Bezalel Smotrich, the Israeli finance minister and top “settler,” said at a conference that Gaza “is becoming a real estate bonanza” and there are already discussions in place with the U.S. about “how to divide the percentages of the land in Gaza.”
“The demolition phase is always the first phase of urban renewal,” he said, according to Haaretz. “We did that, now we need to start building.”
He said, “This plan was built by the most professional people there are. We are checking how this becomes a real estate bonanza—I’m not joking—and pays for itself.”