Welcome to What Matters Now, a weekly podcast exploring key issues currently shaping Israel and the Jewish World, with host deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan speaking with ToI’s senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur.
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.
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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.
And so this week, we ask Haviv Rettig Gur, what matters now.
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