at the international economic forum in Davos, the head of the Palestine Investment Fund , the main contender for the position of the new prime minister of Palestine, Mohammad Mustafa, said that at least 15 billion dollars will be needed to restore the houses destroyed by Israel's strikes in the Gaza Strip.
About 350,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed since the start of Israel's invasion of the exclave, of which 150,000 have been completely destroyed. Mustafa said that at least 100,000 dollars will be needed to restore one building.
"We are not yet talking about infrastructure, damaged hospitals, communications," the politician added.
After Israel invaded Gaza in 2014, Qatar provided more than $1 billion for reconstruction. However, it is not clear whether Doha will participate in the reconstruction of Gaza if the ex- clave remains under Israeli occupation.
On January 16, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that if the Palestinian territories were to be destroyed again in a few years, the Arab countries would not want to participate in the reconstruction of the sector. The leaders of the Arab states in the conversation with Blinken emphasized the importance of Palestinian statehood in any regional agreement.
According to the diplomat, according to the "new equation" in the Middle East, Israel's Arab and Muslim neighbors are ready to integrate Tel Aviv into the region, but at the cost of Palestinian statehood.
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