The Gaza Development Plan is a proposed plan put forward by the Israeli Prime Minister

Naftali Bennett Naftali Bennett ( he, נַפְתָּלִי בֶּנֶט, Transliterated: , ; born 25 March 1972) is an Israeli politician who served as the 13th prime minister of Israel from 13 June 2021 to 30 June 2022, and as the 3rd Alternate Prime Minis ...

and Israeli Foreign Minister

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in September 2021 with the intent to mediate an end to the

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. The plan promises to repair the Gazan

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and help construct new Gazan infrastructure. Bennett has stated that although the project aims to improve Palestinian living conditions, he also stressed that his government would not negotiate with Hamas, which Israel recognizes as a

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. The proposed plan has been presented to the

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, the

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, and

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Phase 1

The first phase aims to repair Gazan infrastructure, and would see the construction of a

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and natural gas pipelines. It would also see the repairing of Gaza’s power lines.

Phase 2

Phase two would see the construction of a sea port on top of an

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under Israeli security control for the

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and a Gaza-West Bank Road link.

References

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Phase 1

Phase 2

See also

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