Day 519 - Haviv Rettig Gur on Egypt’s 'silly' plan for postwar Gaza

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Senior analyst Haviv Rettig
Gur joins host Amanda
Borschel-Dan for today's Daily Briefing, which is a
bonus episode of our weekly What Matters Now podcast series.


At a Cairo summit of Arab leaders on Tuesday, a consensus of
states adopted an Egyptian reconstruction plan for Gaza that
would cost $53 billion and avoid displacing Palestinians from the
enclave -- in contrast to US President Donald Trump’s “Middle
East Riviera” vision.


The over 100-page “Early Recovery, Reconstruction, Development of
Gaza” plan envisions a Gaza Administration Committee, made up of
independent technocrats, to manage an initial six-month
transitional phase. It also urges elections in all Palestinian
areas within a year, if conditions support such a move.


The rub? The plan doesn’t explicitly tackle the issue of Hamas
and how the terror group will be disarmed -- if at all. It also
pushes for a Palestinian state before addressing any of the armed
Palestinian factions.


Rettig Gur dissects elements of the plan and weighs in on its
seriousness.


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IMAGE: In this photo provided by Egypt's presidency media office,
Arab leaders pose during the emergency Arab summit at Egypt's New
Administrative Capital, just outside Cairo, March 4, 2025.
(Egyptian Presidency Media Office via AP)


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