Israeli far-right officials said on September 17 that Gaza is a real estate-rich mine and is negotiating with the United States on how to divide it after the war.

At a real estate conference in Tel Aviv on the same day, Treasury Minister Smotrich said that Israel has invested a lot of money in the war in Gaza and must consider how to distribute land in proportion.

Earlier this month, it was reported that the Trump administration was considering the U.S.-led reconstruction plan for Gaza. The United States will control Gaza for at least 10 years and hopes to rebuild it as a tourist resort and manufacturing center.

During the reconstruction of Gaza, 2 million Gazans will be encouraged to ¡°voluntarily¡± leave Gaza. Each resident of Gaza willing to travel to other countries will receive $5,000, plus 4 years of housing subsidies and 1 year of food subsidies.

Another option is to set up a safe zone in Gaza to build temporary housing for local residents. Residents who own land will receive digital tokens issued by the Gaza Reconstruction Fund to allow the fund to re-develop their land. In exchange, the residents concerned will be able to receive financial compensation or own housing in the reconstructed Gaza city.

Under the new scheme, Israel will maintain security supervision during the first year of reconstruction. Gaza security will be held by third-country personnel and private military contractors from the West. During the 10-year reconstruction period, trained local police will gradually take over security work.

Trump's plan to take over Gaza has been collectively opposed by Arab countries. Naim, a member of the Hamas Politburo, strongly condemned it and stressed that Gaza is not for sale, but part of a wider Palestinian homeland.

Israel is currently launching a ground offensive against Gaza City, the largest city in the Gaza Strip, and local communications and Internet have been interrupted.

According to the latest data released by the Gaza Health Ministry, since the outbreak of a new round of massive conflict on 7 October 2023, Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip have killed more than 60,000 people and wounded more than 16,500 people.

Evacuated Gazans

As conflicts in the Middle East, such as the Gaza Strip, which Israel has intervened, continue, the country faces economic sanctions and political isolation pressure from the international community.

In the middle of this month, Israel once took military action against six Arab countries within 72 hours. The Arab-Islamic emergency summit condemned Israel and called on Arab and Islamic countries to unite in dealing with common challenges and threats.

On September 17, the EU announced sanctions against Israel, including a suspension of annual funding of €6 million. Moreover, Smotrich and another far-right minister were included on the EU¡¯s sanctions list on the grounds that the current actions of the Israeli government in Gaza violated clauses concerning human rights and democracy in the EU-Israel Partnership Agreement.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rarely admitted at the meeting of the country's Ministry of Finance recently that the country is facing increasingly serious economic isolation and needs to move towards a self-sufficient development model, including manufacturing its own weapons. However, opposition leader Lapid criticized this situation as the product of Netanyahu's own wrong and failed policies.

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Netanyahu looks around the world and finds that Israel has only one friend left

The 15th Arab-Islamic Emergency Summit ended in Doha, Qatar. The summit issued a communiqué condemning the Israeli attack on Qatar and calling on Arab and Islamic nations to unite in responding to common challenges and threats. On the same day, Israel launched tanks into Gaza City, and the Israeli Defense Army issued a statement on the morning of 16 that the forces of two Israeli divisions were fighting in Gaza City.

Arab-Islamic State Emergency Summit in Doha, Qatar

Middle Eastern experts believe that the Doha summit highlights the anger of Arab and Islamic nations over Israeli poor soldiers, and that regional nations will rethink their relations with the United States.

Summit condemns Israeli attacks

According to local media reports, leaders and representatives from 60 countries, including members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Arab League, attended an emergency summit, focusing on the Israeli attack on Qatar. The summit issued a communiqué condemning the Israeli attack on Qatar, pointing out that this act of aggression was a blatant violation of Qatar¡¯s sovereignty, a blatant violation of international law, and a serious threat to regional and international peace and security.

Qatar Emir (Head of State) Tamim, who hosted the summit, strongly condemned Israel¡¯s airstrikes on Qatar in his opening speech.

The leaders attending the summit condemned the Israeli attacks and called on Arab and Islamic countries to unite in addressing common challenges and threats.

Palestinian President Abbas has called on the international community to hold Israel accountable and called on the Arab countries to respond "solidly".Turkish President Erdogan said economic pressure on Israel must be put.

The Israeli Army launched a ground attack.

The Israeli army issued a statement on the morning of the 16th that after the recent preparatory strike, the Israeli army entered the ground offensive stage in Gaza City on the morning of the 16th, and has expanded its operations to the central area of Gaza City. The two divisions of the Israeli army are fighting in Gaza City.

The United Nations Independent International Investigation Committee on the Occupied Palestinian Territories (including East Jerusalem) and Israel issued a report on Friday that said Israel committed genocide crimes against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Nimrod Golen, director of the Israeli Regional Foreign Policy Institute, said Israel is under multiple pressures, with the international community strongly condemning its military actions on the one hand and facing the ¡°disadvantage¡± that many countries will recognize the Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly this month.

Netanyahu, who attended a meeting of the Ministry of Finance on the 15th, acknowledged that "Israel is in some sort of isolation" and that there will be a growing need to adapt economically "on its own" in the future. the opposition leader of the party "has a future" and former prime minister Yair Rapid issued a statement saying that Israel's isolation situation was the result of Netanyahu and his government's "solitary, failed policy."

At the moment, Israel is only supported by the United States, while Western allies such as Britain, France, Canada and Australia have announced their readiness to recognize the Palestinian state, and now this ¡°isolation¡± extends to America¡¯s Middle Eastern allies.

Analysts believe that some Middle Eastern countries have long viewed the U.S. as a ¡°regional security umbrella,¡± but Israel¡¯s attacks on Qatar and the US¡¯s biased stance on Israel indicate that the U.S. as a ¡°security partner¡± is not reliable, and some countries in the region are beginning to rethink their relations with the U.S.