Netanyahu’s Vision: Transforming Gaza into a New Singapore

The newspaper, in a report monitored by “Watan” and authored by Ron Ben-Yishai, stated that Netanyahu is not ready to present his plan to the Israeli public, the American administration, or even to the expanded cabinet, for fear that it would lead to the dismantling of his coalition.

Ben-Yishai noted that indications suggest Netanyahu is serious about turning Gaza into a separate entity, akin to a city-state like Singapore but without weapons, and connected to the wider world through both land and sea corridors.

These corridors would allow Gazans to move relatively freely to and from the territory, establish trade and economic relations with foreign countries, and fish in their coastal waters, all without passing through Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories.

However, Israeli occupation authorities would monitor movement in these corridors to prevent the smuggling of weapons and raw materials that could be used to produce weapons and establish resistance infrastructure, according to Yedioth Ahronoth.

Role of the UAE and Saudi Arabia in Netanyahu’s plan

Among the highlights of Netanyahu’s plan to turn Gaza into a new Singapore:

• Local residents would handle civil administration in the territory, including law enforcement, public services, tax collection, and the like.
• A council or organization, established with international approval, would oversee civil administration, deriving its powers from a decision by the Security Council or a recognized regional organization with Israeli approval.
• Netanyahu seeks involvement from the United States, the UAE, Egypt, the United Nations, and possibly Bahrain in this body.
• Israel does not want American soldiers to operate within the territory to avoid accusations in the American public that they are dying for Israel’s sake.
• Netanyahu initially hopes that Saudi Arabia will also be a partner in this body, but this will only happen if the regional vision of the Biden administration, conditional on Israeli approval for a two-state solution, is realized.
• The UAE has a role in the future plan, and Israel identifies Abu Dhabi’s interest in becoming active in the Palestinian arena to prove that the “Abraham Accords” serve Arab and Islamic interests.
• The UAE has financial means to invest in the reconstruction of Gaza, and the sector may be a much more lucrative project than the meager Egyptian coastal sector because Gaza is home to hundreds of thousands of highly qualified and skilled young people.

Mohammed Dahlan Once Again

Mohammed Dahlan, a Gazan native backed by Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Mohammed bin Zayed, has resurfaced in Zionist schemes, making him a suitable candidate for civil governance in the territory after the war from an Israeli perspective.

It is worth mentioning that Netanyahu is not the first person to want to make Gaza the Singapore of the Middle East, as he was preceded by former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres, who saw it as part of his vision for the “New Middle East.”

Yedioth Ahronoth assumes that the establishment of the floating dock on the Gaza coast these days is part of an authentic initiative by the Israeli prime minister to serve his “Singapore strategy.”

Netanyahu currently shows clear signs that he will not face opposition to this plan if the American dock, which will begin within a few weeks to bring in massive humanitarian aid through it, is eventually replaced with permanent construction in the north of the territory, apparently funded by the UAE and possibly Bahraini and Saudi, according to the Hebrew newspaper.