Israeli Minister Smotrich Calls Gaza "Real Estate Bonanza" Amid Talks With US

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Israeli Minister Smotrich Calls Gaza “Real Estate Bonanza” Amid Talks With US

“We paid a lot of money for the war, so we need to decide how to divide the percentages of the land,” said Smotrich.

By Sharon Zhang , TRUTHOUT
Published September 17, 2025

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich bragged about the possibility of a “real estate bonanza” on the ruins of Israel’s genocide in Gaza on Wednesday, saying that Israel is already in talks with the U.S. to divide up the land.

“The Gaza Strip is becoming a real estate bonanza,” Smotrich said in Hebrew at a real estate conference in Israel, per Israeli media.

Israel has “already begun negotiations with the Americans” on a “business plan” to make Gaza, home to 2.2 million Palestinians, into a real estate investment. The plan is on President Donald Trump’s desk, he claims.

He said that, because of these proposals, the genocide “pays for itself,” saying that Israel has “paid a lot of money” to wage its assault.

“We paid a lot of money for the war, so we need to decide how to divide the percentages of the land in Gaza. The demolition phase is always the first phase of urban renewal. We did that, now we need to start building,” he said, per Haaretz.

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