An American billionaire sitting on the Trump-led Board of Peace touted the event potential in Gaza, together with a shoreline price no less than $50 billion and “$115 billion of value” within the destroyed strip that “just needs to be unlocked and financed.”
“This is not a problem of money or collateral, this is a problem of peace,” stated Marc Rowan, the CEO of Apollo Global Management who’s on the chief board of the Board of Peace.
The flashy growth plans have beforehand raised eyebrows and issues about potential displacement of the Palestinians in Gaza.
Rowan, talking on the inaugural assembly of the Board of Peace, stated “the potential here is tremendous but it has to start somewhere.”
“The start is in Rafah,” Rowan stated, including that the intention is to construct 100,000 properties for 500,000 residents in Rafah, plus $5 billion of infrastructure.
“Over time, 400,000 homes for the entirety of the population with more than 30 billion of infrastructure,” he stated.
In a video proven later, the Board of Peace stated its purpose was to have Rafah rebuilt “by year three” and “Gaza connected to the world through an Abrahamic gateway, linking it with Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and extending to India and Europe.”
It envisions Gaza being “self-governed,” built-in into the area and “with housing for all” by 12 months 10, the video stated.